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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Warrior Food Project Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 471199675
FL · NTEE Z99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lawrence Denis, Executive Director / CEO ($78,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 202 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lawrence Denis — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

202 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 202 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$45 total compensation of comparable organizations → $509,902 $78,500
$12,69210th
$29,69625th
$60,577Median
$85,63775th
$113,75390th
$78,500This org · 69th
p10$12,692
p25$29,696
p50$60,577
p75$85,637
p90$113,753
$78,500

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 FL 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
Big Sister League Residency Inc CA$340,583 Executive Dir. $35,490 $33,585 2023
The Detroit Creativity Project MI$338,412 Executive Di $67,501 $74,165 2024
Light Of The Rockies Christian Counseling Center CO$341,083 Executive Director $7,380 $7,533 2024
Zen Hospice Project CA$341,218 Executive Dir. $143,380 $131,792 2024
Bay Area Psychotherapy Training CA$337,616 Executive Di $54,600 $51,670 2023
Washington Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers WA$342,213 Executive Director $104,980 $103,005 2023
Living Voices WA$334,859 Artistic Director $60,000 $57,182 2024
Na Moku Aupuni O Ko Olau Hui HI$334,485 President $10,721 $10,218 2024
Ricrack Inc LA$345,417 Executive Dir. $15,385 $18,033 2024
Lutheran Housing Corporation Of Oil City PA$345,585 Chief Executive Officer $39,302 $42,953 2023
Independence Pass Foundation CO$345,874 Executive Director $119,602 $125,685 2023
Compasspoint Mentorship CA$345,937 Executive Director $70,000 $66,244 2023
Prentis Family Support Foundation MI$345,967 Treasurer $20,953 $23,702 2023
Council For Drug Free Youth MO$333,036 Executive Dir. $54,654 $61,620 2024
Fraternal Order Of Eagles WA$331,795 Secretary $6,578 $6,107 2025
South Terry Water Association Inc MS$330,466 Sec/ Treasurer $15,600 $18,018 2025
Hough Foundation WA$330,408 Executive Director $84,941 $83,343 2023
Rossford Convention And Visitors Bureau OH$328,927 Exec Director $53,975 $62,651 2023
Grand Island Regency Retirement NE$328,741 Executive Di $96,741 $110,760 2024
Delaware Laborers'-employers' NJ$328,663 Assistant Director $171,201 $167,518 2023
Nassans Place NJ$328,006 Executive Director $92,280 $90,295 2023
Breast Wishes Foundation OH$351,875 Vice Chair/e $13,450 $15,164 2024
Friends Of 400 Foundation AL$352,584 President/tr $25,000 $29,599 2023
Wyandot Health Foundation OH$326,027 Treasurer $38,648 $43,574 2024
Sky Mountain Wild Horse Sanctuary NM$354,808 Executive Director $71,264 $81,591 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)69th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

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 (Lawrence Denis) 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 202 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Z99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $78,500 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.