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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Valley Meals And More

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853763556
CO · NTEE K36
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mary Kenyon, Executive Director / CEO ($65,270) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 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: Mary Kenyon — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$13,199 total compensation of comparable organizations → $102,033 $65,270
$23,81810th
$43,31625th
$54,096Median
$67,36075th
$86,90590th
$65,270This org · 67th
p10$23,818
p25$43,316
p50$54,096
p75$67,360
p90$86,905
$65,270

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
Cleveland Park Village Inc DC$390,013 Executive Director $97,353 $86,538 2024
Meals Of Virginia Beach Inc VA$385,915 Executive Di $50,900 $49,784 2024
Lawrence Meals On Wheels Inc KS$380,378 Executive Di $54,457 $59,595 2024
Warm Blessings Inc KY$380,013 Executive Di $60,109 $67,349 2023
Chestnut Hill Meals On Wheels PA$367,980 Executive Di $33,800 $34,143 2024
State College Area Meals On Wheels PA$425,036 Executive Director $66,410 $67,085 2024
Valley Meals On Wheels Inc ID$349,183 Coordinator $43,561 $46,940 2024
Meals On Wheels Of Western Broome Inc NY$436,624 Executive Director $59,100 $54,096 2024
Ferndale Senior Resource Agency CA$346,396 Executive Direc $67,950 $59,436 2024
Meals On Wheels The Crossroads PA$341,965 Executive Di $66,692 $67,370 2024
Senior Services Consortium MN$338,738 Executive Director $83,916 $86,474 2023
The Dalles Meals On Wheels Inc OR$450,702 Manager And $61,748 $58,086 2024
Bloomington Meals On Wheels Inc IN$314,735 Executive Dir. $42,662 $46,919 2023
Medina Senior Center Inc TX$472,426 Executive Director $45,213 $45,814 2024
Meals-on-wheels Of White Plains Inc NY$292,506 Executive Director $78,461 $71,819 2024
Forged By Fire Services LA$291,805 President $13,570 $15,137 2024
Mobile Meals Foundation OH$285,622 Secretary $11,949 $13,199 2023
Meals On Wheels Of Evansville Inc IN$274,945 Executive Director $27,715 $29,606 2024
Ninilchik Senior Citizens Inc AK$511,732 Executive Direc $59,066 $58,892 2023
Galveston Island Meals On Wheels Inc TX$533,836 $36,000 $36,478 2024
Baytown Meals On Wheels TX$541,261 Executive Di $42,000 $42,558 2024
Meals On Wheels Of Jamestown Area NY$545,311 Executive Di $98,689 $90,335 2024
Meals On Wheels Inc Of Tarrant County TX$550,644 President & Ceo $13,440 $13,618 2024
Meals On Wheels Of Central Alabama Inc AL$568,987 President & Ceo $79,916 $87,455 2024
Beloit Meals On Wheels Inc WI$572,863 Executive Director - Retired $41,660 $44,073 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted70th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted59th

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 (Mary Kenyon) 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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K36), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,270 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.