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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Merit America

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 842108762
DC · NTEE P12
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Connor Diemand-yauman, Executive Director / CEO ($599,166) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 335 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 88th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Connor Diemand-yauman — reported title “CO-FOUNDER AND CO-CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

335 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 335 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$482 total compensation of comparable organizations → $3,632,944 $599,166
$138,84010th
$233,86325th
$337,334Median
$465,38975th
$620,27090th
$599,166This org · 88th
p10$138,840
p25$233,863
p50$337,334
p75$465,389
p90$620,270
$599,166

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 DC 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
Newbridge On The Charles Inc MA$61,385,691 Executive Director, Nboc $314,728 $322,291 2024
The Home Of The Innocents Inc KY$61,384,407 President/ceo $497,085 $608,586 2024
Luthercare PA$61,382,268 President & Ceo Until 6/30/24 $674,726 $766,766 2024
Westminster Place IL$61,327,855 Executive Director $328,611 $368,151 2024
Friendship Village Of South County MO$61,545,278 President, Ceo, Fvsh Ed $27,629 $33,347 2024
🔒 330 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default88th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted84th

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:

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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.