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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mission Of Mercy Arizona Health

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 820635905
AZ · NTEE E11
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jose Trejo, Executive Director / CEO ($21,924) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 75 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jose Trejo — reported title “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

75 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 75 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$417 total compensation of comparable organizations → $358,680 $21,924
$11,46610th
$23,45825th
$45,497Median
$72,79475th
$167,03990th
$21,924This org · 20th
p10$11,466
p25$23,458
p50$45,497
p75$72,794
p90$167,039
$21,924

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 AZ 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
Bethesda Physician Associates TX$258,062 Physician $129,003 $130,721 2025
Pueblo Primary Care Qalicb CO$258,881 President $31,214 $31,122 2024
Rural Health Leadership And MO$257,155 Board Member $40,883 $45,025 2024
Bluestem Communities Inc KS$256,869 President/ceo $27,867 $32,228 2023
Delaware Valley Community Support PA$263,338 President And Ceo $49,975 $51,820 2024
Community General Hospital NC$267,117 Exec Director $45,792 $50,652 2023
Sschc Real Estate Inc WI$271,568 Chairperson $39,315 $42,693 2024
Legacy Chm MI$244,107 President And Ceo $35,863 $38,490 2024
Peacehealth Ketchikan Medical AK$243,022 Foundation Manager $10,683 $10,934 2023
Empowered Health Equity- Alabama AL$242,128 Executive Director $42,917 $48,210 2024
Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation Inc CT$239,930 President/ceo $270,752 $263,964 2024
Nor-lea Foundation Inc NM$239,350 Board Member $51,152 $57,206 2024
Living Streams Ranch PA$237,936 Executive Di $44,982 $46,643 2024
Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital KS$280,555 Chief Executive Officer $20,467 $22,991 2024
Imh Qalicb WY$235,358 President $46,248 $51,494 2024
Community Health Network Of Connecticut CT$233,270 President & Ceo $16,576 $16,160 2024
Comprehensive Psychiatric Care SC$232,878 Executive Director Muha $55,628 $62,126 2023
Bradford Hospital Foundation PA$232,669 Executive Director $108,718 $116,062 2023
Tough Kookie Foundation TX$231,547 President $43,742 $45,497 2024
Life Connection Of Ohio Foundation Llc OH$285,600 President $60,385 $66,502 2024
Morris Hospital Auxiliary IL$228,550 President/ceo $54,801 $56,020 2024
Fhcsd Growth Fund Inc CA$227,456 Secretary $83,430 $77,122 2023
Inner Compass Initiative Inc MA$227,000 Director $70,000 $65,407 2024
Indianapolis Coalition For Patient IN$291,214 President $198,538 $224,133 2023
Aonl Foundation For Nursing Leadership Research And Education DC$292,913 Director $168,180 $157,990 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (Jose Trejo) 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 75 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,924 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.