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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Community Pantry & Emerg Srvc Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 262119018
NE · NTEE B90
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Angela Essam, Executive Director / CEO ($9,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 299 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 9th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

299 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 299 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10 total compensation of comparable organizations → $208,753 $9,000
$9,63110th
$20,20725th
$43,717Median
$64,50175th
$86,40490th
$9,000This org · 9th
p10$9,631
p25$20,207
p50$43,717
p75$64,501
p90$86,404
$9,000

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 NE 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
Seminary For The Third Millennium FL$200,165 President $14,765 $12,896 2023
Advance CA$199,291 Executive Dir. $39,000 $30,412 2024
Spreading Hope Inc MN$199,217 Secretary $17,667 $15,359 2025
Eg Prep Education Inc NY$200,407 Executive Di $6,321 $5,159 2024
Love We Dont See CA$200,612 Ceo $47,294 $35,930 2025
Educational Advisory Foundation Inc GA$201,000 President $16,000 $14,958 2023
Changing Expectations Corp TX$201,110 Founder And Ceo $113,206 $102,265 2024
Educational Leadership Foundation Of New Jersey Inc NJ$201,523 Executive Director $18,500 $14,532 2025
Lindale Isd Education Foundation Inc TX$197,971 Executive Dir. $33,920 $30,642 2024
The Early Learning Partnership Of SC$201,777 Executive Di $45,788 $42,026 2025
Grace Education & Business FL$201,797 Director $45,757 $39,966 2023
Veritas Classical School Inc MS$197,652 President $79,080 $79,539 2024
Gilbert Albert Community Center Inc MA$197,000 Executive Director $25,000 $20,288 2024
Family Child Care Providers Association Of San Francisco Inc CA$202,970 Executive Director $45,637 $36,639 2023
Glenhagen Farm Retreat IL$196,629 Director $2,650 $2,422 2023
K12c Solutions MI$203,124 Chief Executive Officer $32,974 $31,644 2023
Teacher Apprenticeship Network NJ$203,250 Executive Director $13,847 $11,165 2024
Black Educational Achievement Movement OR$195,661 President $84,086 $70,519 2024
Gethsemane Ranch Inc FL$204,030 Secretary $20,244 $17,174 2024
Braination Foundation TX$195,476 Board Member $15,120 $13,659 2024
Hampton Roads Chess Association VA$204,156 Executive Director $40,598 $35,400 2024
Sunset Spark Inc NY$195,116 Secretary $45,000 $37,807 2023
Amplify Arts NE$205,050 Executive Co-director $67,688 $67,688 2023
Chester Street Foundation TX$193,987 Ceo, Chair $65,158 $58,861 2024
Nicaphoto Inc CT$205,786 President $26,000 $22,015 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NE 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 NE 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 default9th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)8th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted13th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (Angela Essam) 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 299 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,000 is reasonable (approximately the 9th 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.