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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Root Cause Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 465586016
TX · NTEE E70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Parker Dail, Executive Director / CEO ($78,792) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 106 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

106 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 106 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$103 total compensation of comparable organizations → $285,773 $78,792
$13,69410th
$30,43625th
$63,663Median
$93,52475th
$124,86690th
$78,792This org · 64th
p10$13,694
p25$30,436
p50$63,663
p75$93,524
p90$124,866
$78,792

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 TX cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Institute For Internal TransformationCA $238,771$51,794 990
Just Kids Dental IncMN $239,388$75,463 990
Alliance For African American Health In Central TexasTX $237,883$76,112 990
Health Equity Alliance For Lgbtq New MexicansNM $237,024$93,822 990
Hope Health And Wellness Center QalicbTX $242,341$24,592 990
Health Council Of West CentralFL $235,177$74,224 990
Oral Health Florida IncFL $243,740$704 990
Little Urban Smiles IncMO $244,718$6,353 990
Empire Liver Foundation IncNY $245,281$54,649 990
North Carolina Business Group On Health IncNC $246,012$91,467 990
National Public Health Information Coalition IncGA $246,111$50,296 990
Washington Global Health AllianceWA $231,428$138,915 990
Lmhf Strive To Thrive Program IncNY $230,991$71,906 990
New Directions Of Decatur County IncIN $229,917$59,696 990
Integrate For Good IncPA $249,498$127,901 990
Just Health ActionWA $249,556$90,528 990
New Mexico AliveNM $250,000$13,283 990
American Friends Of HalaOH $250,158$113,584 990
Ohio Public Health AssociationOH $250,781$47,304 990
Springs Community Acupuncture IncCO $251,731$64,953 990
Alaska Center For FasdAK $224,295$102,560 990
Delta Epsilon MuVA $254,475$3,137 990
Harmony Health FoundationCA $220,833$18,515 990
Musician Treatment Foundation Of Austin Texas IncTX $220,586$94,717 990
Ann Arbor Community AcupunctureMI $257,333$63,116 990

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 TX 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted64th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 (Parker Dail) 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 106 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $78,792 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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). 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.