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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Soup For The Soul Org Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 473040494
KY · NTEE K30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Olivia Robison, Executive Director / CEO ($42,952) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 79 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 57th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Olivia Robison — reported title “PROGRAM 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

79 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 79 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$933 total compensation of comparable organizations → $149,501 $42,952
$10,66010th
$22,25125th
$39,434Median
$52,93675th
$73,12790th
$42,952This org · 57th
p10$10,660
p25$22,251
p50$39,434
p75$52,936
p90$73,127
$42,952

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 KY 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
Community Markets Inc WV$204,602 Operations Manager $47,259 $46,261 2024
Cortland Loaves & Fishes Inc NY$207,958 Executive Dir. $49,337 $41,496 2023
Believing In Our Future Inc TX$210,148 Director $48,000 $44,691 2023
East Kentucky Dream Center Inc KY$197,997 Director $28,229 $27,419 2024
Camellas Cupboard Incorporated CT$213,476 Executive Director $41,500 $35,178 2024
Gorham Ecumenical Food Pantry ME$196,126 Executive Director $13,500 $12,582 2023
Center For A Green Future ME$214,205 Managing Director $25,000 $23,301 2023
Rutland Area Foodshelf Inc VT$215,214 Executive Dir. $49,154 $44,729 2024
Farmers Market Of The Ozarks Inc MO$215,981 Executive Director $41,350 $40,764 2023
Project 216 Inc IN$216,461 Event Development Specialist $32,644 $32,042 2023
Putney Foodshelf Inc VT$217,212 Executive Director $59,241 $52,518 2025
Ma'alot Farms CA$217,861 Executive Director/secretary $35,050 $28,171 2023
Spice Field Kitchen Inc OH$217,984 Coo $72,365 $67,507 2025
Friday Night Supper Program Inc MA$191,069 Executive Director $59,173 $48,073 2024
Helps Outreach Inc FL$218,935 Pres/treas/b $86,000 $73,041 2024
Germantown Help Inc MD$190,606 Exec Director/ceo $75,734 $65,903 2023
Cooking For Long Island Veterans NY$190,012 Officer $16,000 $13,071 2024
Giving In Kindness In Arkansas Inc AR$189,359 President And Director $45,788 $46,531 2024
Food Is Free Albuquerque Chapter NM$222,630 Managing Dir $33,111 $33,148 2023
Our Daily Bread MS$222,786 Executive Director $18,750 $19,437 2023
Bethany Center OH$186,012 President $40,000 $39,434 2023
First Fruits Of The Ridge Inc GA$224,418 Lead Pastor $65,000 $59,087 2024
Hunger Impact Partners MN$184,195 Chief Exec O $167,352 $149,501 2024
A Best Choice Mobile Ultrasound And VA$225,974 Executive Di $87,300 $78,457 2023
Kettering Back Pack Inc OH$226,497 Executive Director $19,128 $18,857 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default57th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)52nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted61st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted56th

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 (Olivia Robison) 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 79 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,952 is reasonable (approximately the 57th 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.