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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

New Mexicare

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 850464707
NM · NTEE E19
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Keith Ross, Executive Director / CEO ($2,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 744 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 3rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Keith Ross — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

744 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 744 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$56 total compensation of comparable organizations → $916,556 $2,400
$10,59110th
$22,87125th
$42,844Median
$66,11475th
$96,47090th
$2,400This org · 3rd
p10$10,591
p25$22,871
p50$42,844
p75$66,114
p90$96,470
$2,400

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
Spirit Club Foundation Inc MD$186,405 Executive Director $81,300 $70,668 2024
Clemson Free Clinic SC$186,388 Executive Director $35,000 $33,948 2024
Gifts Of Grace Adoption IN$188,428 Pres/exec Di $16,067 $15,753 2024
Alphas Glory Crisis Pregnancy Center Inc MD$186,229 Executive Director $64,971 $58,143 2023
Sycamore House Pregnancy Center Of Champaign Count OH$186,223 Executive Director $34,504 $33,978 2024
Family Medical Center AL$186,111 Board Vice President And Medical Director $28,800 $29,783 2023
Chas Health Foundation WA$188,796 Ceo Of The Corporate Member $51,463 $42,838 2024
Good Samaritan Community FL$185,580 President $330 $297 2023
Drew Health Foundation CA$185,523 Executive Director $29,250 $23,483 2024
West Virginia Oral Health Coalition WV$189,606 Coordinator $68,490 $68,948 2024
Aphasia Center Of California CA$185,067 Exec Directo $28,484 $22,868 2024
Higher Ground Healing CO$189,695 President $1,500 $1,337 2024
New Dawn Pregnancy Resource Center Inc WI$189,821 Executive Director $49,816 $49,800 2023
Liv Pregnancy And Women's Wellness HI$184,835 Executive Director $60,000 $49,945 2024
Flint Hills Community Clinic Inc KS$190,080 Clinic Direc $72,021 $74,478 2023
E4 Project Inc CO$190,089 Cofounder/pr $67,000 $61,496 2023
Crisis Pregnancy Center Of IN$184,582 Executive Di $36,467 $36,811 2023
Relevant Pregnancy Options Center IL$190,181 Executive Director $53,620 $49,012 2024
The Get In Touch Foundationinc CT$184,444 Exec Directo $24,300 $21,183 2024
Share Foundation Of Community Hospitals OH$184,367 Director/regional Market President $75,084 $73,939 2024
Byron Wellness System Inc IN$190,396 Chief Executive Officer $225,488 $227,616 2023
Buena Vista Pregnancy Center CO$183,965 Director $33,600 $29,955 2024
Two Hearts Pregnancy Care Center KY$190,779 Exec Director $33,923 $34,886 2023
Thriving4life Inc TN$183,897 President $85,000 $83,070 2024
Tsf Incorporated DE$183,778 President $44,200 $41,427 2023

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 default3rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)3rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted26th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted3rd

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 (Keith Ross) 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 744 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (E), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $2,400 is reasonable (approximately the 3rd 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.