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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 611625859
MI · NTEE K99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lisa Oliver-king, Executive Director / CEO ($32,860) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 118 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

118 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 118 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$42 total compensation of comparable organizations → $228,584 $32,860
$5,45910th
$15,59625th
$35,017Median
$48,95375th
$69,05690th
$32,860This org · 46th
p10$5,459
p25$15,596
p50$35,017
p75$48,953
p90$69,056
$32,860

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 MI 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
Neversink Agricultural Society Inc NY$137,025 Presidentdirector $1,200 $1,021 2024
Pembroke Agriculture Corporation IL$136,281 President $16,524 $15,739 2023
Red Door Food Pantry Inc GA$135,932 Executive Dir. $38,686 $36,605 2024
Hope Full Life Center Inc NY$137,707 Executive Director $6,500 $5,528 2024
His Supper Table WA$134,887 Trustee $1,200 $1,011 2024
Rio Grande Community Farms NM$134,134 Executive Di $28,159 $28,501 2024
Utah Pork Producers Association UT$134,066 Executive Director $65,794 $63,368 2024
Farmers Market Management Services NC$133,076 President $34,806 $33,843 2024
Saint Patrick Soup Kitchen OH$132,528 Executive Di $36,208 $36,088 2024
Alliance For Better Nutrition Inc IN$132,378 President/se $44,735 $44,395 2024
Three Springs Community Farm CA$140,993 Board Member $52,690 $42,815 2024
Feed Buffalo Inc NY$141,575 Executive Director $74,254 $65,007 2023
Allegheny Mountain Institute VA$131,428 Executive Di $17,000 $15,446 2024
Martha's Table So Inc DC$142,307 President And Ceo $9,987 $8,491 2023
Dairy Council Of Michigan Inc MI$130,250 Coo/ Interim Ceo $39,892 $39,892 2023
Mar-del Watermelon Association Inc MD$143,609 Secretary/tr $14,400 $13,043 2023
International Milling Education KS$143,734 Board Secretary $43,304 $44,025 2024
Etowah Community Food Bank Inc AL$128,996 Executive Di $10,400 $10,885 2023
Meals On Wheels Of Somerset County PA$144,531 Employee $32,847 $30,825 2024
Emporia Rescue Mission Inc KS$128,502 Executive Di $17,460 $17,750 2024
Taunton Area Community Table Inc MA$144,909 Director $39,000 $33,954 2023
Center For Agricultural Resilience GA$145,280 Executive Di $55,000 $53,578 2023
American Jersey Cattle Club OH$146,119 Executive Secretary $16,840 $17,280 2023
Association Of Women In Agriculture WI$126,597 House Manage $1,083 $1,037 2025
Junction City Local Aid OR$147,846 Pantry Coordinator $28,444 $25,591 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted51st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Lisa Oliver-king) 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 118 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (K), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,860 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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.