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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Project Feast

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 462005131
WA · NTEE K30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Khanh-van Nguyen, Executive Director / CEO ($85,413) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 93 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 81st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Khanh-van Nguyen — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

93 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 93 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$562 total compensation of comparable organizations → $136,666 $85,413
$14,48810th
$37,85825th
$56,647Median
$82,51875th
$98,43790th
$85,413This org · 81st
p10$14,488
p25$37,858
p50$56,647
p75$82,518
p90$98,437
$85,413

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
Common Market Great Lakes Inc IL$480,264 Executive Di $47,429 $50,586 2024
Seton Harvest Inc IN$487,836 Executive Director (Thru 2/24) $32,379 $37,044 2024
The Connection Homeless Shelter Inc NE$471,550 Executive Director $57,137 $68,640 2023
For The Kids Org UT$493,737 Executive Di $24,750 $27,482 2024
Comidas Consulting Services TX$499,547 Executive Di $52,199 $56,647 2024
Blue Watermelon Project Inc AZ$501,316 Executive Director Since 6-2024 $3,365 $3,510 2024
Hoosiers Feeding The Hungry Inc IN$503,488 Former Exec $43,365 $49,613 2024
Trinity County Food Assistance CA$458,531 Executive Dir. $44,000 $41,220 2024
Murrysville Christian Concern PA$458,493 Key Employee/board Member $65,000 $70,323 2024
Summit Community Gardens And Eats UT$505,404 Executive Di $87,159 $96,777 2024
Syv Fruit & Vegetable Rescue CA$505,749 Executive Director $88,084 $82,518 2024
Anso Child Development IL$506,693 Secretary $58,522 $62,418 2024
Dimitri House Inc NY$454,829 Executive Dir. $70,000 $68,624 2024
Manna Of Life Ministries NY$510,178 President & Founder $7,692 $7,763 2023
Anna Sudha Community Kitchens Corp VA$511,970 $31,200 $32,682 2024
Above Par Academy Inc TX$450,000 Director $4,800 $5,209 2024
Women Food & Agriculture Network IA$514,051 Executive Dir. $79,894 $97,708 2023
Dwelling House Of Hope Inc MA$446,937 Executive Director $79,040 $79,332 2023
Hunger Task Force Of La Crosse Inc WI$520,700 Executive Director $75,532 $85,579 2024
Knock And Drop Iowa IA$439,073 Executive Di $6,125 $7,491 2023
Farmacywv Prescriptions For Produce WV$525,000 Vice President $12,000 $14,096 2024
Harrison Food Bank ME$437,220 Treasurer $52,000 $56,490 2024
Evloves Llc NY$429,917 Executive Director $71,733 $70,323 2024
Sts Francis And Alphonsus MO$428,064 President $45,422 $52,193 2024
Northeast Florida Builders Association Charitable Foundation FL$427,536 Executive Director $133,500 $136,060 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 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 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 default81st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted78th

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 (Khanh-van Nguyen) 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 93 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $85,413 is reasonable (approximately the 81st 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.