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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Grow Jackson

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853704505
MI · NTEE K99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jacob Inosencio, Executive Director / CEO ($67,388) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$12 total compensation of comparable organizations → $166,338 $67,388
$7,75010th
$31,15725th
$48,657Median
$70,85175th
$98,91290th
$67,388This org · 67th
p10$7,750
p25$31,157
p50$48,657
p75$70,851
p90$98,912
$67,388

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 MI 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
Community Food Initiatives OH$323,073 Past Director $29,162 $29,924 2024
Fox Valley Food For Health Inc IL$317,807 Executive Di $43,846 $42,996 2023
Our New Way Garden Inc NY$351,174 President $40,000 $35,019 2024
Outpost Agriculture Inc OR$357,990 President $13 $12 2023
Incubator Kitchen Collective KY$307,620 Executive Di $54,546 $56,776 2024
Foodshot Global Inc NY$361,782 Executive Director $190,000 $166,338 2024
Mwanzo WA$365,792 Director $80,751 $70,044 2024
Food4kids Backpack Program Of North Florida Inc FL$368,640 Executive Director $36,212 $33,932 2023
Mckeesport Meals On Wheels Inc PA$295,500 Coordinator $26,000 $25,120 2024
Broad Street Market Alliance PA$376,010 Director $73,200 $72,811 2023
Raleigh City Farm Inc NC$282,282 Executive Director $53,248 $53,305 2024
Chester Agricultural Center Inc NY$277,859 Executive Director $110,000 $96,301 2024
Natural Soybean And Grain Alliance Inc AR$277,315 Director $112,400 $122,406 2024
North American Vegetarian Society NY$389,680 President And Treasurer $50,800 $44,474 2024
Wells For Life KS$390,266 Key Employee $66,000 $71,120 2023
Hollywood Farmers Market Inc OR$273,190 Interim Market Director $37,583 $34,813 2023
Hillsdale Farmers Market Inc OR$267,831 Manager $44,925 $40,420 2024
Ventura County Farm To School CA$266,589 Executive Di $102,000 $85,332 2024
Chattanooga Food Center TN$266,455 Executive Director $51,000 $53,471 2023
Urban Community Agri-nomics Ucan NC$401,221 Executive Di $30,200 $30,232 2024
Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society SD$260,683 Executive Director $85,421 $91,336 2024
Mustard Seed - A Community Cafe TX$252,621 Executive Director $48,000 $46,519 2024
Around The Bend Farms Inc OR$244,619 Director $8,700 $7,828 2024
Del Paso Heights Growers Alliance CA$244,027 Secretary $8,429 $7,052 2024
Hillside Agricultural Society MA$425,887 President $1,750 $1,484 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted70th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Jacob Inosencio) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $67,388 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.