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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Commons Center For Food Security & Sustainability

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 201004201
NM · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Chandler, Executive Director / CEO ($38,368) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1071 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 30th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

1,071 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,071 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$206 total compensation of comparable organizations → $739,559 $38,368
$17,64810th
$34,04325th
$55,080Median
$78,05475th
$103,21790th
$38,368This org · 30th
p10$17,648
p25$34,043
p50$55,080
p75$78,054
p90$103,217
$38,368

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 NM cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Brothers EmpoweredMN $410,701$61,479 990
Unbridled Spirit 7WA $411,014$59,935 990
Crossroads Outreach Ministries IncMS $411,077$70,725 990
The Bay Area Mural Program IncCA $411,111$113,821 990
Kids First Family ServicesNV $410,279$46,152 990
Assist Indiana IncIN $410,156$40,625 990
Community Of HopeMO $411,572$152,074 990
Dream Center IncOK $409,937$33,508 990
Assuaged Foundation IncCA $411,679$2,529 990
Aging In Pace WashingtonWA $411,837$25,191 990
ChicktechOR $409,630$68,652 990
Rooted In Grace & Love IncNC $409,621$61,653 990
Confident SoleMI $411,963$86,369 990
Sciboston IncMA $409,561$73,218 990
Life Relaunch IncFL $409,546$68,557 990
Rightpath Health ScreeningsAZ $412,228$91,910 990
Big Island MediationHI $409,192$49,022 990
Sisterhood Of Salaam ShalomNJ $409,192$85,464 990
Rainbow Cafe Lgbtq CenterIL $409,133$54,843 990
Lamorinda Village IncCA $408,442$70,490 990
Jambos IncGA $408,395$78,711 990
Winstonnet IncNC $408,371$85,164 990
Women In Circle IncKY $413,438$41,954 990
3e Restoration IncVA $407,920$36,969 990
Back On Track Addiction MinistriesNC $407,903$51,637 990

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 NM 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 default30th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (David Chandler) 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 1071 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $38,368 is reasonable (approximately the 30th 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). 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.