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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Farmers Ending Hunger

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 800505305
OR · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John Burt, Executive Director / CEO ($43,992) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 24th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: John Burt — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,118 total compensation of comparable organizations → $175,293 $43,992
$7,16510th
$45,50025th
$73,080Median
$84,29075th
$152,38390th
$43,992This org · 24th
p10$7,165
p25$45,500
p50$73,080
p75$84,290
p90$152,383
$43,992

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 OR 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
Kathys Place OR$461,846 Executive Director And Secretary $49,038 $50,486 2023
North-northeast Business OR$438,597 President Ed $170,264 $175,293 2023
Christian Chefs International OR$429,255 President $51,615 $50,285 2025
Family Assistance And Resource Center Group Inc OR$422,291 Executive Director $7,100 $7,310 2023
Crush Athletics OR$497,327 Chief Exec Officer $4,000 $4,118 2023
Chicktech OR$409,630 Executive Director $79,512 $79,512 2024
Families First Of Grant County Inc OR$518,059 Executive Director $76,801 $74,821 2025
Teras Intervention And Counseling OR$391,466 Ceo/treasure $164,755 $164,755 2024
Roseburg Dream Center Inc OR$538,355 Director $45,500 $45,500 2024
Bridge Pomoja OR$546,089 Ceo $30,199 $30,199 2024
Hosea Youth Services OR$549,062 Executive Dir. $86,520 $84,290 2025
East County Solutions Inc OR$360,374 Executive Dir. $6,749 $6,948 2023
Family Promise Of Metro East OR$353,995 Executive Di $85,168 $85,168 2024
Helping Hands International Inc OR$583,659 Executive Dir. $73,080 $73,080 2024
Beaverton Resource Center OR$307,610 Executive Director $140,000 $144,135 2023
Golden Rule Reentry OR$629,194 Executive Director $52,414 $53,962 2023
Dress For Success Oregon Inc OR$663,742 Executive Director $80,354 $82,727 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default24th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (John Burt) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + OR + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $43,992 is reasonable (approximately the 24th 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.