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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rural Minds Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 852873467
IL · NTEE E60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chuck Strand, Executive Director / CEO ($118,011) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 104 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 84th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

104 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 104 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,770 total compensation of comparable organizations → $331,134 $118,011
$15,85210th
$41,43225th
$64,832Median
$101,79975th
$137,95190th
$118,011This org · 84th
p10$15,852
p25$41,432
p50$64,832
p75$101,799
p90$137,951
$118,011

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.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Caldwell Council On Adolescent Health IncNC $298,868$62,643 990
In Concert For CancerWA $294,599$37,866 990
Stuck Community Acupuncture IncAZ $299,256$85,955 990
Cgs IncWI $294,116$86,338 990
National Coalition For HospiceMN $302,046$147,493 990
Sana Space IncFL $302,240$133,794 990
Promotoras Y Promotores FoundationCA $302,446$43,985 990
Homecare & Hospice Assoc Of UtahUT $290,404$331,134 990
Covered CommunityCA $304,128$52,700 990
Health Horizons International FoundationCT $285,935$71,030 990
The J Moss FoundationCA $285,762$51,236 990
The Addis Clinic IncTN $309,284$116,069 990
Community Partners-two Harbors Living At Home Block Nurse ProgramMN $280,300$69,400 990
Transplant Foundation IncCO $315,437$133,281 990
Albany Area Ems IncWI $278,295$17,204 990
The Fit And Food ConnectionMO $316,300$47,694 990
The Aphasia ProjectNC $276,779$62,708 990
Sunrise Workshop IncIN $318,340$36,073 990
Right To HealOR $274,480$43,146 990
Nature Nurture FarmacyWA $274,054$42,620 990
Coalition Of New York State HealthNY $319,872$169,073 990
Maine Public Health AssociationME $322,863$114,128 990
Health For EveryoneCA $270,756$7,993 990
Metrowest Medical Center MedicalMA $324,672$56,463 990
Lilly Kolisko Institute For Anthroposophic Medicine IncWI $325,292$93,482 990

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 default84th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted75th

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 (Chuck Strand) 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 104 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $118,011 is reasonable (approximately the 84th 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). 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.