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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Utah Public Health Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 870327438
UT · NTEE E60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carrie Butler, Executive Director / CEO ($76,050) 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 59th 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

$4,461 total compensation of comparable organizations → $318,076 $76,050
$21,54110th
$45,09325th
$64,220Median
$102,23075th
$128,37090th
$76,050This org · 59th
p10$21,541
p25$45,093
p50$64,220
p75$102,230
p90$128,370
$76,050

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 UT cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Chaddock Behavioral Health ServicesIL $371,712$49,052 990
Edi Institute IncMA $369,132$102,287 990
Nacogdoches Treatment Center ForTX $365,879$83,939 990
West Virginia Rural Health AssociationWV $377,104$82,463 990
Sayre House Of HopePA $377,190$192,760 990
Living Hope Wheelchair AssociationTX $377,672$120,748 990
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Of AlabamaAL $379,236$57,209 990
Vermont Association Of Hospitals &VT $386,874$63,156 990
White Pine Center For Healing CorpPA $387,213$47,649 990
Man Up To CancerME $353,495$58,702 990
Protectors Peak Retreat CenterMN $352,917$7,455 990
Prama InstituteNC $351,574$49,752 990
Gift Of Hope Community FoundationIL $351,563$61,918 990
Positive Family Partners IncFL $392,326$17,010 990
Children's Health Ventures IncNJ $394,773$145,264 990
Minnesota Stroke AssociationMN $344,768$19,614 990
Man Cave Health IncNY $398,267$97,389 990
Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance IncGA $342,548$98,971 990
Hospice Care By Pennswood VillagePA $342,302$42,538 990
Wise Health FoundationTX $399,867$135,663 990
Lifeline Pregnancy Help Center IncNC $400,449$51,221 990
Northstar Palliative Care IncMI $340,517$28,894 990
St Louis Health Equipment LendingMO $401,059$104,162 990
A Time To Heal IncNE $401,881$134,222 990
Vitamin BridgeTX $339,291$42,933 990

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 UT 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 default59th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted52nd

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 (Carrie Butler) 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 $76,050 is reasonable (approximately the 59th 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.