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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Salem Ministers Conference Community Food Pantry

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541641990
VA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael Estienne, Executive Director / CEO ($54,696) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 36 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

36 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 36 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,390 total compensation of comparable organizations → $159,319 $54,696
$34,96810th
$47,35925th
$64,179Median
$86,29175th
$116,76490th
$54,696This org · 36th
p10$34,968
p25$47,359
p50$64,179
p75$86,291
p90$116,764
$54,696

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 VA 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
Ascend - Leadership Through Athletics Inc VA$429,179 Executive Director $55,938 $55,938 2024
3e Restoration Inc VA$407,920 Executive Director $40,000 $41,181 2023
Street Hearts Inc VA$404,590 Founder Executive Director $35,296 $36,339 2023
Service Never Sleeps VA$460,661 Ceo $159,319 $159,319 2024
Bread For Life Community Food Pantry Inc VA$464,706 Executive Director $15,000 $15,000 2024
Drive To Work VA$467,796 President $125,000 $125,000 2024
International Catholic Legislators Network- Western Hemisphere VA$477,100 Vice Presidentcfo $3,480 $3,390 2025
Interstate Shellfish Sanitation VA$480,764 Executive Di $152,203 $152,203 2024
Family Promise Of Greater Roanoke VA$372,028 Executive Di $91,440 $91,440 2024
The Cameron K Gallagher Foundation VA$492,714 Executive Director $83,140 $85,596 2023
Tophand Foundation Inc VA$356,307 Director $32,633 $33,597 2023
Associates Of St John Bosco Inc VA$352,962 Executive Director $85,000 $82,809 2025
Northern Virginia Veterans Association VA$350,536 President Ceo $80,267 $82,638 2023
Movers Development Center VA$344,650 Chief Executive Officer $76,800 $76,800 2024
Beyond Boundaries VA$516,712 Co-founder/e $74,667 $74,667 2024
Friendship House Roanoke Inc VA$335,397 Executive Director $62,071 $62,071 2024
Toby's Dream Foundation Inc VA$530,443 Executive Director $88,000 $85,732 2025
Youth Volunteer Corps Of Hampton VA$325,852 Executive Di $69,667 $69,667 2024
Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers VA$534,620 Former Execu $103,624 $100,953 2025
By His Wounds Inc VA$314,584 Treasurer $57,417 $57,417 2024
Virginia Ffa Foundation Inc VA$554,021 Executive Director $53,114 $53,114 2024
Three-wide Ministries VA$300,461 President $39,600 $40,770 2023
A Farm Less Ordinary VA$558,975 Executive Di $50,000 $50,000 2024
Front Royal Pregnancy Center Inc VA$298,177 Executive Director $48,000 $49,418 2023
Bristol Faith In Action Inc VA$295,818 Executive Director $40,923 $40,923 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted39th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted36th

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 (Michael Estienne) 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 36 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + VA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $54,696 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.