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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Fit And Food Connection

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474102880
MO · NTEE E60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gabrielle Cole, Executive Director / CEO ($43,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 102 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: Gabrielle Cole — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

102 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 102 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,596 total compensation of comparable organizations → $298,543 $43,000
$15,61110th
$38,54425th
$58,451Median
$92,52375th
$120,58090th
$43,000This org · 30th
p10$15,611
p25$38,544
p50$58,451
p75$92,523
p90$120,580
$43,000

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 MO 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
Transplant Foundation Inc CO$315,437 Executive Director $132,730 $120,164 2023
Sunrise Workshop Inc IN$318,340 Administrator $33,629 $32,522 2024
Coalition Of New York State Health NY$319,872 Executive Director $183,946 $152,433 2024
Maine Public Health Association ME$322,863 Executive Di $108,836 $102,895 2023
The Addis Clinic Inc TN$309,284 Executive Director $108,558 $104,645 2024
Metrowest Medical Center Medical MA$324,672 President $60,000 $50,906 2023
Lilly Kolisko Institute For Anthroposophic Medicine Inc WI$325,292 President/director $88,000 $84,281 2024
Covered Community CA$304,128 Executive Director $60,000 $47,513 2024
Promotoras Y Promotores Foundation CA$302,446 Secretary $50,078 $39,656 2024
Sana Space Inc FL$302,240 President $136,000 $120,626 2023
National Coalition For Hospice MN$302,046 Chief Executive Officer $146,747 $132,977 2024
Southcentral Pa Area Health Education PA$332,418 Executive Dir. $59,757 $54,650 2024
Stuck Community Acupuncture Inc AZ$299,256 President $87,867 $77,495 2024
Caldwell Council On Adolescent Health Inc NC$298,868 Executive Director $59,603 $56,478 2024
Rural Minds Inc IL$296,906 Executive Director $118,011 $106,396 2024
Team Hope In Motion Inc IN$337,469 Director $30,000 $29,013 2024
In Concert For Cancer WA$294,599 Executive Director $41,580 $34,139 2024
Cgs Inc WI$294,116 Program Director $67,675 $66,730 2023
Vitamin Bridge TX$339,291 Coo $43,927 $40,297 2024
Northstar Palliative Care Inc MI$340,517 President & Chief Executive Officer $27,829 $27,120 2023
Homecare & Hospice Assoc Of Utah UT$290,404 Hansen $308,950 $298,543 2023
Hospice Care By Pennswood Village PA$342,302 Ceo Of Pennswood Village $43,657 $39,925 2024
Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance Inc GA$342,548 Executive Director $100,742 $92,894 2024
Minnesota Stroke Association MN$344,768 Chief Executive Officer $19,733 $18,409 2023
Health Horizons International Foundation CT$285,935 President $72,340 $64,039 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted25th

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 (Gabrielle Cole) 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 102 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $43,000 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.