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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Medical Staff Of West Hills

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 821512799
CA · NTEE E03
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael Benjamin Md, Executive Director / CEO ($18,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 32 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 13th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Michael Benjamin Md — reported title “CME PRGRM CRDNT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

32 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 32 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,502 total compensation of comparable organizations → $455,372 $18,000
$17,65110th
$32,00625th
$68,860Median
$121,93475th
$156,97790th
$18,000This org · 13th
p10$17,651
p25$32,006
p50$68,860
p75$121,934
p90$156,977
$18,000

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 CA 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
Bayside Historical Society NY$423,928 Executive Director $8,316 $8,702 2024
Lancaster County Medical Society NE$430,515 Executive Di $95,115 $118,473 2024
Clinical And Patient Educators CO$432,034 President $15,158 $16,832 2024
Midwinter Conference Of Immunologists UT$405,401 Registrar $25,000 $29,632 2024
King County Nurses Association Inc WA$439,942 Executive Director $117,589 $118,777 2025
The Medical Staff Of St John Hospital MI$386,042 President $42,000 $50,204 2024
Open Notebook Inc WI$462,870 President $121,750 $151,600 2023
Fresno-madera Medical Society CA$463,015 Executive Dir. $144,602 $148,873 2023
Foundation For Physician Advancement MS$375,823 Executive Director $82,500 $109,552 2023
Pediatric Acute Lung Injury And Sepsis Investigators Network NC$469,556 Executive Director $36,667 $43,876 2024
Santa Barbara Dermatology Foundation Inc KY$471,765 President $83,000 $103,269 2024
Arkansas Community Health Worker Associa AR$359,300 Executive Dir. $100,947 $131,406 2024
Academia De Directores Medicos De Puerto Rico PR$486,146 Program Director $55,620 $57,263 2023
Syrian American Medical Society DC$501,862 Executive Director $5,414 $5,502 2024
Medical Staff Of Hollywood CA$337,111 President $30,000 $30,000 2024
Va - Chw Association VA$327,707 Exe Directer $129,676 $141,262 2025
Dallas Methodist Physicians Network TX$517,533 President $62,380 $72,263 2024
Nalanda Institute For Contemplative Science NY$324,440 Chairperson $9,590 $9,777 2025
Palomar Medical Center Medical Staff CA$524,489 Chief Of Staff $99,000 $101,924 2023
Direct Primary Care Alliance ME$527,676 Executive Director $71,224 $82,593 2024
Hillsborough County Medical Assn Inc FL$529,329 Executive Director/ceo $140,684 $157,574 2023
Somali Medical Association Of America MN$311,236 Executive Director $32,436 $37,117 2024
Hca Florida Kendall Medical Staff Inc FL$303,200 President $30,000 $32,638 2024
Hardin Medical & Dental Staff Inc KY$299,947 Chief Direct $25,000 $36,006 2021
American Association Of Nurse IL$584,540 Ceo $399,967 $455,372 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default13th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Michael Benjamin Md) 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 32 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E03), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $18,000 is reasonable (approximately the 13th 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.