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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Harper County Health Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832836913
KS · NTEE E99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kathy Zimmerman, Executive Director / CEO ($20,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 56 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 11th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Kathy Zimmerman — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIR.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

56 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 56 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,983 total compensation of comparable organizations → $252,912 $20,000
$21,37010th
$32,01925th
$61,000Median
$90,93075th
$123,63490th
$20,000This org · 11th
p10$21,370
p25$32,019
p50$61,000
p75$90,930
p90$123,634
$20,000

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 KS 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
Black Women's Health Alliance PA$395,480 Executive Di $68,770 $65,355 2023
Building The Next Generation Of Academic Physicians NY$393,195 President $30,000 $25,093 2024
Onegoodturn Inc TX$390,533 President & Executive Dire $80,000 $74,074 2024
Los Robles Hospital Medical Staff Inc CA$385,508 Chairman $36,000 $28,774 2024
Arkansas Medical Foundation AR$382,895 Executive Director $40,800 $43,705 2023
Susila Dharma International Assoc Inc $375,533 Executive Director $14,000 $14,000 2024
Agewell Pace CA$428,704 Ceo $50,052 $41,187 2023
Thor Network Foundation PA$366,401 President $60,000 $57,020 2023
Medical Dental Staff Of Jersey City NJ$431,794 President $21,530 $17,793 2024
Pacific Communities Health District Fnd OR$434,715 Executive Director $36,574 $31,439 2024
Barlow Foundation CA$446,546 President & Ceo $31,210 $24,946 2024
Future Colours Corp CA$350,567 Secretary $98,000 $78,330 2024
Canine Therapy Corps Inc IL$347,441 Executive Director $86,014 $80,586 2023
Gaia Home ND$343,768 Executive Director $140,000 $142,212 2024
Mercy Healthcare Foundation ND$454,793 Former Interim President $33,860 $35,411 2023
Bionic Project Inc MA$458,663 Executive Director $95,255 $79,232 2024
Wings Home MI$336,554 Executive Director $13,592 $13,369 2023
Gout Support Group Of America FL$325,280 Former President $42,000 $36,522 2024
Alternative Healing Network CA$478,152 President & Ceo $13,865 $11,082 2024
West Oakland Health Facilities CA$315,643 Ceo $2,481 $1,983 2024
Familycook Community Table Ltd NY$487,254 President $36,000 $31,001 2023
Massachusetts Health Council Inc MA$308,333 Ceo $147,950 $123,064 2024
Amery Regional Medical Center Foundation MN$307,461 President $67,666 $61,890 2024
Berkshire Nursing Families Inc MA$490,257 Executive Di $74,178 $60,110 2025
Medical Dental Staff Of Morristown Mem NJ$490,650 President $90,000 $74,380 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default11th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)9th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted27th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted7th

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 (Kathy Zimmerman) 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 56 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,000 is reasonable (approximately the 11th 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.