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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

109 James Parker Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 814097071
NJ · NTEE K35
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gwendolyn O Love, Executive Director / CEO ($18,345) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 300 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

300 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 300 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$58 total compensation of comparable organizations → $198,875 $18,345
$8,87810th
$26,34825th
$47,909Median
$66,89675th
$92,09490th
$18,345This org · 19th
p10$8,878
p25$26,348
p50$47,909
p75$66,896
p90$92,094
$18,345

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 NJ 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
Project 216 Inc IN$216,461 Event Development Specialist $32,644 $38,557 2023
Farmers Market Of The Ozarks Inc MO$215,981 Executive Director $41,350 $49,052 2023
Lewis Educational Agricultural Farm CT$217,126 Executive Director $17,900 $18,798 2023
Colorado Fruit And Vegetable CO$217,163 Executive Di $51,500 $53,722 2024
Kcgcusa Inc NY$215,486 Member $15,900 $15,631 2024
Putney Foodshelf Inc VT$217,212 Executive Director $59,241 $63,196 2025
Rutland Area Foodshelf Inc VT$215,214 Executive Dir. $49,154 $53,823 2024
Our Daily Bread Kitchen Inc NC$217,704 Executive Director $47,589 $53,494 2024
Lee County Fair Association IL$217,716 Secretary $3,900 $4,063 2025
Ma'alot Farms CA$217,861 Executive Director/secretary $35,050 $33,898 2023
Peoria Grown IL$217,889 Dietician $13,276 $14,618 2023
Spice Field Kitchen Inc OH$217,984 Coo $72,365 $81,233 2025
Iglesias Gardens Co PA$218,244 Board Member $5,950 $6,455 2024
Center For A Green Future ME$214,205 Managing Director $25,000 $28,038 2023
Bullhead Regional Food Bank Inc AZ$218,487 Executive Dir. $4,615 $4,829 2024
Kindness Farm OR$213,995 President $38,961 $40,524 2023
Helps Outreach Inc FL$218,935 Pres/treas/b $86,000 $87,891 2024
The Village Agricultural Cooperative MN$219,056 Ceo $60,385 $66,829 2023
Camellas Cupboard Incorporated CT$213,476 Executive Director $41,500 $42,330 2024
The Souper Bowl Of Caring Inc TX$213,452 Executive Di $78,000 $84,882 2024
Midwest Food Connection MN$219,385 President/treasurer $4,000 $4,189 2025
Sag Harbor Comm Food Pantry Inc NY$212,978 Executive Di $8,597 $8,451 2024
Cider Institute Of North America OR$220,445 Executive Director $80,500 $81,327 2024
Project Alianza Inc MA$220,721 Executive Director $88,400 $86,419 2024
Landwerx IA$211,456 Director $41,146 $49,012 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted98th

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 (Gwendolyn O Love) 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 300 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (K), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $18,345 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.