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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Project Milk Mission

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 851400742
OH · NTEE K40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gina Vancant, Executive Director / CEO ($92,209) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$551 total compensation of comparable organizations → $114,785 $92,209
$3,86910th
$24,05325th
$41,618Median
$55,20675th
$71,84090th
$92,209This org · 89th
p10$3,869
p25$24,053
p50$41,618
p75$55,206
p90$71,840
$92,209

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 OH 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 Body Positive CA$269,542 Executive Direc $129,918 $102,880 2024
American Nutrition Care TX$262,184 Manager $30,842 $28,293 2024
Chefs For Impact Inc NY$249,700 Managing Director $65,993 $56,303 2023
Healthy Adventures Foundation CA$300,032 Ceo $55,402 $45,168 2023
Table For Two Usa NY$240,702 President $54,000 $46,071 2023
Sustainability And Community Health Initiative CA$228,120 Treasurer And Ceo $33,289 $27,140 2023
Advent Hope Ventures Inc NY$226,145 President $30,000 $25,595 2023
Midwest Food Connection MN$219,385 President/treasurer $4,000 $3,531 2025
Peoria Grown IL$217,889 Dietician $13,276 $12,323 2023
Partnership For Food Safety Education Inc OH$344,522 Executive Director $118,175 $114,785 2024
St Johnsbury Nutritional Center Inc VT$204,693 Director $48,842 $45,084 2024
Orchard Community Learning Service AZ$201,308 Ceo $25,524 $22,511 2024
Community Food Connections Inc AZ$350,794 Executive Director $65,000 $57,327 2024
Maine Dairy And Nutrition Council ME$197,236 Tresurer $600 $551 2024
River Valley Charities Inc WI$193,015 Executive Di $56,496 $54,109 2024
Farm To Table Buy Local PA$382,446 Executive Director $40,000 $36,581 2024
Fresh Rx Inc FL$391,890 Secretary $4,590 $3,954 2024
Harvest House Outreach Inc OK$401,962 Executive Director $41,213 $41,618 2024
Slow Food Co-denver CO$402,916 Executive Director $70,781 $64,080 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (Gina Vancant) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $92,209 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.