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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Neversink Agricultural Society Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 141603464
NY · NTEE K99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lawrence Bracken, Executive Director / CEO ($1,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 118 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

118 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 118 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$50 total compensation of comparable organizations → $268,813 $1,200
$6,63810th
$18,52725th
$41,180Median
$57,56875th
$81,20890th
$1,200This org · 4th
p10$6,638
p25$18,527
p50$41,180
p75$57,568
p90$81,208
$1,200

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 NY 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
Our Kitchen Table MI$136,680 Director $32,860 $38,643 2023
Hope Full Life Center Inc NY$137,707 Executive Director $6,500 $6,500 2024
Pembroke Agriculture Corporation IL$136,281 President $16,524 $18,509 2023
Red Door Food Pantry Inc GA$135,932 Executive Dir. $38,686 $43,047 2024
His Supper Table WA$134,887 Trustee $1,200 $1,189 2024
Rio Grande Community Farms NM$134,134 Executive Di $28,159 $33,517 2024
Utah Pork Producers Association UT$134,066 Executive Director $65,794 $74,520 2024
Farmers Market Management Services NC$133,076 President $34,806 $39,799 2024
Three Springs Community Farm CA$140,993 Board Member $52,690 $50,350 2024
Saint Patrick Soup Kitchen OH$132,528 Executive Di $36,208 $42,440 2024
Feed Buffalo Inc NY$141,575 Executive Director $74,254 $76,447 2023
Alliance For Better Nutrition Inc IN$132,378 President/se $44,735 $52,207 2024
Martha's Table So Inc DC$142,307 President And Ceo $9,987 $9,985 2023
Allegheny Mountain Institute VA$131,428 Executive Di $17,000 $18,165 2024
Mar-del Watermelon Association Inc MD$143,609 Secretary/tr $14,400 $15,338 2023
International Milling Education KS$143,734 Board Secretary $43,304 $51,772 2024
Dairy Council Of Michigan Inc MI$130,250 Coo/ Interim Ceo $39,892 $46,912 2023
Meals On Wheels Of Somerset County PA$144,531 Employee $32,847 $36,250 2024
Taunton Area Community Table Inc MA$144,909 Director $39,000 $39,929 2023
Etowah Community Food Bank Inc AL$128,996 Executive Di $10,400 $12,801 2023
Center For Agricultural Resilience GA$145,280 Executive Di $55,000 $63,008 2023
Emporia Rescue Mission Inc KS$128,502 Executive Di $17,460 $20,874 2024
American Jersey Cattle Club OH$146,119 Executive Secretary $16,840 $20,321 2023
Association Of Women In Agriculture WI$126,597 House Manage $1,083 $1,219 2025
Junction City Local Aid OR$147,846 Pantry Coordinator $28,444 $30,095 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)4th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted13th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted4th

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 (Lawrence Bracken) 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 118 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (K), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $1,200 is reasonable (approximately the 4th 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.