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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mwanzo

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 274567996
WA · NTEE K99
FY ending 2024-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Loyce Ungudi, Executive Director / CEO ($80,751) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Loyce Ungudi — 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

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$13 total compensation of comparable organizations → $191,766 $80,751
$26,78410th
$39,37325th
$61,549Median
$83,63875th
$143,66390th
$80,751This org · 67th
p10$26,784
p25$39,373
p50$61,549
p75$83,638
p90$143,663
$80,751

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 WA 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
Food4kids Backpack Program Of North Florida Inc FL$368,640 Executive Director $36,212 $39,119 2023
Foodshot Global Inc NY$361,782 Executive Director $190,000 $191,766 2024
Outpost Agriculture Inc OR$357,990 President $13 $13 2023
Broad Street Market Alliance PA$376,010 Director $73,200 $83,942 2023
Our New Way Garden Inc NY$351,174 President $40,000 $40,372 2024
North American Vegetarian Society NY$389,680 President And Treasurer $50,800 $51,272 2024
Wells For Life KS$390,266 Key Employee $66,000 $81,992 2023
Grow Jackson MI$332,851 Executive Director $67,388 $77,689 2024
Urban Community Agri-nomics Ucan NC$401,221 Executive Di $30,200 $34,854 2024
Community Food Initiatives OH$323,073 Past Director $29,162 $34,499 2024
Fox Valley Food For Health Inc IL$317,807 Executive Di $43,846 $49,568 2023
Incubator Kitchen Collective KY$307,620 Executive Di $54,546 $65,455 2024
Hillside Agricultural Society MA$425,887 President $1,750 $1,711 2025
Mckeesport Meals On Wheels Inc PA$295,500 Coordinator $26,000 $28,960 2024
Raleigh City Farm Inc NC$282,282 Executive Director $53,248 $61,453 2024
Chester Agricultural Center Inc NY$277,859 Executive Director $110,000 $111,022 2024
Natural Soybean And Grain Alliance Inc AR$277,315 Director $112,400 $141,117 2024
Organiceye Inc WI$457,331 Executive Director $142,806 $166,581 2024
Hollywood Farmers Market Inc OR$273,190 Interim Market Director $37,583 $40,134 2023
Hillsdale Farmers Market Inc OR$267,831 Manager $44,925 $46,598 2024
Ventura County Farm To School CA$266,589 Executive Di $102,000 $98,377 2024
Chattanooga Food Center TN$266,455 Executive Director $51,000 $61,645 2023
Fort Worth Food & Wine Foundation TX$470,466 Director/executive Directo $69,615 $80,077 2023
Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society SD$260,683 Executive Director $85,421 $105,298 2024
Mustard Seed - A Community Cafe TX$252,621 Executive Director $48,000 $53,630 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Loyce Ungudi) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,751 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.