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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ouachita Valley Health System

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 710766340
AR · NTEE E21Z
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cimenga Tshibaka, Executive Director / CEO ($400,001) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Cimenga Tshibaka — reported title “PHYSICIAN”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,071 total compensation of comparable organizations → $361,747 $400,001
$27,67410th
$36,01825th
$50,970Median
$82,56575th
$107,35390th
$400,001This org · 100th
p10$27,674
p25$36,018
p50$50,970
p75$82,565
p90$107,353
$400,001

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 AR 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
Hne Of Connecticut Inc MA$213,992 President And Ceo $452,498 $361,747 2024
Union County Health And Wellness NM$235,609 Executive Dir. $83,200 $81,962 2023
Research And Education Trust ME$237,700 President $39,786 $35,443 2024
Zandu Health Initiative MN$206,219 Director $51,000 $46,156 2023
Chpcommunity Inc IA$205,546 President $50,824 $50,970 2023
Family Survivor Network MD$203,945 Executive Director $39,500 $35,210 2022
Medical Financial Services Inc TN$202,808 Former Executive Director $39,130 $36,592 2024
Flint Hills Community Clinic Inc KS$190,080 Clinic Direc $72,021 $71,264 2023
Medical Support & Development MS$268,878 President $40,000 $39,633 2024
Rome Memorial Properties Inc NY$167,287 Ceo $12,528 $10,071 2024
Mercy Kansas Communities KS$166,856 President $84,648 $83,759 2023
Cape Regional Health System Inc NJ$161,827 Trustee - President/ceo Crmc $101,700 $83,167 2023
Priority Health Total Health Foundation MI$159,210 Director $56,000 $51,423 2024
Mercy Healthcare Foundation - Clinton IA$320,461 Exec Dir; Mercyone Clinton Mktg Dir $22,585 $22,650 2023
Marimed Foundation For Island HI$325,410 President/ce $150,096 $123,082 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AR 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 AR 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 (Cimenga Tshibaka) 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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $400,001 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.