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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Open Arms Adoption Services Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 161729400
LA · NTEE P31
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Angela White, Executive Director / CEO ($59,964) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Angela White — reported title “AGENCY DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,857 total compensation of comparable organizations → $92,779 $59,964
$11,09610th
$17,51525th
$28,427Median
$57,68875th
$75,41490th
$59,964This org · 75th
p10$11,096
p25$17,515
p50$28,427
p75$57,688
p90$75,414
$59,964

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 LA 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
Adoption Solutions Of Maine ME$152,735 President $28,500 $26,683 2023
Universal Aid For Children Inc FL$144,444 Executive Dir. $40,000 $34,126 2024
Love Cradle Usa Inc PA$159,805 President $62,278 $56,402 2024
A Gift Of Hope Adoptions Inc MO$162,299 President $25,000 $24,047 2024
Miriams Heart NJ$168,240 President Treasurer $37,210 $30,171 2024
Caroline's Promise NC$126,765 Executive Director $24,000 $23,186 2023
Children Fed OH$117,986 Graphic Designer $90,000 $92,779 2022
Village To Village International Inc IN$191,021 Executive Director $75,000 $71,828 2024
For Life Ministries AL$194,332 Executive Director $13,560 $13,697 2023
Acorn Adoption Inc LA$101,791 Director $8,495 $8,495 2024
Casa Of The Southern Tier Inc NY$201,184 Executive Director $69,571 $55,621 2025
Forever Families Through Adoption NY$204,283 Exec Directo $93,505 $79,000 2023
Adoption Information & Counseling Services Inc TX$208,360 5231 Woodlawn, Bellaire Tx 77401 $19,450 $18,191 2023
Catholic Charities Of Southern Nevada NV$208,733 Director $5,183 $4,857 2023
The Suwandi Foundation CA$212,420 Ceo And President $19,181 $15,486 2023
The Archibald Project Inc TX$223,412 Executive Dir. $65,806 $61,547 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)63rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted69th

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 (Angela White) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $59,964 is reasonable (approximately the 75th 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.