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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Common Market Great Lakes Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 922821897
IL · NTEE K30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Dahir, Executive Director / CEO ($47,429) 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 41st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Daniel Dahir — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, 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

$527 total compensation of comparable organizations → $128,136 $47,429
$13,58310th
$35,49425th
$55,434Median
$77,56975th
$92,29290th
$47,429This org · 41st
p10$13,583
p25$35,494
p50$55,434
p75$77,569
p90$92,292
$47,429

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 IL 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
Project Feast WA$481,441 Executive Director $85,413 $80,082 2023
Seton Harvest Inc IN$487,836 Executive Director (Thru 2/24) $32,379 $34,732 2024
The Connection Homeless Shelter Inc NE$471,550 Executive Director $57,137 $64,356 2023
For The Kids Org UT$493,737 Executive Di $24,750 $25,766 2024
Comidas Consulting Services TX$499,547 Executive Di $52,199 $53,112 2024
Blue Watermelon Project Inc AZ$501,316 Executive Director Since 6-2024 $3,365 $3,292 2024
Trinity County Food Assistance CA$458,531 Executive Dir. $44,000 $38,647 2024
Murrysville Christian Concern PA$458,493 Key Employee/board Member $65,000 $65,933 2024
Hoosiers Feeding The Hungry Inc IN$503,488 Former Exec $43,365 $46,516 2024
Summit Community Gardens And Eats UT$505,404 Executive Di $87,159 $90,737 2024
Dimitri House Inc NY$454,829 Executive Dir. $70,000 $64,340 2024
Syv Fruit & Vegetable Rescue CA$505,749 Executive Director $88,084 $77,367 2024
Anso Child Development IL$506,693 Secretary $58,522 $58,522 2024
Manna Of Life Ministries NY$510,178 President & Founder $7,692 $7,279 2023
Above Par Academy Inc TX$450,000 Director $4,800 $4,884 2024
Anna Sudha Community Kitchens Corp VA$511,970 $31,200 $30,642 2024
Dwelling House Of Hope Inc MA$446,937 Executive Director $79,040 $74,381 2023
Women Food & Agriculture Network IA$514,051 Executive Dir. $79,894 $91,609 2023
Hunger Task Force Of La Crosse Inc WI$520,700 Executive Director $75,532 $80,238 2024
Knock And Drop Iowa IA$439,073 Executive Di $6,125 $7,023 2023
Harrison Food Bank ME$437,220 Treasurer $52,000 $52,964 2024
Farmacywv Prescriptions For Produce WV$525,000 Vice President $12,000 $13,216 2024
Evloves Llc NY$429,917 Executive Director $71,733 $65,933 2024
Sts Francis And Alphonsus MO$428,064 President $45,422 $48,935 2024
Northeast Florida Builders Association Charitable Foundation FL$427,536 Executive Director $133,500 $127,567 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default41st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted43rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Daniel Dahir) 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 $47,429 is reasonable (approximately the 41st 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.