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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Emerge Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 061440531
CT · NTEE K30
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Susan M Delmonte, Executive Director / CEO ($26,250) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 65 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Susan M Delmonte — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

65 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 65 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,129 total compensation of comparable organizations → $181,032 $26,250
$12,52410th
$23,53725th
$47,295Median
$58,21375th
$80,96990th
$26,250This org · 26th
p10$12,524
p25$23,537
p50$47,295
p75$58,213
p90$80,969
$26,250

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 CT 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
Stillwater Mobile Meals Inc OK$172,720 Executive Dir. $44,358 $53,473 2024
Hungry Heroes Incorporated SC$171,853 President $61,213 $71,977 2023
Vittles For Vets VA$175,714 President/director $8,462 $8,945 2024
Novick Urban Farm PA$170,617 Project Manager $45,215 $49,362 2024
Snack In A Backpack Inc GA$165,273 Director $31,763 $34,963 2024
Harvest Rural Feeding Services Inc AR$163,316 Officer $8,550 $10,250 2025
Hunger Impact Partners MN$184,195 Chief Exec O $167,352 $181,032 2024
Dulles South Soup Kitchen Inc VA$162,569 Director $36,000 $38,054 2024
Healthy Kids Katering Service Of Paterson Inc NJ$162,422 Director $12,064 $12,140 2023
Bethany Center OH$186,012 President $40,000 $47,751 2023
Utah Charities UT$158,774 President $10,400 $11,653 2024
Giving In Kindness In Arkansas Inc AR$189,359 President And Director $45,788 $56,344 2024
Cooking For Long Island Veterans NY$190,012 Officer $16,000 $15,828 2024
Germantown Help Inc MD$190,606 Exec Director/ceo $75,734 $79,803 2023
Friday Night Supper Program Inc MA$191,069 Executive Director $59,173 $58,213 2024
Forsyth Backpack Program NC$153,389 Executive Director $18,343 $20,214 2025
Gorham Ecumenical Food Pantry ME$196,126 Executive Director $13,500 $15,236 2023
Community Food Bank IN$149,069 Manager $12,000 $13,854 2024
East Kentucky Dream Center Inc KY$197,997 Director $28,229 $33,202 2024
Gumdrops Nfp IL$148,370 President $31,200 $33,580 2024
Taunton Area Community Table Inc MA$144,909 Director $39,000 $39,500 2023
Community Markets Inc WV$204,602 Operations Manager $47,259 $56,018 2024
Soup For The Soul Org Inc KY$204,886 Program Manager $42,952 $52,012 2023
Feed Buffalo Inc NY$141,575 Executive Director $74,254 $75,626 2023
Cortland Loaves & Fishes Inc NY$207,958 Executive Dir. $49,337 $50,248 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT cost of living and 2025 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 CT 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)29th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted25th

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 (Susan M Delmonte) 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 65 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $26,250 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.