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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Putney Foodshelf Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 462262086
VT · NTEE K30
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Hannah S Pick, Executive Director / CEO ($59,241) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 85 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 74th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

85 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 85 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,052 total compensation of comparable organizations → $168,638 $59,241
$12,48510th
$29,91925th
$44,564Median
$60,18375th
$82,68190th
$59,241This org · 74th
p10$12,485
p25$29,919
p50$44,564
p75$60,183
p90$82,681
$59,241

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 VT cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Ma'alot FarmsCA $217,861$31,777 990
Project 216 IncIN $216,461$36,143 990
Spice Field Kitchen IncOH $217,984$76,149 990
Farmers Market Of The Ozarks IncMO $215,981$45,983 990
Helps Outreach IncFL $218,935$82,390 990
Rutland Area Foodshelf IncVT $215,214$50,455 990
Center For A Green FutureME $214,205$26,283 990
Camellas Cupboard IncorporatedCT $213,476$39,681 990
Food Is Free Albuquerque ChapterNM $222,630$37,391 990
Our Daily BreadMS $222,786$21,926 990
Believing In Our Future IncTX $210,148$50,412 990
First Fruits Of The Ridge IncGA $224,418$66,651 990
A Best Choice Mobile Ultrasound AndVA $225,974$88,501 990
Cortland Loaves & Fishes IncNY $207,958$46,808 990
Kettering Back Pack IncOH $226,497$21,271 990
Mothers For Mothers Postpartum Justice ProjectCA $227,724$43,659 990
Stone SoupUT $228,935$2,609 990
Soup For The Soul Org IncKY $204,886$48,451 990
Community Markets IncWV $204,602$52,182 990
Sfmv IncFL $232,360$48,946 990
Seven Loaves Soup Kitchen IncPA $233,043$12,204 990
Northwest Mutual Aid Collective IncPA $233,724$74,235 990
Fundacion Yo Puedo IncPR $235,670$2,458 990
5loaves2fishnmiMI $235,864$15,789 990
East Kentucky Dream Center IncKY $197,997$30,929 990

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 VT 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 default74th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted78th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 (Hannah S Pick) 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 85 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $59,241 is reasonable (approximately the 74th 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). 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.