Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Katherine Meier, Executive Director / CEO ($34,066) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 389 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range
Benchmarked executive: Katherine Meier — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.
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.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food For The Spirit Inc | NY | $272,637 | Executive Director | $65,769 | $60,146 | 2024 |
| Old Marbach School Water Supply | TX | $273,088 | Key Employee | $28,969 | $29,327 | 2024 |
| Hollywood Farmers Market Inc | OR | $273,190 | Interim Market Director | $37,583 | $36,365 | 2023 |
| Project Milk Mission | OH | $274,762 | President | $92,209 | $101,758 | 2023 |
| Meals On Wheels Of Evansville Inc | IN | $274,945 | Executive Director | $27,715 | $29,579 | 2024 |
| Paulding County Area Foundation - | OH | $270,088 | Executive Di | $57,000 | $61,098 | 2024 |
| At The Table Inc | AR | $275,036 | Founder Executive Director | $39,539 | $44,978 | 2024 |
| Gardenshare Inc | NY | $270,002 | Executive Di | $60,909 | $55,701 | 2024 |
| Utah Dairy Herd Improvement Assoc | UT | $275,091 | Manager | $39,739 | $41,161 | 2024 |
| The Body Positive | CA | $269,542 | Executive Direc | $129,918 | $113,534 | 2024 |
| Nicollet County Agricultural Society | MN | $267,949 | Exec Secretary | $1,375 | $1,375 | 2024 |
| Hillsdale Farmers Market Inc | OR | $267,831 | Manager | $44,925 | $42,222 | 2024 |
| All Faiths Pantry | OH | $277,295 | Executive Director | $30,870 | $34,067 | 2023 |
| Natural Soybean And Grain Alliance Inc | AR | $277,315 | Director | $112,400 | $127,863 | 2024 |
| Thimbleberry Collaborative Farm | OR | $277,743 | Exec Dir | $49,433 | $47,831 | 2023 |
| Chester Agricultural Center Inc | NY | $277,859 | Executive Director | $110,000 | $100,595 | 2024 |
| Ventura County Farm To School | CA | $266,589 | Executive Di | $102,000 | $89,137 | 2024 |
| Chattanooga Food Center | TN | $266,455 | Executive Director | $51,000 | $55,855 | 2023 |
| Global Garden Refugee Training Farm | IL | $278,708 | Executive Director | $70,000 | $69,646 | 2024 |
| International Center For Food Ontology | CA | $278,964 | Chair | $103,250 | $92,894 | 2023 |
| Loaves & Fishes Of The Fox Valley Inc | WI | $279,217 | Executive Director | $53,605 | $56,657 | 2024 |
| Passion And Compassion Inc | MD | $279,365 | Executive Dir. | $57,000 | $55,524 | 2023 |
| Hartford Food System Inc | CT | $279,495 | Executive Dir. | $87,539 | $85,519 | 2023 |
| Good Samaritan Meals Corp | FL | $265,062 | Vp-operations | $5,541 | $5,268 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Watermelon | NC | $264,826 | Exec Directo | $25,060 | $26,205 | 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.
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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 32nd |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 32nd |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 34th |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 30th |
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.
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
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.