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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Baton Rouge Epicurean Society

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 711030562
LA · NTEE B82
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Meghann Young, Executive Director / CEO ($45,247) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 165 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

165 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 165 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$351 total compensation of comparable organizations → $178,970 $45,247
$5,54510th
$13,92625th
$34,575Median
$56,12975th
$81,48390th
$45,247This org · 65th
p10$5,545
p25$13,926
p50$34,575
p75$56,129
p90$81,483
$45,247

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 LA 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
Minnesota Grocers Education Foundation MN$184,300 President $22,480 $20,768 2023
Clifford H Ted Rees Jr Scholarship VA$184,100 Chief Operating Officer $38,351 $34,622 2023
Ballet Yuma AZ$184,694 Company Manager $12,500 $10,917 2024
Union City Education Foundation Inc IN$185,146 President $12,200 $11,684 2024
Livingston Arts Council Inc MI$182,835 Vp Programmi $56,704 $54,723 2023
Building Baja's Future $181,985 Managing Director $48,000 $48,000 2024
Farther Foundation IL$187,088 President $7,500 $6,696 2024
Friends Of Monte Vista Choir CA$187,110 Fin'l Secretary $9,180 $7,199 2024
The Spaulding High School Scholarship Trust VT$187,214 Vice Chair $2,300 $2,102 2024
Maryland Association Of Certified Public MD$180,557 Ceo $24,437 $20,748 2024
Advancing Students Forward CA$189,082 Executive Dir. $78,500 $61,559 2024
Iald Education Trust Fund IL$179,146 Executive Director $12,729 $11,365 2024
Police Athletic League Of Philadelphia PA$189,686 Executive Director Thru 11/23 $2,185 $1,979 2024
Supportability CA$178,834 President $33,000 $25,878 2024
Jccc Foundation IL$178,685 Secretary/treasurer $39,550 $36,354 2023
Cste Foundation Inc GA$178,603 Executive Director $195,996 $178,970 2024
Truckload Carriers Association VA$190,313 President $44,277 $38,825 2024
Montana State Elks Association MT$190,394 Treasurer $2,000 $1,907 2025
Building Education Support Teams Inc PA$178,108 Chairperson $16,500 $15,384 2023
The Worth & Dot Howard Foundation AZ$190,754 President $55,000 $49,456 2023
Casey Feldman Memorial Foundation PA$177,135 President/director $36,000 $32,603 2024
Pratyush Sinha Foundation PA$192,024 Co-executive Director $24,418 $22,114 2024
Loan Repayment Assistance Program Of MN$192,896 Executive Director $67,508 $62,368 2023
Joey's Dream Builders TX$193,597 Executive Director $40,000 $36,337 2024
Students Without Mothers Inc GA$194,123 Executive Dir. $66,600 $60,815 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Meghann Young) 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 165 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,247 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.