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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Soul Food Project Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 842520204
IN · NTEE O52
FY ending 2024-10-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Danielle Guerin, Executive Director / CEO ($54,308) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,024 total compensation of comparable organizations → $146,526 $54,308
$12,54110th
$32,33725th
$61,779Median
$79,83275th
$96,88090th
$54,308This org · 44th
p10$12,541
p25$32,337
p50$61,779
p75$79,832
p90$96,880
$54,308

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 IN 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
Highwater Farm CO$481,380 Executive Director $46,154 $41,966 2024
Missouri Farm Bureau Foundation For MO$461,373 Cfo/treasurer $84,741 $87,624 2023
Queen Creek Junior Rodeo Association Inc AZ$490,192 Secretary $4,800 $4,377 2024
Turn Back Time Inc MA$498,385 President/tr $39,775 $33,893 2024
National 4-h Congress Foundation DC$441,321 President And Ceo(as Of 08/23) $63,802 $53,092 2024
Northeast Ohio 4-h Camps Inc OH$508,882 Executive Director $81,566 $84,341 2023
The Wisconsin Ffa Foundation Inc WI$526,075 Executive Director $67,626 $66,972 2024
Indigenous Regeneration CA$384,863 Secretary/interim Treasurer $67,820 $57,173 2023
Idaho Ffa Foundation Inc ID$577,331 Executive Director $65,808 $66,384 2024
Ncha Charities Foundation TX$582,992 Executive Dir. $154,472 $146,526 2024
Michigan Ffa Foundation MI$352,133 Executive Director $21,154 $20,705 2024
Prairie Loft Center NE$352,001 Executive Di $76,800 $78,329 2024
Worcester County 4-h Center Inc MA$643,586 Director $31,540 $27,670 2023
Seattle Childrens Playgarden WA$693,589 Executive Dir. $125,014 $106,135 2024
Nebraska Vocational Agricultural NE$696,437 Executive Di $74,170 $77,881 2023
Family Career And Community Leaders Of America Inc CA$704,720 Fcs Teacher Association President $1,250 $1,024 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted38th

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 (Danielle Guerin) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O52), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $54,308 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.