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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chestnut Health Qalicb Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 825494819
IL · NTEE E20
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Sharar, Executive Director / CEO ($138,688) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1230 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 92nd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: David Sharar — reported title “CHAIR OF THE BOARD”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,230 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,230 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$87 total compensation of comparable organizations → $3,330,057 $138,688
$14,07310th
$34,64725th
$59,630Median
$87,43875th
$130,37790th
$138,688This org · 92nd
p10$14,073
p25$34,647
p50$59,630
p75$87,438
p90$130,377
$138,688

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 IL 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
The Bridge To Life Inc NY$362,931 Executive Director $86,349 $79,367 2024
Confluence Public Health Alliance MT$362,814 Executive Director $93,960 $103,023 2024
Options For Women East MN$363,109 Executive Director $76,498 $79,158 2023
Obcc Othello Qalicb WA$363,286 President $31,941 $29,088 2024
Ssm Audrain Health Care Inc MO$362,355 Director, President/ceo Of Ssm Health $3,002,313 $3,330,057 2023
Loving Arms - A Crisis Pregnancy Center IL$362,218 Executive Director $58,588 $60,319 2023
Kentucky Health Departments Assn KY$363,838 Executive Director $82,308 $92,604 2023
Better Health Of Cumberland County Inc NC$361,831 Executive Director $70,403 $72,087 2025
Easter Seals Southwest Florida FL$361,813 President & Ceo $15,453 $14,766 2024
Eden Emergency Squad Inc NY$364,106 Als Captain $14,682 $13,495 2024
Howard County Pregnancy Center MD$361,723 Operations Director $66,223 $62,976 2024
Care Pregnancy Center Of Tulare CA$361,615 Executive Dir. $67,167 $58,995 2024
Tennessee County Clerks Organ Donor TN$361,577 Executive Dir. $10,000 $10,692 2024
Happy Camp Volunteer Ambulance Service Inc CA$361,572 Ems Manager $48,927 $44,243 2023
Laurel Pregnancy Center Inc MD$361,253 Executive Director $42,232 $41,347 2023
Chandler Care Center AZ$361,139 Exec Director $39,681 $39,964 2023
Scch Fitness Center Inc IN$361,128 Director $51,750 $57,151 2023
The Transcend Foundation Inc MI$361,083 Secretary $125,875 $136,059 2023
The Asclepius Initiative Inc KY$364,889 Ceo $73,816 $78,588 2025
Crawley Memorial Hospital Inc TX$365,075 Director/president $63,494 $66,512 2023
Coleman Area Rescue Squad Inc WI$365,213 President $1,940 $2,061 2024
His Kids Inc IL$365,319 Secretary $12,000 $12,861 2022
Jackson First Alert SC$360,358 Director $46,658 $49,512 2024
Hunter Hospitality House Inc MI$365,651 Executive Director $53,531 $57,862 2023
Nacogdoches Treatment Center For TX$365,879 Executive Dir. $85,883 $87,385 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default92nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)92nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (David Sharar) 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 1230 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (E), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $138,688 is reasonable (approximately the 92nd 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.