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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cortland Loaves & Fishes Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 161236737
NY · NTEE K30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kim Hill, Executive Director / CEO ($49,337) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 81 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

81 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 81 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,109 total compensation of comparable organizations → $177,749 $49,337
$12,86310th
$27,13625th
$46,691Median
$62,44175th
$86,84290th
$49,337This org · 56th
p10$12,863
p25$27,136
p50$46,691
p75$62,441
p90$86,842
$49,337

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
Believing In Our Future Inc TX$210,148 Director $48,000 $53,136 2023
Soup For The Soul Org Inc KY$204,886 Program Manager $42,952 $51,068 2023
Community Markets Inc WV$204,602 Operations Manager $47,259 $55,002 2024
Camellas Cupboard Incorporated CT$213,476 Executive Director $41,500 $41,825 2024
Center For A Green Future ME$214,205 Managing Director $25,000 $27,703 2023
Rutland Area Foodshelf Inc VT$215,214 Executive Dir. $49,154 $53,181 2024
Farmers Market Of The Ozarks Inc MO$215,981 Executive Director $41,350 $48,467 2023
Project 216 Inc IN$216,461 Event Development Specialist $32,644 $38,096 2023
Putney Foodshelf Inc VT$217,212 Executive Director $59,241 $62,441 2025
Ma'alot Farms CA$217,861 Executive Director/secretary $35,050 $33,494 2023
East Kentucky Dream Center Inc KY$197,997 Director $28,229 $32,600 2024
Spice Field Kitchen Inc OH$217,984 Coo $72,365 $80,263 2025
Helps Outreach Inc FL$218,935 Pres/treas/b $86,000 $86,842 2024
Gorham Ecumenical Food Pantry ME$196,126 Executive Director $13,500 $14,960 2023
Food Is Free Albuquerque Chapter NM$222,630 Managing Dir $33,111 $39,411 2023
Our Daily Bread MS$222,786 Executive Director $18,750 $23,110 2023
First Fruits Of The Ridge Inc GA$224,418 Lead Pastor $65,000 $70,252 2024
Friday Night Supper Program Inc MA$191,069 Executive Director $59,173 $57,156 2024
Germantown Help Inc MD$190,606 Exec Director/ceo $75,734 $78,356 2023
Cooking For Long Island Veterans NY$190,012 Officer $16,000 $15,541 2024
A Best Choice Mobile Ultrasound And VA$225,974 Executive Di $87,300 $93,282 2023
Kettering Back Pack Inc OH$226,497 Executive Director $19,128 $22,420 2023
Giving In Kindness In Arkansas Inc AR$189,359 President And Director $45,788 $55,323 2024
Mothers For Mothers Postpartum Justice Project CA$227,724 President $24,000 $22,276 2024
Stone Soup UT$228,935 Executive Di $2,500 $2,750 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)68th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted59th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (Kim Hill) 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 81 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,337 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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.