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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Beans And Rice Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541851247
VA · NTEE P80Z
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lee Spiegel, Executive Director / CEO ($40,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 43 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 70th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

43 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 43 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2 total compensation of comparable organizations → $176,008 $40,000
$5,72710th
$15,58725th
$27,271Median
$43,52675th
$56,68190th
$40,000This org · 70th
p10$5,727
p25$15,587
p50$27,271
p75$43,526
p90$56,681
$40,000

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 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
On With Life Supportive Housing Cor IA$83,893 Exec Directo $33,703 $39,348 2023
Wood County Village Inc OH$82,210 President/ceo $44,493 $50,248 2023
California Teachers Association Disaster CA$82,148 Trustee $63,523 $56,810 2024
Maxcen Housing Society Inc Wisconsin Branch WI$81,836 Ceo $5,188 $5,612 2024
Stonebridge Movin' Out Inc WI$84,998 Ceo $16,577 $18,460 2023
The Pavilion At Brookmeade Inc NY$85,976 Admistrator/ Ceo $42,427 $40,879 2023
Webster Street Ii Inc MA$79,081 President And Ceo $63,709 $61,044 2023
Valley Of The Sun School Properties One AZ$88,981 Board Member $18,515 $18,442 2024
Helping The Behaviorally Challenging CA$89,112 President And Ceo $30,000 $26,829 2024
Woods Foundation Of New Jersey Inc NJ$89,961 Treasurer $30,458 $28,997 2023
Muggsy Bogues Family Foundation NC$76,312 Executive Dir. $33,200 $36,578 2023
The Youth And Family Alternatives Inc FL$76,176 Chief Executive Officer $18,030 $17,542 2024
Rise Together Ministries MO$73,112 Director $28,800 $32,526 2023
Neurostrong Wellness And Fitness TX$94,461 President $21,184 $21,947 2024
Just Keep Smiling Inc AL$69,842 Founder/dire $2,400 $2,765 2023
Love On 4 Paws Inc CA$97,619 Admin Assistant $18,175 $16,254 2024
Friends Of Gwinnett County Seniors Services Inc GA$69,043 Director $2 $2 2023
Nami Athens Ohio OH$68,490 Exec Director $38,730 $42,485 2024
Smart Women Smart Money Educational Foundation IL$98,289 President $29,500 $30,037 2024
White Oak Housing Foundation CA$98,433 Ceo $61,000 $56,165 2023
West Street Corporation MA$68,223 President And Ceo $63,709 $61,044 2023
Malayaka House Inc VT$67,288 President $35,000 $36,486 2024
By Provision AL$65,242 Executive Di $44,300 $51,031 2023
I Am That Woman Movement Inc Nfp IL$101,531 Ceo And Founder $1,099 $1,152 2023
Hope 4 Mobility Inc FL$62,847 Presidentbod $18,000 $18,031 2023

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 default70th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)72nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted47th

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 (Lee Spiegel) 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 43 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,000 is reasonable (approximately the 70th 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.