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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Montavilla Farmers Market

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 262379101
OR · NTEE K28
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lisa Hebert, Executive Director / CEO ($56,705) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 400 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 61st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lisa Hebert — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

400 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 400 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$13 total compensation of comparable organizations → $499,067 $56,705
$9,97310th
$29,64325th
$49,383Median
$70,61675th
$94,25990th
$56,705This org · 61st
p10$9,973
p25$29,643
p50$49,383
p75$70,616
p90$94,259
$56,705

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 OR 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
Healthy Adventures Foundation CA$300,032 Ceo $55,402 $53,036 2023
Green Acres Urban Farm And Research Project MO$299,513 Ceo $38,871 $44,333 2024
Taproot A Lopez Kitchen WA$299,337 Operations Manager $14,344 $13,829 2024
Fideicomiso De Tierras Comunitarias Para La Agricultura Sostenible PR$300,822 Director $56,581 $58,252 2023
Low Input Viticulture & Enology Inc OR$300,988 Executive Director $114,872 $114,872 2024
Waco Downtown Farmers Market TX$299,065 Market Manager $49,920 $53,772 2024
Crescent Food Bank CA$301,356 Executive Dir. $75,000 $71,798 2023
Massachusetts Tree Wardens' And MA$302,463 Vice Preside $7,300 $7,064 2024
Zellwood Water Users Inc FL$297,502 Secretary $60,531 $61,233 2024
Utah Agricultural Land Trust UT$297,390 Executive Director $14,040 $15,474 2024
Feed New Mexico Kids Inc NM$304,007 Executive Dir. $58,583 $67,850 2024
Mckeesport Meals On Wheels Inc PA$295,500 Coordinator $26,000 $27,920 2024
Louisiana Cattlemens Association LA$295,136 Executive Director $61,000 $74,466 2023
Patchwork TN$294,886 Founder/ceo $54,533 $63,549 2023
Food Bank Of Sweetwater County WY$294,463 Executive Director $72,570 $81,522 2025
Community Gardens Of Tucson Inc AZ$294,402 Executive Dir. $51,260 $53,085 2024
Capitol Hill Community Services CO$294,108 Executive Director $63,124 $63,498 2025
Jewish Relief Agency Inc NJ$294,035 Director $17,160 $16,986 2023
Outdoor Equity Alliance NJ$306,661 Executive Dir. $58,795 $56,527 2024
Columbia Falls Food Bank MT$306,710 Co-manager $9,900 $11,830 2023
Chef To The Shelters Inc TX$306,867 Executive Director $87,662 $97,215 2023
American Society For Nutrition MD$293,156 Executive Director $134,067 $138,956 2023
Community Kitchen Inc OH$307,416 President/ce $56,561 $66,415 2023
Feeding Charlotte Inc NC$307,435 Executive Dir. $40,833 $46,775 2023
Renewable Farms CA$307,437 Ceo $73,077 $69,957 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default61st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted62nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 Hebert) 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 400 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (K), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,705 is reasonable (approximately the 61st 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.