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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gleaners Dispatch Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 593563107
FL · NTEE K31
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Fountain, Executive Director / CEO ($24,700) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 57 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

57 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 57 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$566 total compensation of comparable organizations → $110,642 $24,700
$5,90710th
$14,67225th
$31,114Median
$51,11375th
$71,42490th
$24,700This org · 40th
p10$5,907
p25$14,672
p50$31,114
p75$51,113
p90$71,424
$24,700

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 FL 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
Caldwell County Christian Foundation TX$246,282 Exec. Irecttor $60,288 $62,353 2024
Sunrise Christian Food Ministry CA$249,710 Board Member $34,300 $30,623 2024
Mukwonago Food Pantry WI$251,074 Exec. Director $58,667 $65,221 2023
Your Neighbor's House TX$239,093 Executive Director $44,992 $47,908 2023
4 Saints Episcopal Food Pantry TX$255,392 Executive Dir. $7,500 $7,757 2024
Astoria Food Pantry Inc NY$235,826 Board Member $3,000 $2,886 2023
Living Stones PA$233,220 Executive Di $51,000 $52,585 2024
Cultivate Abundance Inc FL$230,805 Executive Di $113,910 $110,642 2024
Hunger Fighters Oregon OR$229,556 Executive Director $90,428 $86,827 2024
Northern Stokes Food Pantry Inc NC$228,071 Board Member $3,750 $4,006 2024
Circle You Help Center Inc IN$263,817 Executive Di $34,154 $36,280 2025
Milly's Pantry Inc NY$226,989 Executive Director $54,708 $51,113 2024
Good Samaritan Meals Corp FL$265,062 Vp-operations $5,541 $5,382 2024
Brooklyn Rescue Mission Urban Harvest Center Inc NY$226,034 President $25,000 $24,047 2023
Families Feeding Hope Foundation OK$223,322 Director $4,255 $4,987 2023
Jackson Community Food Pantry MI$222,374 Executive Director/treasurer $31,600 $33,723 2024
Gardenshare Inc NY$270,002 Executive Di $60,909 $56,908 2024
Families Helping Families Ministries Inc GA$221,403 President $28,650 $29,785 2024
Bullhead Regional Food Bank Inc AZ$218,487 Executive Dir. $4,615 $4,589 2024
All Faiths Pantry OH$277,295 Executive Director $30,870 $34,804 2023
Sag Harbor Comm Food Pantry Inc NY$212,978 Executive Di $8,597 $8,032 2024
Madras Community Food Pantry OR$281,766 Executive Director $12,000 $11,522 2024
Toppenish Community Chest WA$209,879 Executive Di $34,501 $31,114 2025
Feeding Our Kids IL$282,181 Executive Director $38,644 $39,281 2024
East Texas Food Bank Foundation Inc TX$209,157 Ceo Etfb $22,461 $23,231 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted42nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (David Fountain) 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 57 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,700 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.