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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Clemson Free Clinic

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 731720431
SC · NTEE E30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sandy Smith, Executive Director / CEO ($35,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 35 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Sandy Smith — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

35 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 35 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,519 total compensation of comparable organizations → $587,776 $35,000
$14,55610th
$37,43925th
$54,987Median
$75,10575th
$129,44990th
$35,000This org · 26th
p10$14,556
p25$37,439
p50$54,987
p75$75,105
p90$129,449
$35,000

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
Drew Health Foundation CA$185,523 Executive Director $29,250 $24,210 2024
Clc Transportation Inc NY$181,474 Ceo (Through 9/30/2024) $19,131 $16,571 2024
Smile For A Lifetime Inc CO$193,645 Executive Dir. $79,200 $72,795 2024
Clinica Medica Primaria De Rising Sun Inc MD$176,234 Doctor $222,796 $199,659 2024
Relevancy Inc NM$174,874 Executive Director $39,550 $40,775 2024
Greene Care Clinic VA$174,410 Executive Director $69,921 $66,625 2023
Four Winds Center For Healing PA$174,265 President $72,207 $71,061 2023
Western Maine Multi-medical ME$200,195 Regional President-mountain Region $50,167 $48,152 2024
Four Rivers Health Care OR$200,327 Executive Director $60,000 $54,987 2023
Home-health Care Partners NY$200,887 Executive Di $142,496 $123,426 2024
Grant Avenue Community Center CO$169,756 Executive Di $37,102 $34,102 2024
The Metrowest Free Medical Program Inc MA$204,824 Executive Director $60,000 $51,682 2024
The Human Body Shop Inc NM$206,477 Secretary $4,783 $4,931 2024
Columbia County Volunteers In Medicine PA$162,924 Clinic Director $54,080 $51,695 2024
Free Medical Clinic Of Dubois Inc PA$161,557 Executive Director $52,933 $50,599 2024
Compassionate Health Center Inc IN$152,965 Executive Di $50,706 $52,770 2023
Northeastern Anesthesia Of New Jersey Pc NY$228,503 Ceo $70,612 $62,969 2023
Wellness Tree Community Clinic ID$229,432 Executive Dir. $82,987 $82,440 2025
Excellent Inc MI$233,029 Administrator/president $76,000 $77,414 2023
Napa Valley Vintners Community Health CA$138,807 Chief Executive Officer $13,077 $11,143 2023
Rochester General Health System NY$135,873 Ceo $62,774 $54,373 2024
Park Street Healthshare Inc VT$244,879 Executive Dir. $65,666 $65,226 2023
Healthy Smiles For Me Inc ME$247,654 Director $35,000 $33,594 2024
Occupational And Environmental RI$250,334 Administrator $145,206 $133,464 2024
Main Line Health Integrative And Functional PA$251,842 Chairman & Trustee $597,253 $587,776 2023

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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted40th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Sandy Smith) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 35 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,000 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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 10, 2026.