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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Upmc Pinnacle Lancaster

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 820896436
PA · NTEE E220
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Louis Baverso, Executive Director / CEO ($124,650) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 93rd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Louis Baverso — reported title “President & COO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,250 total compensation of comparable organizations → $196,051 $124,650
$11,39010th
$30,79625th
$43,605Median
$78,48675th
$116,02090th
$124,650This org · 93rd
p10$11,390
p25$30,796
p50$43,605
p75$78,486
p90$116,020
$124,650

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 PA 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 Development Corporation IN$215,119 President $27,580 $28,329 2024
Burgess Foundation IA$219,525 President/ceo - Bhc Thru 6/2023 $21,165 $23,239 2023
Medical And Dental Staff Of Holy Cross MD$219,857 President $50,000 $45,531 2024
Auxiliary Of Monongalia General Hospital WV$232,855 Pres/ceo, Mon Health Systems $36,373 $39,492 2023
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health IL$198,253 Dir Voluntee $24,638 $23,592 2024
Share Foundation Of Community Hospitals OH$184,367 Director/regional Market President $75,084 $77,458 2024
Island Health & Wellness Foundation ME$255,940 Executive Di $33,121 $33,257 2023
Indiana Healthcare Properties PA$257,120 President/ceo & Chairman $42,593 $42,593 2023
Greene County General Hospital Foundation IN$173,967 Foundation Director $89,500 $91,929 2024
Cmc Missoula Inc MT$262,282 Board Chair $5,000 $5,250 2024
Healthalliance Foundation Inc NY$263,181 Ceo (Effective July 2023) Ex Officio $80,777 $73,195 2023
Presence Health Partners Services MO$168,408 Director (End 12/2022) $49,417 $52,485 2023
Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc OH$166,331 Director / Ceo - Nch $70,206 $72,426 2024
Humboldt Health Foundation CA$162,081 Ceo $35,641 $29,976 2024
Grand Itasca Foundation MN$272,620 Foundation Director $41,339 $39,786 2024
Tuh - Jeanes Campus Auxiliary PA$160,404 Hospital Admin Rep $37,019 $37,019 2023
Anderson Support And Development MS$159,804 President $37,629 $40,819 2024
Educational Foundation Of The Texas Hotel & Lodging Asso TX$276,183 Executive Director $118,444 $115,401 2024
Robert Packer Hospital Auxiliary PA$157,384 Director - Pres/ceo Rph $42,922 $42,922 2023
Community Howard Regional IN$279,133 Foundation Director $41,880 $44,287 2023
Gesundheit Institute IL$281,238 Executive Director $64,500 $66,194 2022
Advocates For Upstate Medical University University Hospital Inc NY$151,853 Administrative Coordinator $13,365 $11,460 2025
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center NM$151,822 President $10,268 $10,756 2024
Mendocino Coast Healthcare Foundation CA$149,661 Executive Director $128,956 $111,663 2023
Mercy Health Foundation Fort Scott KS$288,960 President $84,648 $91,702 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA cost of living and 2023 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 PA 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 default93rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted87th

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 (Louis Baverso) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E22), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $124,650 is reasonable (approximately the 93rd 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.