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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Backyard Blessings

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271490669
AL · NTEE K30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Leneda Jones, Executive Director / CEO ($35,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 99 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Leneda Jones — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

99 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 99 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$928 total compensation of comparable organizations → $112,757 $35,000
$14,13010th
$30,22525th
$43,151Median
$58,88775th
$75,58590th
$35,000This org · 36th
p10$14,130
p25$30,225
p50$43,151
p75$58,887
p90$75,585
$35,000

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 AL 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
Falls Area Community Services Inc WI$323,101 Executive Director $73,192 $68,725 2024
Mayors Feed The Hungry Program Inc FL$321,204 Executive Director $60,000 $52,174 2023
Neighborhood Meals On Wheels Inc GA$325,274 Director $42,121 $38,078 2024
Comeunity Cafe Oc OH$325,898 General Manager $60,211 $57,337 2024
Living Hope Farm Inc PA$318,229 Head Farmer $40,000 $35,863 2024
Hey Govind Inc TX$317,045 President $87,500 $78,694 2024
Brookings Harbor Community Helpers OR$329,518 Executive Di $70,680 $59,013 2024
Tc Food Justice MN$332,189 Executive Di $35,315 $31,374 2024
Ampleharvestorg Inc NJ$333,454 Exec Dir & P $84,700 $70,000 2023
Matthews Ministry Inc NC$335,206 President $42,000 $39,018 2024
Morning Star Fresh Food Ministry Inc CA$307,791 President $33,000 $26,377 2023
Washington State Farmers Market Assoc WA$338,530 Executive Director $94,187 $75,816 2024
Feeding Charlotte Inc NC$307,435 Executive Dir. $40,833 $39,054 2023
Chef To The Shelters Inc TX$306,867 Executive Director $87,662 $81,169 2023
Feed And Be Fed CA$341,568 Executive Director Hnrf $13,750 $11,441 2022
Feed New Mexico Kids Inc NM$304,007 Executive Dir. $58,583 $56,650 2024
Provision Packs Inc FL$343,114 Administrative Staff $60,000 $50,677 2024
Callaway Cares MO$345,104 Ceo $38,000 $36,186 2024
Nest Nourish Everyone Sustainably IL$346,219 Executive Dir. $40,625 $35,908 2024
Conroe Noon Lions Club Charities Inc TX$346,702 Employee $51,658 $45,262 2025
Revive Ministries Inc MI$349,278 Vice Chairperson $35,048 $32,524 2024
La Clinica Del Pueblo CO$349,370 Program Director $23,675 $21,013 2023
Amor Healing Kitchen Inc SC$349,724 Executive Di $68,019 $63,800 2024
Patchwork TN$294,886 Founder/ceo $54,533 $53,059 2023
Jewish Relief Agency Inc NJ$294,035 Director $17,160 $14,182 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted36th

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 (Leneda Jones) 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 99 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,000 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.