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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Fundamental Needs

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853603760
CO · NTEE K30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Justice Ramos, Executive Director / CEO ($37,170) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 93 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 29th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

93 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 93 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$525 total compensation of comparable organizations → $127,605 $37,170
$16,39510th
$34,88825th
$52,164Median
$71,88175th
$88,04990th
$37,170This org · 29th
p10$16,395
p25$34,888
p50$52,164
p75$71,881
p90$88,049
$37,170

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
Village Project OH$383,922 Executive Director $58,195 $62,436 2024
Mozell Sanders Foundation Inc IN$388,022 Ceo Director $18,500 $19,762 2024
Beef Bank Colorado Inc CO$388,431 Secretary $65,000 $63,135 2024
Smart Bellies CO$402,377 Co-founder & $35,192 $35,192 2023
Community Green Farms KS$406,662 Executive Director $99,875 $109,298 2024
Feeding Children International MN$357,553 Secretary/tr $97,100 $97,189 2024
Columbia Farmers Market Inc MO$411,034 Executive Director $60,760 $65,189 2024
Bigger Table IL$411,341 Executive Director $47,917 $47,718 2024
Morrison County Food Shelf MN$412,464 Executive Director $30,188 $30,216 2024
Purple Hearts Inc TX$354,196 Director $40,504 $42,254 2023
Farming 4 Hunger Inc MD$353,474 President $75,000 $71,027 2024
Amor Healing Kitchen Inc SC$349,724 Executive Di $68,019 $71,881 2024
La Clinica Del Pueblo CO$349,370 Program Director $23,675 $23,675 2023
Revive Ministries Inc MI$349,278 Vice Chairperson $35,048 $36,644 2024
Fork Over Love Inc PA$418,981 Director/ceo $72,000 $72,731 2024
Turnaround Resource Center Inc KY$420,228 Executive Dir. $36,217 $39,415 2024
Conroe Noon Lions Club Charities Inc TX$346,702 Employee $51,658 $50,995 2025
Nest Nourish Everyone Sustainably IL$346,219 Executive Dir. $40,625 $40,456 2024
Human Agricultural Cooperative Inc IN$421,173 President $1,000 $1,100 2023
Callaway Cares MO$345,104 Ceo $38,000 $40,770 2024
Provision Packs Inc FL$343,114 Administrative Staff $60,000 $57,097 2024
The Harbor Dish Inc FL$425,017 Director $36,663 $34,888 2024
Feed And Be Fed CA$341,568 Executive Director Hnrf $13,750 $12,890 2022
Northeast Florida Builders Association Charitable Foundation FL$427,536 Executive Director $133,500 $127,039 2024
Sts Francis And Alphonsus MO$428,064 President $45,422 $48,733 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 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 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 default29th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted30th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted28th

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 (Justice Ramos) 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 93 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $37,170 is reasonable (approximately the 29th 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.