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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Real Food Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 821222730
MN · NTEE S32
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Beverly Dougherty, Executive Director / CEO ($29,723) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 382 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Beverly Dougherty — reported title “GEN MAN/TREA”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

382 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 382 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $210,867 $29,723
$6,26710th
$16,39525th
$36,122Median
$61,59575th
$86,05490th
$29,723This org · 42nd
p10$6,267
p25$16,395
p50$36,122
p75$61,595
p90$86,054
$29,723

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 MN 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
Greater Chicago Advanced Manufacturing IL$103,136 Executive Dir. $46,872 $46,635 2024
Black Chamber Of Commerce Of Greater Kansas City MO$103,214 Executive Director $29,794 $31,936 2024
St Elizabeth Development Corporation RI$102,156 President & Ceo $25,026 $24,286 2024
Osgood Beautification And Main Street De IN$102,008 Treasurer $475 $507 2024
Nnhsc Title Holding Corp IL$102,000 Chief Executive Officer $24,636 $24,511 2024
Progress Mo Education Fund MO$103,629 Executive Di $61,293 $65,700 2024
Forrest And Doris Sensenich Foundation MO$103,999 Director, President & Trea $1,000 $1,104 2023
Minnesota Women Of Today MN$101,425 Executive Director $19,005 $19,005 2024
Kane County Farm Bureau Foundation IL$104,203 Manager $14,168 $14,096 2024
Friends Of Honolulu City Lights HI$104,371 Executive Director $16,754 $15,180 2024
Littlemore Properties Corporation NE$104,407 President $8,298 $9,032 2024
Governmental Purchasing Association NJ$100,656 Executive Dir. $4,500 $4,186 2023
Sip Inc IL$104,870 Chief Executive Officer $27,845 $27,704 2024
Mwh Holdings Inc CT$105,060 President $63,653 $60,400 2024
Mckinley Park Development Council IL$100,234 Managing Dir. $5,167 $5,141 2024
Promote Carmel Inc IN$100,190 Officer $48,750 $52,028 2024
Laurel Redevelopment Corporation DE$100,146 Executive Di $75,000 $74,320 2024
Cara Holdings Inc CT$100,000 President & Secretary $16,942 $16,076 2024
Outdoor Recreation Coalition CO$105,545 Executive Di $70,045 $67,973 2024
Oakland Renaissance Nmtc Inc CA$99,920 President $145,905 $127,505 2024
Greenfield Main Street Inc IN$99,764 Executive Director $55,000 $58,698 2024
Dudley Economic Empowerment MA$105,750 Executive Director $23,723 $21,574 2024
The Collective Empowerment Group MD$99,445 President $10,000 $9,741 2023
Argentine Betterment Corporation KS$106,067 Executive Dir. $70,868 $79,771 2023
Tec Centro Foundation PA$106,068 President $40,586 $42,171 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted29th

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 (Beverly Dougherty) 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 382 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,723 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.