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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gardenshare Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 161607595
NY · NTEE K31
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carlene L Doane, Executive Director / CEO ($60,909) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 66 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 80th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Carlene L Doane — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

66 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 66 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$606 total compensation of comparable organizations → $118,422 $60,909
$6,88210th
$16,27525th
$33,672Median
$54,66175th
$78,12590th
$60,909This org · 80th
p10$6,882
p25$16,275
p50$33,672
p75$54,661
p90$78,125
$60,909

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
Good Samaritan Meals Corp FL$265,062 Vp-operations $5,541 $5,760 2024
Circle You Help Center Inc IN$263,817 Executive Di $34,154 $38,832 2025
All Faiths Pantry OH$277,295 Executive Director $30,870 $37,252 2023
Madras Community Food Pantry OR$281,766 Executive Director $12,000 $12,332 2024
Feeding Our Kids IL$282,181 Executive Director $38,644 $42,043 2024
4 Saints Episcopal Food Pantry TX$255,392 Executive Dir. $7,500 $8,302 2024
Heart 2 Hand Bingham Food Pantry Inc ID$285,788 Director $500 $606 2023
Lacey Food Bank Inc NJ$286,560 Trustee $10,400 $10,276 2024
Mukwonago Food Pantry WI$251,074 Exec. Director $58,667 $69,807 2023
One Love Community Inc NY$289,337 President $62,308 $62,308 2024
Sunrise Christian Food Ministry CA$249,710 Board Member $34,300 $32,777 2024
Caldwell County Christian Foundation TX$246,282 Exec. Irecttor $60,288 $66,739 2024
Gleaners Dispatch Inc FL$245,912 President $24,700 $26,437 2023
Food Bank Of Sweetwater County WY$294,463 Executive Director $72,570 $83,780 2025
Your Neighbor's House TX$239,093 Executive Director $44,992 $51,277 2023
Crescent Food Bank CA$301,356 Executive Dir. $75,000 $73,786 2023
Astoria Food Pantry Inc NY$235,826 Board Member $3,000 $3,089 2023
Columbia Falls Food Bank MT$306,710 Co-manager $9,900 $12,158 2023
Living Stones PA$233,220 Executive Di $51,000 $56,283 2024
Cultivate Abundance Inc FL$230,805 Executive Di $113,910 $118,422 2024
Tricklebee Cafe Inc WI$309,993 Executive Director $84,906 $101,028 2023
Hunger Fighters Oregon OR$229,556 Executive Director $90,428 $92,933 2024
Northern Stokes Food Pantry Inc NC$228,071 Board Member $3,750 $4,288 2024
Milly's Pantry Inc NY$226,989 Executive Director $54,708 $54,708 2024
Brooklyn Rescue Mission Urban Harvest Center Inc NY$226,034 President $25,000 $25,738 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 default80th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted83rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Carlene L Doane) 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 66 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,909 is reasonable (approximately the 80th 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.