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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Closing The Gap In Health Care Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 522450102
SC · NTEE H02
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Thaddeus J Bell, Executive Director / CEO ($50,699) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 91 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 51st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Thaddeus J Bell — reported title “PRESIDENT & CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

91 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 91 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,968 total compensation of comparable organizations → $198,886 $50,699
$11,80010th
$26,98225th
$50,374Median
$80,51375th
$108,27190th
$50,699This org · 51st
p10$11,800
p25$26,982
p50$50,374
p75$80,513
p90$108,271
$50,699

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 SC 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
Wescoe Foundation For Pulmonary Fibrosis PA$196,214 Executive Director $45,000 $44,286 2023
Carcinoid Cancer Foundation NY$197,343 Ceo/chairman/treasurer $125,000 $108,271 2024
Breast Cancer Fund Of Ohio OH$192,679 Executive Di $22,002 $22,338 2024
Hannah's Hope For Giant Axonal NY$198,405 Executive Di $210,279 $182,138 2024
The Wunderglo Foundation CA$191,435 President/exec. $60,000 $49,663 2024
Dirt Patch Science TX$200,319 Director & C $130,000 $128,332 2023
Sleep Education Consortium TX$188,166 Director $5,000 $4,794 2024
Karmanos Cancer Foundation MI$186,501 Board Member/president Kcc $38,067 $37,663 2024
Health Assessment Lab Inc MA$205,215 Director & Ceo, Cso $146,850 $126,492 2024
Humanology & Health Science Inc CA$184,661 President $150,000 $127,824 2023
Have A Ball Foundation Inc CA$207,433 President $70,500 $58,353 2024
Cancer Biology Training Consortium NC$208,168 Asst Secretary-treasurer $26,391 $28,013 2022
The Biomedical Research Institute Of CA$208,249 President And Ceo $34,683 $29,555 2023
Alliance For Community Research IL$211,062 Co-chief Executive Officer $30,873 $29,953 2023
Harlan E Moore Heart Research Foundation IL$178,150 President/treasurer $81,250 $78,829 2023
Faculty Student Association Of The State NY$177,373 Chief Executive Officer $235,690 $198,886 2025
The Dyslexia Foundation Inc MA$213,235 Former President $58,636 $54,131 2022
Brain Health Initiative Inc NH$214,410 Executive Dir. $81,500 $74,265 2023
Intl Soc For Cardiovascular Tran Res AZ$214,457 Chairman $4,799 $4,741 2022
Cardiac Surgery Clinical Research Center IL$173,860 Researcher $136,000 $128,162 2024
Ryan Hill Research Foundation WA$217,477 Executive Dir. $10,800 $9,542 2023
Balanced Budget Now VA$172,594 President $54,300 $50,256 2024
The Center For Neurosciences Foundation AZ$171,746 Director Of Fundraising And Operations $63,025 $58,100 2024
Hope 365 MI$171,372 Director $53,595 $54,592 2023
Ellyn Satter Institute Inc WI$169,831 Exec. Dir. & $60,306 $60,371 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default51st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted45th

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 (Thaddeus J Bell) 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 91 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (H), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,699 is reasonable (approximately the 51st 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.