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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Detroit East Medical Control

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 611694870
MI · NTEE E02
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Damon Gorelick, Executive Director / CEO ($120,920) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Damon Gorelick — reported title “Secretary/Treasurer”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,321 total compensation of comparable organizations → $267,198 $120,920
$26,48410th
$37,78425th
$57,439Median
$71,46475th
$116,02590th
$120,920This org · 89th
p10$26,484
p25$37,784
p50$57,439
p75$71,464
p90$116,025
$120,920

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 MI 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
Health Tech Alley MD$338,615 President/executive Director $105,000 $97,915 2023
Walking Miraclesorg WV$344,078 Chair $54,250 $56,908 2024
Connectmed International CA$347,337 Executive Dir. $82,800 $69,270 2024
Cch Management Corporation CA$311,667 President & Ceo (Thru Sept 2022) $42,073 $36,238 2023
Ohio Public Health Institute OH$288,787 Executive Director $70,356 $72,195 2024
Hudson Valley Regional Ems Council Inc NY$284,952 Executive Director $62,603 $54,807 2024
Southern Colorado Retac Inc CO$284,058 Medical Director $33,000 $29,866 2025
Medical Staff Of Capital Health NJ$278,666 President $50,000 $43,251 2024
Commission For The Accreditation Of PA$394,041 Executive Director $60,000 $57,969 2024
Region Vii Complete Community Care MI$406,024 Executive Director $35,488 $35,488 2024
Institute For Health & Productivity Mgmt AZ$245,966 President $165,000 $158,280 2023
Vista Expertise Network WA$242,751 Executive Director $20,000 $18,593 2022
Consult Atlas Foundation AZ$432,256 Chief Legal Officer $8,931 $8,321 2024
Independent Health Network Inc NE$449,119 President & Ceo $39,542 $42,421 2023
504healthnet Inc LA$471,394 Interim Executive Director $78,831 $84,098 2024
Council On Aging Of Florida Inc FL$480,135 Executive Director $293,577 $267,198 2024
North Carolina Pace Association NC$491,764 Executive Director $67,000 $65,342 2025
L A Net Community Health Resource Network CA$495,036 President Nonvoting $72,175 $62,164 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted83rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted78th

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 (Damon Gorelick) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E02), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $120,920 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.