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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Schoharie Economic

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 833511645
NY · NTEE K50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julie Pacatte, Executive Director / CEO ($107,434) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 436 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 88th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

436 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 436 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$13 total compensation of comparable organizations → $498,175 $107,434
$13,52410th
$36,51125th
$60,015Median
$84,48675th
$112,02890th
$107,434This org · 88th
p10$13,524
p25$36,511
p50$60,015
p75$84,486
p90$112,028
$107,434

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 NY 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
The Peanut Institute Foundation Inc GA$496,841 President $44,286 $47,864 2024
Ifma Educational Foundation IL$498,756 President & Ceo $103,653 $109,535 2024
For The Kids Org UT$493,737 Executive Di $24,750 $27,228 2024
Middlebury Food Pantry IN$499,461 Executive Director $62,308 $70,629 2024
Comidas Consulting Services TX$499,547 Executive Di $52,199 $56,126 2024
Parkland Cares Food Pantry PA$500,525 Executive Di $37,500 $40,197 2024
Tri-valley Conservancy CA$500,858 Executive Director (Left November 2023) $147,125 $140,592 2023
100 Billion Meals Challenge Fund WA$500,952 President $43,134 $41,510 2024
Nc Ag Partnership Inc NC$501,265 Chairman $60,000 $68,608 2023
Blue Watermelon Project Inc AZ$501,316 Executive Director Since 6-2024 $3,365 $3,478 2024
Edible Education Experience FL$491,116 Co-executive Director $84,900 $85,731 2024
Housing Works Food Services Inc NY$489,670 President & Ceo $16,962 $16,962 2023
Hoosiers Feeding The Hungry Inc IN$503,488 Former Exec $43,365 $49,156 2024
Feed Iowa First IA$504,265 Executive Director $62,192 $75,359 2023
Elmore County Food Pantry Inc AL$488,214 Director/manager $31,200 $37,301 2023
Gulf Shellfish Institute Inc FL$504,950 Executive Director $85,000 $85,832 2024
Seton Harvest Inc IN$487,836 Executive Director (Thru 2/24) $32,379 $36,703 2024
Summit Community Gardens And Eats UT$505,404 Executive Di $87,159 $95,886 2024
Syv Fruit & Vegetable Rescue CA$505,749 Executive Director $88,084 $81,758 2024
Gap Ministries Of Augusta Inc GA$486,802 Executive Director $58,000 $62,686 2024
Anso Child Development IL$506,693 Secretary $58,522 $61,843 2024
Warehouses4good TX$507,893 Executive Dir. $53,084 $57,078 2024
The Bread Of Life Inc NC$508,582 Exective Director $26,961 $29,944 2024
International Society Of Behavioral NE$509,374 Executive Director $46,983 $54,318 2024
Manna Of Life Ministries NY$510,178 President & Founder $7,692 $7,692 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default88th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted84th

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 (Julie Pacatte) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 436 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (K), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $107,434 is reasonable (approximately the 88th 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 13, 2026.