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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Guru Ram Das Center For Medicine

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 850449276
NM · NTEE E99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, Executive Director / CEO ($43,277) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 20 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

20 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 20 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,315 total compensation of comparable organizations → $127,973 $43,277
$6,14210th
$22,91925th
$37,616Median
$75,20975th
$91,79890th
$43,277This org · 65th
p10$6,142
p25$22,919
p50$37,616
p75$75,209
p90$91,798
$43,277

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 NM 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
Honor Service Dogs Inc NC$151,549 Executive Director $23,757 $23,497 2023
470 Pleasant Street Holdings Company MA$150,000 President/ceo $21,408 $18,414 2023
Crossroads Community Supported Healthcare Inc NM$146,157 $102,130 $102,130 2024
Research To End Healthcare CA$140,866 Ceo $2,800 $2,315 2023
Minnesota Rural Health Association MN$172,873 Exec Director $35,400 $33,483 2023
Floyd Healthcare Resources Inc GA$177,680 Svp And Cor. $76,838 $73,954 2023
The Get In Touch Foundationinc CT$184,444 Exec Directo $24,300 $21,183 2024
Academy Of Medicine Education Foundation OH$126,484 Executive Director $4,050 $3,988 2024
Mercy Health Foundation Of Southeastern PA$118,216 Dir; Pres & Ceo Mid-atlantic Region $74,073 $70,708 2023
Turning Point Seattle Dba Canopy WA$194,170 Executive Director $99,447 $82,781 2024
Treatment Trends Foundationinc PA$115,635 Executive Director $34,272 $31,776 2024
Greene County Rural Health Network Inc NY$200,278 Executive Director $37,080 $31,153 2024
Asian Health Foundation Inc NJ$200,315 Ex Director $50,400 $41,838 2024
Chime Education Foundation MI$106,226 President & Ceo $94,461 $90,650 2024
Power To Save A Life Inc MN$105,552 President $46,252 $42,492 2024
Wong-baker Faces Foundation OK$206,444 Director $125,000 $127,973 2024
Empowering Strides WA$215,474 President $39,515 $32,893 2024
Children's Health Foundation Inc OR$215,780 Executive Director $7,586 $6,381 2025
Holdyou Foundation Inc CA$219,511 President Director $52,000 $41,748 2024
Servicemembers Undertaking Disabled TX$224,453 Executive Director $84,914 $78,974 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NM 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 NM 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted45th

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 (Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa) 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 20 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $43,277 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.