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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Helpcare Clinic

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 465551263
NE · NTEE E32
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lisa Guthrie, Executive Director / CEO ($80,559) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 83 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lisa Guthrie — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

83 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 83 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,178 total compensation of comparable organizations → $418,036 $80,559
$21,83810th
$38,75625th
$57,478Median
$83,01975th
$109,10290th
$80,559This org · 73rd
p10$21,838
p25$38,756
p50$57,478
p75$83,019
p90$109,102
$80,559

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 NE 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
Hands Of Hope Medical Clinic Inc NC$307,418 Executive Director $95,134 $91,393 2024
Synapse Human Performance Centers TX$306,713 President $57,587 $53,558 2024
Kidney Care Services Of Humboldt Corp CA$305,821 Executive Dir. $24,875 $19,971 2024
Free Medical Clinic Of Aiken County Inc SC$311,234 Executive Dir. $80,962 $78,530 2024
Montgomery County Free Clinic Inc IN$302,118 Executive Director $38,574 $37,821 2024
Jonesboro Church Health Center Inc AR$297,631 Executive Director $54,725 $57,192 2024
Madison Free Clinic Inc VA$319,482 Executive Di $60,084 $55,532 2023
Phxca Inc AZ$319,672 President $105,913 $94,704 2024
Asian Medical Clinic Of Fremon CA$320,464 Cfo $140,000 $109,500 2025
Disciples Clinic Of Athens Texas TX$294,110 Chief Admin $50,000 $46,502 2024
Send Me St Louis MO$292,500 Executive Director $137,471 $135,374 2024
The Mobile Ministry Of Dentistry TN$324,800 Executive Di $148,711 $145,335 2024
Crossroads Pregnancy Clinic TN$288,764 Executive Di $74,416 $72,727 2024
Family Healthcare Clinic Inc OK$330,709 Executive Director $32,103 $32,866 2024
Knapp Medical Group TX$331,952 Ceo/president (Regional) $39,610 $37,927 2023
Ouachita County Medical Services AR$332,406 Physician $400,001 $418,036 2024
White Phoenix Acupuncture OR$282,502 President/ce $64,660 $57,478 2023
Allen Fam Hc Svc Llc GA$334,615 Officer $89,518 $86,158 2023
Sacramento Street Medicine CA$281,834 Executive Dir. $28,179 $23,291 2023
Oregon Academy Of General Dentistry Foundation OR$281,558 Executive Director $13,561 $11,709 2024
Oakstone Health Center OH$280,557 Medical Director $126,000 $124,078 2024
Chikare Health Services Inc IN$280,347 Clinic/practice Manager $27,950 $27,404 2024
Countryside Christian Community PA$338,648 President Ceo $13,200 $12,600 2023
Snake River Community Clinic Inc ID$343,542 Executive Director $62,751 $62,064 2024
Shared Christian Ministries TX$343,961 Executive Director $80,000 $76,601 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NE 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 NE 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Lisa Guthrie) 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 83 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,559 is reasonable (approximately the 73rd 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.