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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 954192021
CA · NTEE K31Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Roya Milder, Executive Director / CEO ($61,442) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 80 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 60th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

80 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 80 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,516 total compensation of comparable organizations → $149,222 $61,442
$16,72610th
$29,83225th
$52,361Median
$74,28475th
$88,79890th
$61,442This org · 60th
p10$16,726
p25$29,832
p50$52,361
p75$74,284
p90$88,798
$61,442

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 CA 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
Irvington My Brothers Keeper Inc MD$466,068 Secretary $69,648 $75,407 2023
Pickerington Food Pantry OH$466,338 Executive Di $74,420 $88,663 2024
Community Bread Basket Inc WV$467,093 Program Administrator $27,366 $34,314 2023
The 1017 Project OR$468,316 Executive Director $46,500 $48,574 2024
Vanburen Council For Human Services CA$468,514 Daniels $41,000 $39,824 2024
Joyce Uptown Foodshelf Inc MN$462,537 Director $62,271 $71,257 2023
Lamar County Food Pantry Inc TX$469,326 Executive Director $61,311 $71,025 2023
Adams County Emergency Food Bank CO$461,512 Executive Director $76,014 $84,410 2023
Fish & Loaves MI$461,198 Executive Director $75,000 $89,650 2023
Sharefest Will County IL$460,087 President Director $5,333 $5,898 2024
Topss OH$459,037 Executive Director $51,931 $61,870 2024
Anchor Point Food Pantry AK$474,331 Executive Dir. $5,196 $5,588 2024
Waconia United Food Shelf MN$475,346 Executive Di $82,207 $91,371 2024
Community Food Cupboard Inc VT$475,819 Administrator $66,888 $75,730 2024
Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc IN$454,143 Exec Director $40,000 $47,448 2024
Uproot Colorado CO$450,552 Executive Dir. $64,725 $69,812 2024
Gap Ministries Of Augusta Inc GA$486,802 Executive Director $58,000 $65,599 2024
Franklin Area Community Services Inc OH$443,173 Executive Director $25,667 $30,580 2024
Elmore County Food Pantry Inc AL$488,214 Director/manager $31,200 $39,035 2023
Pearland Neighborhood Center TX$432,212 Executive Director $47,544 $55,077 2023
Middlebury Food Pantry IN$499,461 Executive Director $62,308 $73,911 2024
Parkland Cares Food Pantry PA$500,525 Executive Di $37,500 $42,065 2024
Veggies To Table ME$425,428 Director $42,060 $47,374 2024
Feed The Needy TN$424,121 Chairwoman And Ceo $32,196 $38,067 2024
Warehouses4good TX$507,893 Executive Dir. $53,084 $59,730 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default60th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)69th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted64th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted58th

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 (Roya Milder) 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 80 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $61,442 is reasonable (approximately the 60th 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.