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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Center For Agricultural Resilience

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 874025804
GA · NTEE K99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carly Redding, Executive Director / CEO ($55,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 142 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 81st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Carly Redding — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

142 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 142 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$44 total compensation of comparable organizations → $234,650 $55,000
$6,01210th
$16,22025th
$35,239Median
$49,02175th
$70,93990th
$55,000This org · 81st
p10$6,012
p25$16,220
p50$35,239
p75$49,021
p90$70,939
$55,000

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 GA 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
Taunton Area Community Table Inc MA$144,909 Director $39,000 $34,855 2023
Meals On Wheels Of Somerset County PA$144,531 Employee $32,847 $31,643 2024
American Jersey Cattle Club OH$146,119 Executive Secretary $16,840 $17,739 2023
International Milling Education KS$143,734 Board Secretary $43,304 $45,193 2024
Mar-del Watermelon Association Inc MD$143,609 Secretary/tr $14,400 $13,389 2023
Junction City Local Aid OR$147,846 Pantry Coordinator $28,444 $26,271 2023
Martha's Table So Inc DC$142,307 President And Ceo $9,987 $8,716 2023
Gumdrops Nfp IL$148,370 President $31,200 $29,631 2024
Feed Buffalo Inc NY$141,575 Executive Director $74,254 $66,732 2023
Community Food Bank IN$149,069 Manager $12,000 $12,225 2024
Three Springs Community Farm CA$140,993 Board Member $52,690 $43,951 2024
Texas Farmers Union Inc TX$149,966 President $35,807 $35,623 2023
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation IA$151,484 President $100 $106 2024
Patrons Of Husbandry Maine State Grange ME$151,737 Master $16,500 $15,961 2024
Hope Full Life Center Inc NY$137,707 Executive Director $6,500 $5,674 2024
Forsyth Backpack Program NC$153,389 Executive Director $18,343 $17,837 2025
Neversink Agricultural Society Inc NY$137,025 Presidentdirector $1,200 $1,048 2024
Our Kitchen Table MI$136,680 Director $32,860 $33,732 2023
Richmond Food Shelf And Thrift Store Inc VT$154,160 Executive Director $42,482 $41,306 2024
Pembroke Agriculture Corporation IL$136,281 President $16,524 $16,156 2023
Red Door Food Pantry Inc GA$135,932 Executive Dir. $38,686 $37,576 2024
Jefferson Growers Artisans And Prod WV$154,971 Executive Director $15,514 $16,227 2024
Eastern States Exposition MA$155,613 President $143,482 $124,554 2024
His Supper Table WA$134,887 Trustee $1,200 $1,038 2024
Rio Grande Community Farms NM$134,134 Executive Di $28,159 $29,257 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default81st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Carly Redding) 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 142 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (K), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $55,000 is reasonable (approximately the 81st 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.