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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rutland Area Foodshelf Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 030353493
VT · NTEE K30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Audrey Bridge, Executive Director / CEO ($49,154) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 83 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

83 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 83 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,025 total compensation of comparable organizations → $164,291 $49,154
$12,02610th
$25,34325th
$43,156Median
$57,68475th
$80,64590th
$49,154This org · 64th
p10$12,026
p25$25,343
p50$43,156
p75$57,684
p90$80,645
$49,154

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 VT 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
Farmers Market Of The Ozarks Inc MO$215,981 Executive Director $41,350 $44,797 2023
Center For A Green Future ME$214,205 Managing Director $25,000 $25,605 2023
Project 216 Inc IN$216,461 Event Development Specialist $32,644 $35,212 2023
Camellas Cupboard Incorporated CT$213,476 Executive Director $41,500 $38,659 2024
Putney Foodshelf Inc VT$217,212 Executive Director $59,241 $57,714 2025
Ma'alot Farms CA$217,861 Executive Director/secretary $35,050 $30,957 2023
Spice Field Kitchen Inc OH$217,984 Coo $72,365 $74,186 2025
Helps Outreach Inc FL$218,935 Pres/treas/b $86,000 $80,267 2024
Believing In Our Future Inc TX$210,148 Director $48,000 $49,113 2023
Cortland Loaves & Fishes Inc NY$207,958 Executive Dir. $49,337 $45,601 2023
Food Is Free Albuquerque Chapter NM$222,630 Managing Dir $33,111 $36,427 2023
Our Daily Bread MS$222,786 Executive Director $18,750 $21,360 2023
First Fruits Of The Ridge Inc GA$224,418 Lead Pastor $65,000 $64,933 2024
Soup For The Soul Org Inc KY$204,886 Program Manager $42,952 $47,202 2023
Community Markets Inc WV$204,602 Operations Manager $47,259 $50,838 2024
A Best Choice Mobile Ultrasound And VA$225,974 Executive Di $87,300 $86,220 2023
Kettering Back Pack Inc OH$226,497 Executive Director $19,128 $20,723 2023
Mothers For Mothers Postpartum Justice Project CA$227,724 President $24,000 $20,590 2024
Stone Soup UT$228,935 Executive Di $2,500 $2,542 2024
Sfmv Inc FL$232,360 Market Manager $44,136 $47,684 2021
East Kentucky Dream Center Inc KY$197,997 Director $28,229 $30,132 2024
Seven Loaves Soup Kitchen Inc PA$233,043 Mission Coordinator $12,000 $11,889 2024
Northwest Mutual Aid Collective Inc PA$233,724 Executive Director $70,901 $72,321 2023
Gorham Ecumenical Food Pantry ME$196,126 Executive Director $13,500 $13,827 2023
Fundacion Yo Puedo Inc PR$235,670 President $2,395 $2,395 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VT 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 VT 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted66th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Audrey Bridge) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 83 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,154 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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 10, 2026.