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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Nederland Farmers Market

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 824845088
CO · NTEE K03
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of William Nash, Executive Director / CEO ($30,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 342 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

342 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 342 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$13 total compensation of comparable organizations → $190,648 $30,000
$9,69210th
$28,14525th
$47,960Median
$67,55875th
$91,20390th
$30,000This org · 26th
p10$9,692
p25$28,145
p50$47,960
p75$67,558
p90$91,203
$30,000

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 CO 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
Your Neighbor's House TX$239,093 Executive Director $44,992 $48,323 2023
Travelers Rest Farmers Market SC$239,400 Executive Di $46,686 $50,794 2024
Table Of Plenty Hmb CA$238,096 Executive Director $49,154 $45,572 2023
Shelbyville Community Soup Kitchen TN$237,980 Employee $41,100 $45,054 2024
Lawrence Community Food Alliance KS$240,012 Executive Di $43,260 $56,419 2021
Reidsville Soup Kitchen Inc NC$240,435 Treasurer $5,710 $6,153 2024
Table For Two Usa NY$240,702 President $54,000 $52,392 2023
Dig In Yancey Community Garden NC$236,988 Executive Director $44,972 $48,461 2024
Musically Fed AZ$236,845 Executive Director - Founder $84,500 $84,751 2024
Katie's Krops SC$241,388 President $48,000 $55,970 2022
The Preservery Foundation CO$241,628 Executive Director $110,000 $110,000 2024
Hungry World Farm IL$241,844 Executive Director $18,995 $20,050 2023
5loaves2fishnmi MI$235,864 Secretary $15,000 $16,146 2024
Utopian Seed Project Inc NC$235,852 Executive Director $69,639 $77,258 2023
Astoria Food Pantry Inc NY$235,826 Board Member $3,000 $2,911 2023
Fundacion Yo Puedo Inc PR$235,670 President $2,395 $2,395 2024
Farm & Community Collaborative Inc MA$243,008 Director $20,833 $20,100 2023
Oregon Ag Fest Inc OR$234,516 Executive Di $48,000 $47,860 2023
Del Paso Heights Growers Alliance CA$244,027 Secretary $8,429 $7,591 2024
Northwest Mutual Aid Collective Inc PA$233,724 Executive Director $70,901 $75,915 2023
Marys Kitchen CA$233,459 Chairperson $68,000 $63,045 2023
Living Stones PA$233,220 Executive Di $51,000 $53,040 2024
Around The Bend Farms Inc OR$244,619 Director $8,700 $8,426 2024
Seven Loaves Soup Kitchen Inc PA$233,043 Mission Coordinator $12,000 $12,480 2024
Michigan Ag Council Inc MI$232,961 Excutive Director $29,311 $31,551 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)28th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (William Nash) 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 342 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (K), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,000 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.