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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Foundation For Essential Needs

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 274342240
MN · NTEE P12
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kate Burggraff, Executive Director / CEO ($91,843) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 48 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

48 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 48 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$563 total compensation of comparable organizations → $196,266 $91,843
$17,02010th
$29,87125th
$60,044Median
$93,60975th
$121,66990th
$91,843This org · 69th
p10$17,020
p25$29,871
p50$60,044
p75$93,609
p90$121,669
$91,843

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 MN 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
Scott J Beigel Memorial Fund Inc NY$453,343 Secretary $25,000 $22,862 2024
De Frente Al Alzheimer Inc PR$448,603 Executive Director $56,600 $56,600 2024
Freedom House Housing Development Fund NY$448,117 Cpo Through 12/22 Ceo Effective 1/23 $33,041 $31,108 2023
F3 Foundation Inc NC$465,968 Executive Di $176,277 $184,332 2024
Operation Hope Inc NY$446,019 Executive Director $40,916 $37,418 2024
Saturate WA$445,270 Executive D $210,396 $196,266 2023
Fuse Project AL$471,929 Executive Director $67,500 $73,800 2024
El Portal De Belen Foundation NY$440,877 Treasurer $16,350 $15,394 2023
Chicago Foundlings Home IL$473,561 Program Director $12,000 $12,292 2023
Georgia's Own Foundation Inc GA$431,364 Executive $30,785 $31,326 2024
Soar Special Needs KS$430,497 Executive Director $500 $563 2023
Just Heart Foundation Inc GA$483,662 President $75,528 $79,126 2023
Strike Force 421 Inc FL$426,176 Program Director $18,750 $17,826 2024
Hcso Charities Inc FL$425,105 President $51,968 $52,952 2022
Inspired Hearts And Hands Inc PA$489,376 President $56,100 $58,290 2023
Wayne County Children's Advocacy OH$489,972 Executive Director $73,028 $78,278 2024
Staffserve PA$415,353 Executive Director $18,430 $18,600 2024
Village2village Project Inc IN$505,317 Executive Director $99,090 $105,753 2024
Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation Inc MA$406,582 President/director $5,000 $4,682 2023
Hoh Share Inc WV$401,586 Executive Di $32,000 $35,065 2024
Flockfest Events Inc FL$394,952 President $65,000 $61,797 2024
Texas Pride Impact Funds TX$387,795 Executive Director $117,127 $122,076 2023
Bra Couture Kc MO$525,972 Executive Director $90,000 $96,471 2024
Jack Trottier Foundation Inc MA$535,098 Executive Dir. $70,000 $63,660 2024
Jeremy Wilson Foundation The OR$370,966 Executive Dir. $73,000 $68,607 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)73rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted69th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

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 (Kate Burggraff) 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 48 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $91,843 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.