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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Health First Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 593528774
FL · NTEE E110
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terry L Forde, Executive Director / CEO ($7,976) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Terry L Forde — reported title “PRESIDENT/CEO BEG 8/2024”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$9,292 total compensation of comparable organizations → $4,933,155 $7,976
$13,53310th
$33,17825th
$60,527Median
$92,60875th
$207,05090th
$7,976This org · 0th
p10$13,533
p25$33,178
p50$60,527
p75$92,608
p90$207,050
$7,976

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 FL 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
Hamilton Health Center Community PA$0 Chief Executive Officer $8,753 $9,292 2024
Douglas Gardens Senior Housing Inc FL$0 President $14,478 $14,478 2024
Um Health MI$0 President $55,501 $60,980 2024
Conway Parent Inc SC$0 President $48,752 $54,140 2024
Conway Hospital Anesthesia Professional SC$0 President $48,752 $54,140 2024
Samuel U Rodgers Health Center Qalicb Inc MO$0 President $23,751 $26,778 2024
Sharing Network Management Co Inc NJ$0 President & Ceo $96,278 $91,504 2024
Alliance For A Bright Future Inc OH$0 Chief Executive Officer $26,347 $29,705 2024
Union Health System IN$0 President & Ceo $43,235 $48,534 2024
Henry Ford Health Parent MI$0 Director/ President/ceo $61,705 $67,797 2024
St Luke's-roosevelt Hospital Center Foundation Inc NY$0 Trustee/treasurer $88,291 $84,927 2024
Southeast Kansas Regional Health Inc KS$0 Director $81,488 $93,711 2024
Salem Physician Practices Pc NJ$0 President - Trustee $113,317 $107,698 2024
Cfhc Support Organization Inc FL$0 Chief Executive Officer $37,621 $36,651 2025
Gbmc Foundation Inc MD$0 Director/ceo Gbmc Healthcare $47,923 $49,102 2023
Cornell Scott Rwc Qalicb Inc CT$0 Director & Chief Executive $22,519 $23,139 2023
Chester County Hospital & Health System PA$0 Uphs Ceo Designee $93,350 $102,021 2023
Duke Quality Network Inc NC$0 Part Year Director/president $53,451 $60,527 2023
Christus Health Latin America TX$0 Director/president $4,499,960 $4,933,155 2023
The Grace Foundation For Health OH$0 Interim President And Ceo $10,396 $12,067 2023
Christus Health International TX$0 President $4,499,960 $4,933,155 2023
Howard Young Health Care Inc WI$0 President & Ceo-aspirus $311,110 $356,079 2023
Hhc Devon Real Estate Nfp IL$0 Chief Executive Officer $56,198 $60,549 2023
Visiting Nurse Hospice Atlanta GA$0 President And Ceo $42,569 $46,908 2023
Ashland Place Houses Inc NY$0 President & Board Chair $12,234 $12,115 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted52nd

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 (Terry L Forde) 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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $7,976 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.