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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hi-desert Memorial Health Care District Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 452777252
CA · NTEE E11
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cynthia Schmall, Executive Director / CEO ($32,981) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 11 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Cynthia Schmall — reported title “CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

11 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 11 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,350 total compensation of comparable organizations → $946,721 $32,981
$28,54310th
$33,36825th
$51,042Median
$265,92275th
$568,46390th
$32,981This org · 27th
p10$28,543
p25$33,368
p50$51,042
p75$265,922
p90$568,463
$32,981

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to CA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Jfk Medical Associates Pa NJ$2,000 Trustee - President $291,140 $301,032 2024
Jpchc Foundation Inc IN$1,896 Director $41,562 $50,758 2024
Margaret Tietz Nursing And NY$2,241 President/ceo $220,562 $230,811 2024
St Barnabas Real Estate Holding Inc NY$1,613 President/ceo $27,905 $29,202 2024
Healthfirst Inc NY$2,427 President And Ceo $543,220 $568,463 2024
Got Ur 6 Inc FL$1,534 President $108,151 $117,660 2024
Imai-imci Alliance Inc FL$2,483 Board Chair $1,241 $1,350 2024
Advanced Medical Transport Inc IL$2,500 Board Member/ceo Of Phmms $25,070 $28,543 2024
Community Care Collaborative TX$2,500 Executive Director $44,061 $51,042 2024
Live Well Live Atchison Inc KS$2,705 Director $30,000 $37,533 2024
Central Kansas Medical Center CO$2,749 Chair / Ceo & President $828,093 $946,721 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to CA cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default27th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)36th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Cynthia Schmall) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 11 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (E), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,981 is reasonable (approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.