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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Community Memorial Hospital Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541831331
VA · NTEE E11
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of W Scott Burnette, Executive Director / CEO ($43,108) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 110 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 45th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: W Scott Burnette — reported title “PRESIDENT (JULY-DEC)”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

110 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 110 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,774 total compensation of comparable organizations → $991,694 $43,108
$14,02910th
$24,21425th
$47,346Median
$95,01575th
$165,55890th
$43,108This org · 45th
p10$14,029
p25$24,214
p50$47,346
p75$95,015
p90$165,558
$43,108

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 VA 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
Labette Health Endowment Association KS$482,609 Director $81,488 $88,560 2024
Help-a-person Inc PA$484,513 Ceo $25,173 $24,603 2025
Baptist Health Foundation Floyd Inc KY$485,098 Asst Secretary (Through 1/2/24) $13,465 $14,553 2024
Brainy Camps Association DC$475,679 Board Chair, Pres/ceo Cnmc Thru 6/23 $52,949 $48,122 2023
St Claire Real Properties Inc KY$489,096 President/ceo Scrmc $44,160 $47,727 2024
Memorial Hospital Foundation At NH$472,510 Ceo And President, Mh/trustee $55,268 $51,337 2024
Broadlawns Medical Center Foundation IA$491,829 Interim President $87,655 $96,550 2024
The Hospice Foundation Of The South Inc LA$468,597 Executive Dir. $73,082 $80,953 2024
Ksb Hospital Foundation IL$458,327 President/ceo $35,884 $36,537 2023
The Baltimore Jewish Health Foundation Inc MD$506,557 Assistant Treasurer $526,937 $510,217 2023
The Foundation For The Thomas Memorial And Saint Francis Hospitals Inc WV$454,827 Vp Of Marketing And Philanthropy $46,657 $50,819 2024
Somc Development Foundation OH$509,583 Director-president & Ceo-somc $199,139 $218,446 2023
Fort Hamilton Hospital Foundation OH$509,741 Interim Ceo Until July 23, Cao $111,284 $122,073 2023
Temple University Health System PA$451,845 Member $61,424 $63,440 2023
Fairchild Medical Center Foundation Inc CA$511,428 Ceo $65,912 $58,946 2023
Western Missouri Medical Center MO$512,762 Director $24,318 $25,910 2024
Southwest Louisiana Hospital Association LA$445,063 Board Member $23,777 $27,116 2023
Covenant Healthcare System MI$518,531 President $697,897 $746,053 2023
Kidney Friends Hawaii Inc HI$522,367 Executive Dir. $12,314 $11,418 2023
Gilchrist Baltimore Center Support MD$522,882 President $59,996 $58,092 2023
Terry Reilly Foundation Inc ID$437,186 Ceo $29,891 $31,987 2024
Hammond-henry Hospital Foundation IL$528,761 Foundation Manager (Thru Feb) $14,292 $14,135 2024
Naeve Health Care Foundation MN$530,023 Ex-officio Officer $42,625 $42,370 2024
Meadville Medical Center Foundation PA$432,283 Ceo $205,163 $211,897 2023
Snowdrop Foundation Inc TX$533,273 Non Vote Dir $45,500 $45,786 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA cost of living and 2023 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 VA 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 default45th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (W Scott Burnette) 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 110 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $43,108 is reasonable (approximately the 45th 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.