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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Kids Against Hunger - Your Quad Cities

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264440440
IA · NTEE T30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Pam Gettert, Executive Director / CEO ($18,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 40 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 35th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Pam Gettert — reported title “PRESIDENT / SECETARY”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

40 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 40 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,785 total compensation of comparable organizations → $247,212 $18,000
$5,32410th
$9,66525th
$23,479Median
$35,19075th
$72,80490th
$18,000This org · 35th
p10$5,324
p25$9,665
p50$23,479
p75$35,190
p90$72,804
$18,000

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 IA 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
Kay Trust Co Twin Lakes Baptist Church CA$54,511 President $116,052 $91,522 2024
Hospice Foundation Of Oklahoma OK$53,633 Secretary $25,864 $26,779 2023
Ptha Charities PA$55,537 Executive Director/secreta $30,031 $27,351 2024
Zimmerman Fund For Children MD$57,128 Public Director $36,499 $31,165 2024
Woodland Public Charity MO$50,822 Program Manager $12,500 $12,092 2024
Martha O'bryan Foundation Inc TN$50,818 Ceo $20,575 $20,336 2023
The American Foundation For Jewish Education Inc NJ$58,048 President/ Ceo $30,497 $24,868 2024
Lawrence C Sherman Family Foundation OH$50,287 Treasurer Thru 6/29/23 $40,331 $40,165 2023
The Miss America Foundation Inc NJ$50,215 Ceo $174,352 $146,371 2023
Sagerstrong Foundation Inc GA$58,457 President $4,750 $4,362 2024
Downtown South Bend Inc Foundation IN$49,393 Exec Directo $13,631 $13,128 2024
Baton Rouge New Community Homes LA$59,781 President/ceo $21,418 $21,539 2024
Greater Pittsburgh Automobile Dealers PA$61,170 Ceo $30,514 $27,791 2024
Retired Boston Police Officers MA$61,870 President $2,175 $1,785 2024
Black Mountain Center Foundation NC$62,954 Executive Director $10,245 $9,668 2024
International Therapist Fund MI$62,981 President $22,000 $21,352 2023
Civie And Earl Pertnoy Family FL$45,067 Board Member $279,869 $247,212 2023
The Davidson County Education NC$63,733 Admin. Direc $5,800 $5,635 2023
John O Anthony TX$44,310 Trustee $5,304 $4,989 2023
Ccarc Foundation Inc CT$43,262 Ceo $22,077 $19,463 2023
Together We Fight Cancer Inc AZ$65,183 President $9,790 $8,599 2024
Michigan Pharmacy Foundation MI$65,583 Executive Director $84,582 $82,088 2023
Perlman Family Foundation Inc NJ$41,826 Secretary And Treasurer $11,500 $9,655 2023
Hudson Headwaters Health Foundation Inc NY$40,105 Ceo Of Hhhn & Ex Officio $86,967 $71,772 2024
Boston Charitable Trust Fund MA$39,359 Cfo, Collector-treasurer $27,099 $22,240 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default35th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Pam Gettert) 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 40 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $18,000 is reasonable (approximately the 35th 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.