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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Humboldt Health Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 940942427
CA · NTEE E22Z
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bryna Lipper, Executive Director / CEO ($35,641) 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 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Bryna Lipper — reported title “CEO”, 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

$704 total compensation of comparable organizations → $148,207 $35,641
$12,43110th
$25,95825th
$47,745Median
$70,02675th
$111,64990th
$35,641This org · 40th
p10$12,431
p25$25,958
p50$47,745
p75$70,026
p90$111,649
$35,641

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 CA 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
Tuh - Jeanes Campus Auxiliary PA$160,404 Hospital Admin Rep $37,019 $44,014 2023
Anderson Support And Development MS$159,804 President $37,629 $48,534 2024
Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc OH$166,331 Director / Ceo - Nch $70,206 $86,113 2024
Robert Packer Hospital Auxiliary PA$157,384 Director - Pres/ceo Rph $42,922 $51,034 2023
Presence Health Partners Services MO$168,408 Director (End 12/2022) $49,417 $62,405 2023
Advocates For Upstate Medical University University Hospital Inc NY$151,853 Administrative Coordinator $13,365 $13,625 2025
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center NM$151,822 President $10,268 $12,790 2024
Greene County General Hospital Foundation IN$173,967 Foundation Director $89,500 $109,303 2024
Mendocino Coast Healthcare Foundation CA$149,661 Executive Director $128,956 $132,765 2023
Share Foundation Of Community Hospitals OH$184,367 Director/regional Market President $75,084 $92,096 2024
Waverly Health Center Foundation IA$139,330 Former Treasurer $49,532 $64,663 2023
Sisters Of St Joseph Of St Mark OH$127,740 President $7,500 $9,199 2024
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health IL$198,253 Dir Voluntee $24,638 $28,051 2024
Saunders Hospital IL$115,505 President $600 $704 2023
Health Development Corporation IN$215,119 President $27,580 $33,682 2024
Sheffield Area Medical Center Inc PA$108,890 Executive Director $17,612 $20,940 2023
Upmc Pinnacle Lancaster PA$216,898 President & Coo $124,650 $148,207 2023
Burgess Foundation IA$219,525 President/ceo - Bhc Thru 6/2023 $21,165 $27,630 2023
Medical And Dental Staff Of Holy Cross MD$219,857 President $50,000 $54,135 2024
Auxiliary Of Monongalia General Hospital WV$232,855 Pres/ceo, Mon Health Systems $36,373 $46,955 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)40th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

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 (Bryna Lipper) 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 (E22), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,641 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.