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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Children's Hospital Oakland Family House

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 942909976
CA · NTEE E86Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Suresh Gunasekaran, Executive Director / CEO ($51,575) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 217 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 66th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

217 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 217 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$104 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,887,960 $51,575
$6,40210th
$17,20225th
$37,658Median
$65,02875th
$111,01690th
$51,575This org · 66th
p10$6,402
p25$17,202
p50$37,658
p75$65,028
p90$111,016
$51,575

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
The Fund To Promote Awareness Of MD$84,837 Executive Director $9,310 $10,080 2023
Swedishamerican Health System Corp IL$85,163 President & Ceo $85,450 $97,287 2023
Tbhc Emergency Medicine Pc NY$84,390 President $12,384 $12,588 2024
Well-one Health Inc CA$84,355 Secretary $62,732 $60,932 2024
San Juan Regional Rehabilitation Hospital Inc NM$84,109 Ceo $80,619 $100,417 2023
Up N Out Social Club Of America CA$85,802 President $19,000 $18,455 2024
Valley County Health System Foundat NE$85,841 Administrato $411 $512 2023
Community Health And Wellness Holdings CT$86,171 President/ceo $4,587 $4,837 2024
Peace Out Cancer Chair Inc KS$86,654 Co-founder $36,000 $43,748 2024
West Michigan Dental Foundation MI$83,190 Executive Se $27,000 $32,274 2023
Beth Israel Deaconess Department Of MA$83,162 Director (Ex-officio) (Hmfp Ceo) $109,829 $111,016 2024
Children's Public Health Fund NH$86,776 Director $19,478 $20,828 2023
Bay Cove Moseley Group Home Inc MA$87,314 President/ceo $14,439 $15,026 2023
Albert Lea Healthcare Coalition MN$87,741 Board Member $5,415 $6,019 2024
Inclusivcare Community Investment Inc LA$87,750 Secretary $22,504 $27,873 2024
Special Persons Mailing Service Inc VA$87,788 Reg Agent/ D $21,154 $23,654 2023
Center For Quality Systems Improvement CA$87,910 Board Chair $140,387 $136,359 2024
Pinnacle Asset Holdings Inc LA$88,094 President $20,115 $24,915 2024
Acacia Network Inc NY$88,323 President $70,634 $73,916 2023
St Marys Community Care Professionals NY$88,338 President & Ceo $84,043 $85,425 2024
Hospicare Foundation Inc NY$88,434 Executive Director $29,144 $29,623 2024
Kex Kids Fund OR$88,534 Executive Director & Director $6,000 $6,268 2024
Nnu Health Inc ID$81,255 Treasurer $56,228 $67,283 2024
Turning Point Pregnancy Center Inc AL$88,661 Executive Director $24,500 $29,773 2024
Riverstone Wellness CA$81,150 Founder $21,720 $21,097 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA cost of living and 2023 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 default66th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
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 (Suresh Gunasekaran) 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 217 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (E), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $51,575 is reasonable (approximately the 66th 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.