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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gifts Of Grace Adoption

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 352488323
IN · NTEE E42
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carlee Dawodu, Executive Director / CEO ($16,067) 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 13th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Carlee Dawodu — reported title “PRES/EXEC DI”, 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

$883 total compensation of comparable organizations → $123,263 $16,067
$10,39110th
$24,94225th
$39,051Median
$48,14875th
$79,28790th
$16,067This org · 13th
p10$10,391
p25$24,942
p50$39,051
p75$48,148
p90$79,287
$16,067

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 IN 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
New Beginnings Center Of Hope Inc NY$191,119 Ceo $85,000 $74,986 2023
Center For Women Pregnancy Counseling Services Inc MI$181,103 Executive Director $37,624 $37,913 2023
Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic Action NY$204,605 President & Ceo $41,057 $35,181 2024
Bedford Pregnancy Center VA$205,046 Executive Director $29,700 $27,193 2024
Hope 4 Life VA$227,924 Advisor To Board $4,143 $3,793 2024
Alight Center Inc NY$230,458 Executive Director $55,000 $47,128 2024
Birth From The Earth Inc NY$238,141 President/founder $50,400 $42,074 2025
The Harlem Family Institute NY$137,786 President & Executive Director $1,000 $883 2023
Western Wyoming Family Planning Inc WY$134,128 Ex-director $17,398 $18,188 2023
Rockford Family Planning Foundation Inc WI$132,116 Executive Director $84,403 $83,587 2024
Outlook Health Services Inc MN$252,256 Executive Direc $42,890 $40,188 2024
Pregnancy Care Center Of The North Coast CA$257,027 Executive Direc $20,747 $16,988 2024
Lilac Tree Center For Divorce Resources IL$263,430 Executive Director $52,008 $48,485 2024
Planned Parenthood Of Southeastern VA$272,593 President/ce $32,871 $30,096 2024
Zoecare Inc SD$274,408 Executive Director $44,583 $48,036 2023
Life Ministries Us NM$282,076 Outreach Coordinator $117,390 $123,263 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default13th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (Carlee Dawodu) 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 (E42), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,067 is reasonable (approximately the 13th 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.