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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Reidsville Soup Kitchen Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 561668977
NC · NTEE K35
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Richard Westmoreland, Executive Director / CEO ($5,710) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 343 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 7th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Richard Westmoreland — reported title “Treasurer”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

343 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 343 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$12 total compensation of comparable organizations → $176,923 $5,710
$9,32610th
$26,33025th
$44,421Median
$62,51475th
$84,56590th
$5,710This org · 7th
p10$9,326
p25$26,330
p50$44,421
p75$62,514
p90$84,565
$5,710

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 NC 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
Table For Two Usa NY$240,702 President $54,000 $48,620 2023
Lawrence Community Food Alliance KS$240,012 Executive Di $43,260 $52,357 2021
Katie's Krops SC$241,388 President $48,000 $51,941 2022
Travelers Rest Farmers Market SC$239,400 Executive Di $46,686 $47,137 2024
The Preservery Foundation CO$241,628 Executive Director $110,000 $102,081 2024
Your Neighbor's House TX$239,093 Executive Director $44,992 $44,844 2023
Hungry World Farm IL$241,844 Executive Director $18,995 $18,607 2023
Nederland Farmers Market CO$238,911 Executive Director $30,000 $27,840 2024
Table Of Plenty Hmb CA$238,096 Executive Director $49,154 $42,292 2023
Shelbyville Community Soup Kitchen TN$237,980 Employee $41,100 $41,811 2024
Farm & Community Collaborative Inc MA$243,008 Director $20,833 $18,653 2023
Dig In Yancey Community Garden NC$236,988 Executive Director $44,972 $44,972 2024
Musically Fed AZ$236,845 Executive Director - Founder $84,500 $78,649 2024
Del Paso Heights Growers Alliance CA$244,027 Secretary $8,429 $7,044 2024
Around The Bend Farms Inc OR$244,619 Director $8,700 $7,819 2024
5loaves2fishnmi MI$235,864 Secretary $15,000 $14,984 2024
Utopian Seed Project Inc NC$235,852 Executive Director $69,639 $71,696 2023
Astoria Food Pantry Inc NY$235,826 Board Member $3,000 $2,701 2023
Fundacion Yo Puedo Inc PR$235,670 President $2,395 $2,395 2024
Malibu Agricultural Project's Cornucopia Farms CA$245,656 President $69,785 $58,319 2024
Petare-latam Foundation Inc FL$245,674 Treasurer $32,350 $29,412 2024
Giving Gardens Of Indiana Inc IN$245,726 Executive Di $31,800 $32,455 2024
Gleaners Dispatch Inc FL$245,912 President $24,700 $23,120 2023
Artisan Cheese Festival CA$245,957 Executive Director $42,000 $35,099 2024
Logan County Farm Bureau IL$246,042 Manager $75,892 $72,209 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default7th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)7th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted7th

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 (Richard Westmoreland) 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 343 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (K), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,710 is reasonable (approximately the 7th 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.