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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Community Kitchen Of Torrington Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 223070053
CT · NTEE P99Z
FY ending 2023-09-30
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lisa Hageman, Executive Director / CEO ($69,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 185 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: Lisa Hageman — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

185 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 185 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,067 total compensation of comparable organizations → $572,594 $69,500
$20,02710th
$36,49425th
$64,017Median
$85,64975th
$112,42390th
$69,500This org · 56th
p10$20,027
p25$36,494
p50$64,017
p75$85,649
p90$112,423
$69,500

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 CT 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
The Hope Shot Inc FL$371,933 Executive Director $21,892 $21,305 2024
In Step With Horsesinc OH$369,696 President $16,500 $18,105 2024
Lifenet Foundation VA$374,374 Board Member $572,453 $572,594 2024
Spirit Of A Hero Foundation TX$376,309 Secretary $21,828 $22,620 2024
Gendernexus Inc IN$377,270 Executive Director $67,100 $73,304 2024
Inner City Youth Opportunities OH$365,922 Pres $27,800 $30,502 2024
Hope Impacts TX$365,397 Executive Di $61,066 $63,280 2024
Hampton Transitional Academy Inc SC$379,061 President $120,538 $130,270 2024
Amani Project Inc GA$364,340 Ceo $10,000 $10,724 2023
St Francis Food Pantry Inc WI$380,101 Executive Di $63,618 $68,829 2024
United Citizens Coalition Inc FL$380,105 President $53,995 $52,547 2024
Twu Local 100 Widows & Orphans Fund NY$380,217 President $5,715 $5,508 2023
Love Beyond Walls Inc GA$381,216 Executive Director $60,000 $64,343 2023
The Kindness Project PA$361,734 Executive Director $62,810 $66,804 2023
Upstate Carolina Adaptive Golf SC$360,613 Executive Director $68,497 $74,028 2024
Fiel Houston Inc TX$360,472 President $23,400 $24,249 2024
Hale County Meals On Wheels TX$360,074 Executive Di $62,813 $63,413 2025
Family Advocacy In Champaign County IL$359,272 Executive Director $53,050 $54,029 2024
Paraklesis Inc MI$386,137 Executive Director $57,444 $61,423 2024
Pennsylvania Furniture Mission PA$356,280 Director $2,940 $3,038 2024
Goodwill East Building Inc LA$356,182 President And Ceo $20,500 $23,385 2024
Integrated Renewal WA$388,472 Director $140,519 $130,330 2024
Lifenet Inc NJ$388,499 Executive Director $128,709 $122,563 2023
Womens Society Of Cyberjutsu VA$390,038 Ceo, Founding Board Member, Security $18,000 $18,005 2024
Kitka Inc CA$390,469 Ex Dir Trustee Kitka Member $82,741 $74,015 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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)59th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted58th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted52nd

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 (Lisa Hageman) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 185 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $69,500 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 10, 2026.