Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cathy Carothers, Executive Director / CEO ($181,990) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 78 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 99th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended
Benchmarked executive: Cathy Carothers — reported title “Vice President”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.
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 MS cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pregnancy Care Center Of Rincon Inc | GA | $200,823 | Key Employee | $40,162 | $36,258 | 2024 |
| Life-way Family And Pregnancy Suppo | PA | $203,586 | Executive Di | $52,862 | $47,332 | 2024 |
| Alleghany Pregnancy Care Center | NC | $203,752 | Executive Director | $22,527 | $20,899 | 2024 |
| Mesilla Valley Pregnancy Resource | NM | $204,703 | Executive Di | $58,779 | $55,300 | 2025 |
| Cecil County Pregnancy Center | MD | $197,564 | Director | $31,674 | $26,588 | 2024 |
| Crisis Pregnancy Center Of Monrovia | CA | $205,964 | Executive Director/board Member | $43,000 | $33,338 | 2024 |
| Shenandoah Pregnancy And Resource Center | IA | $206,938 | Executive Director | $8,844 | $8,951 | 2023 |
| Hope Pregnancy Center | IN | $207,239 | Executive Di | $38,800 | $36,738 | 2024 |
| Cherokee Pregnancy Center Incorp | SC | $194,745 | Executive Di | $41,202 | $38,594 | 2024 |
| The Abstinence & Marriage Education Partnership | IL | $194,423 | Executive Director | $85,500 | $73,526 | 2025 |
| Pregnancy Care Clinic | IL | $209,081 | Executive Director | $40,501 | $35,751 | 2024 |
| Two Hearts Pregnancy Care Center | KY | $190,779 | Exec Director | $33,923 | $33,690 | 2023 |
| Relevant Pregnancy Options Center | IL | $190,181 | Executive Director | $53,620 | $47,331 | 2024 |
| New Dawn Pregnancy Resource Center Inc | WI | $189,821 | Executive Director | $49,816 | $48,092 | 2023 |
| Life Choices Care Center | IN | $215,207 | Executive Director, Former | $45,885 | $44,729 | 2023 |
| The Center Clinic Inc | MN | $215,603 | Executive Di | $50,370 | $46,008 | 2023 |
| Pro-life Doc Inc | FL | $216,119 | President | $21,538 | $18,703 | 2023 |
| Alphas Glory Crisis Pregnancy Center Inc | MD | $186,229 | Executive Director | $64,971 | $56,149 | 2023 |
| Sycamore House Pregnancy Center Of Champaign Count | OH | $186,223 | Executive Director | $34,504 | $32,813 | 2024 |
| Ashe Crisis Pregnancy Center | NC | $217,402 | Executive Director | $20,600 | $19,111 | 2024 |
| Liv Pregnancy And Women's Wellness | HI | $184,835 | Executive Director | $60,000 | $48,232 | 2024 |
| Crisis Pregnancy Center Of | IN | $184,582 | Executive Di | $36,467 | $35,549 | 2023 |
| Buena Vista Pregnancy Center | CO | $183,965 | Director | $33,600 | $28,928 | 2024 |
| Blossom Birth Services | CA | $219,532 | Executive Director | $82,400 | $63,886 | 2024 |
| Pregnancy Care Center Of High Point | NC | $220,043 | Executive Director | $51,280 | $47,574 | 2024 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MS cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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 MS 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 99th |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 99th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 100th |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 99th |
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.
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
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.