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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Community Food Bank

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 352079824
IN · NTEE K30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amanda Drew, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 42 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 10th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Amanda Drew — reported title “Manager”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

42 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 42 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,748 total compensation of comparable organizations → $156,807 $12,000
$13,24910th
$26,73425th
$39,129Median
$48,12075th
$68,76290th
$12,000This org · 10th
p10$13,249
p25$26,734
p50$39,129
p75$48,120
p90$68,762
$12,000

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 IN 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
Gumdrops Nfp IL$148,370 President $31,200 $29,086 2024
Taunton Area Community Table Inc MA$144,909 Director $39,000 $34,215 2023
Forsyth Backpack Program NC$153,389 Executive Director $18,343 $17,509 2025
Feed Buffalo Inc NY$141,575 Executive Director $74,254 $65,506 2023
Utah Charities UT$158,774 President $10,400 $10,093 2024
Healthy Kids Katering Service Of Paterson Inc NJ$162,422 Director $12,064 $10,515 2023
Dulles South Soup Kitchen Inc VA$162,569 Director $36,000 $32,961 2024
Harvest Rural Feeding Services Inc AR$163,316 Officer $8,550 $8,879 2025
Snack In A Backpack Inc GA$165,273 Director $31,763 $30,285 2024
Alliance For Better Nutrition Inc IN$132,378 President/se $44,735 $44,735 2024
Novick Urban Farm PA$170,617 Project Manager $45,215 $42,757 2024
Hungry Heroes Incorporated SC$171,853 President $61,213 $62,345 2023
Stillwater Mobile Meals Inc OK$172,720 Executive Dir. $44,358 $46,317 2024
Emerge Inc CT$173,477 President $26,250 $22,737 2025
Vittles For Vets VA$175,714 President/director $8,462 $7,748 2024
Hunger Impact Partners MN$184,195 Chief Exec O $167,352 $156,807 2024
Bethany Center OH$186,012 President $40,000 $41,360 2023
Lawton Farmers Market Institute OK$109,285 Director $28,812 $30,085 2024
Giving In Kindness In Arkansas Inc AR$189,359 President And Director $45,788 $48,805 2024
Cooking For Long Island Veterans NY$190,012 Officer $16,000 $13,710 2024
Germantown Help Inc MD$190,606 Exec Director/ceo $75,734 $69,124 2023
Friday Night Supper Program Inc MA$191,069 Executive Director $59,173 $50,423 2024
Spalding Nutrition Center Inc NE$105,847 Secretary $26,226 $26,059 2025
Bellows Falls Senior Center Inc VT$104,596 Executive Di $46,640 $44,516 2024
Roots For The Home Team MN$104,384 Executive Director $86,000 $82,961 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default10th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)7th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted12th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted7th

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 (Amanda Drew) 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 42 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 10th 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.