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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ignite Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 471609232
IL · NTEE K31
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jose Gonzalez, Executive Director / CEO ($20,685) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 47 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 30th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jose Gonzalez — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

47 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 47 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$541 total compensation of comparable organizations → $105,725 $20,685
$4,99210th
$10,99625th
$29,731Median
$50,73875th
$72,88590th
$20,685This org · 30th
p10$4,992
p25$10,996
p50$29,731
p75$50,738
p90$72,885
$20,685

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 IL 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
Beckley Dream Center Inc WV$207,718 Director $12,699 $13,986 2023
Loudon Food Pantry NH$208,681 President $36,400 $33,207 2024
East Texas Food Bank Foundation Inc TX$209,157 Ceo Etfb $22,461 $22,199 2024
Toppenish Community Chest WA$209,879 Executive Di $34,501 $29,731 2025
Sag Harbor Comm Food Pantry Inc NY$212,978 Executive Di $8,597 $7,675 2024
Red Truck Ministry VA$201,024 Admin Assist $6,268 $5,979 2024
Antigo Area Community Food Pantry WI$197,844 Manager $41,860 $44,468 2023
Bullhead Regional Food Bank Inc AZ$218,487 Executive Dir. $4,615 $4,385 2024
Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen Foundation Inc MA$196,516 Executive Director $57,700 $51,228 2024
Nolensville Food Pantry Inc TN$195,473 Executive Director $71,732 $74,495 2024
Families Helping Families Ministries Inc GA$221,403 President $28,650 $28,461 2024
Jackson Community Food Pantry MI$222,374 Executive Director/treasurer $31,600 $32,224 2024
Families Feeding Hope Foundation OK$223,322 Director $4,255 $4,766 2023
Brooklyn Rescue Mission Urban Harvest Center Inc NY$226,034 President $25,000 $22,979 2023
Milly's Pantry Inc NY$226,989 Executive Director $54,708 $48,842 2024
Northern Stokes Food Pantry Inc NC$228,071 Board Member $3,750 $3,828 2024
Hunger Fighters Oregon OR$229,556 Executive Director $90,428 $82,968 2024
Cultivate Abundance Inc FL$230,805 Executive Di $113,910 $105,725 2024
Porch-durham NC$183,371 Executive Director $70,344 $71,811 2024
Athens Area Emergency Food Bank Inc GA$182,787 Director $47,589 $48,672 2023
Living Stones PA$233,220 Executive Di $51,000 $50,248 2024
Astoria Food Pantry Inc NY$235,826 Board Member $3,000 $2,757 2023
North Dearborn Pantry Inc IN$179,282 Operations $22,258 $23,190 2024
Your Neighbor's House TX$239,093 Executive Director $44,992 $45,779 2023
The Lords Cupboard Community Pantry IA$169,482 Executive Di $22,193 $24,008 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default30th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Jose Gonzalez) 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 47 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,685 is reasonable (approximately the 30th 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.