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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Uab-svhs Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862364708
AL · NTEE E02
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ray L Watts Md, Executive Director / CEO ($212,341) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 916 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 98th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Ray L Watts Md — reported title “DIRECTOR/CHAIR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

916 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 916 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$56 total compensation of comparable organizations → $912,500 $212,341
$11,48410th
$26,61425th
$45,933Median
$70,38675th
$105,87190th
$212,341This org · 98th
p10$11,484
p25$26,614
p50$45,933
p75$70,386
p90$105,871
$212,341

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 AL 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
The Parachute Foundation MN$216,984 President $26,366 $24,828 2023
Erle And Emma White Hospice Endowment Trust TX$217,002 Trustee $6,228 $5,937 2023
Upmc Pinnacle Lancaster PA$216,898 President & Coo $124,650 $118,460 2023
Medical Society Of The County Of NY$216,881 Executive Di $76,950 $64,363 2024
Little Smiles (Pa) Inc PA$217,077 Exec. Director & Co-founder $45,600 $42,092 2024
Patient Care Foundation Of CA$217,183 Chief Executive Officer $35,329 $29,073 2023
Bridge To A Cure Foundation Inc FL$216,743 Executive Director $14,000 $12,174 2024
Mi Promotor De Salud Inc TX$216,723 Secretary To 11/12/24 $52,300 $48,426 2024
Vermont End Of Life Choices Inc VT$216,671 Executive Director $4,103 $3,823 2024
Association For The Advancement Of VT$217,327 Exec. Dir./pres $30,000 $27,950 2024
Stroke Awareness Oregon OR$216,611 Executive Director $44,897 $39,733 2023
Ashe Crisis Pregnancy Center NC$217,402 Executive Director $20,600 $19,702 2024
Vaad Ltzorchay Refuah NY$217,480 Ceo $50,415 $42,169 2024
Project Life NC$216,392 Executive Dir. $86,544 $85,218 2023
Harrisburg Family Health Care Inc GA$216,257 Staff $115,000 $107,032 2024
Oregon Community Brokerages OR$217,743 Executive Director $114,852 $96,182 2025
Pro-life Doc Inc FL$216,119 President $21,538 $19,282 2023
Death With Dignity Political Fund OR$218,061 Managing Director $17,338 $14,904 2024
Learn To Live LA$215,809 Executive Director $34,750 $35,419 2024
Allpaths Family Building Inc MA$218,148 Executive Director $74,700 $63,970 2023
Children's Health Foundation Inc OR$215,780 Executive Director $7,586 $6,352 2025
American Board Of Facial Cosmetic IL$218,169 Exec Director $49,940 $45,446 2024
Marketing Research Association Institute Inc VT$218,193 Executie Director $100,000 $93,168 2024
Association For Size Diversity & Health AZ$215,746 Vision & Strategy Leader $45,159 $41,388 2023
Hiram Licensed Home Care Company NY$215,745 Executive Director $45,013 $38,763 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default98th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)98th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted98th

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 (Ray L Watts Md) 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 916 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (E), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $212,341 is reasonable (approximately the 98th 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.