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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Columbia Falls Food Bank

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 205725475
MT · NTEE K31
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jan Vonlindern, Executive Director / CEO ($9,900) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 68 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jan Vonlindern — reported title “CO-MANAGER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

68 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 68 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$493 total compensation of comparable organizations → $96,424 $9,900
$6,45810th
$15,18625th
$28,068Median
$44,22675th
$57,81290th
$9,900This org · 16th
p10$6,458
p25$15,186
p50$28,068
p75$44,226
p90$57,812
$9,900

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 MT 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
Tricklebee Cafe Inc WI$309,993 Executive Director $84,906 $82,261 2023
Crescent Food Bank CA$301,356 Executive Dir. $75,000 $60,080 2023
Table Of Grace Mobile Food Pantry NE$318,822 President $28,600 $27,718 2024
Food Bank Of Sweetwater County WY$294,463 Executive Director $72,570 $68,217 2025
One Love Community Inc NY$289,337 President $62,308 $50,733 2024
Lacey Food Bank Inc NJ$286,560 Trustee $10,400 $8,367 2024
Harvest Food Pantry Inc PA$327,173 Executive Di $60,015 $53,928 2024
Heart 2 Hand Bingham Food Pantry Inc ID$285,788 Director $500 $493 2023
Pinedale Community Food Basket Inc WY$328,196 Food Distributor $18,383 $18,262 2023
Feeding Wilmington Inc NC$330,442 Chair-elect $23,644 $22,014 2024
Feeding Our Kids IL$282,181 Executive Director $38,644 $34,233 2024
Madras Community Food Pantry OR$281,766 Executive Director $12,000 $10,042 2024
All Faiths Pantry OH$277,295 Executive Director $30,870 $30,332 2023
King Ferry Food Pantry Inc NY$338,002 Executive Director $43,500 $35,419 2024
Pantry 279 Inc IN$342,724 Director $8,573 $8,146 2024
Gardenshare Inc NY$270,002 Executive Di $60,909 $49,595 2024
Caring And Sharing Food Pantry Inc OH$345,976 Executive Di $17,745 $16,936 2024
The Lovve Project CO$346,015 Executive Di $49,808 $43,035 2024
Good Samaritan Meals Corp FL$265,062 Vp-operations $5,541 $4,690 2024
Circle You Help Center Inc IN$263,817 Executive Di $34,154 $31,618 2025
Food Pantry Of Jeff Davis County Inc TX$352,735 Executive Director $35,614 $32,101 2024
4 Saints Episcopal Food Pantry TX$255,392 Executive Dir. $7,500 $6,760 2024
Tennessee Food On Foot Foundation Inc TN$358,356 President $13,500 $12,787 2024
Guilderland Food Pantry Inc NY$358,568 Executive $26,590 $21,651 2024
Mukwonago Food Pantry WI$251,074 Exec. Director $58,667 $56,840 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MT 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 MT 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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)15th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted16th

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 (Jan Vonlindern) 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 68 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,900 is reasonable (approximately the 16th 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.