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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Carries Kids Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 460640274
ND · NTEE P30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carrie Cappellino, Executive Director / CEO ($112,290) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 184 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 95th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Carrie Cappellino — reported title “PRES/EXEC DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

184 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 184 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$16 total compensation of comparable organizations → $184,627 $112,290
$13,47310th
$32,54025th
$53,053Median
$69,74675th
$93,72590th
$112,290This org · 95th
p10$13,473
p25$32,540
p50$53,053
p75$69,746
p90$93,725
$112,290

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 ND 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
Casa Of Titus Camp And Morris Counties TX$290,967 Executive Director $58,313 $53,154 2024
Open Arms Native Missions MN$288,373 Ex Director $28,131 $25,329 2024
Girls On The Run Of Nebraska NE$288,086 Executive Di $91,787 $87,640 2025
Montrose Grace Place TX$287,895 Executive Director $18 $16 2024
Heart For Home MI$286,517 Co-ceo $19,615 $18,449 2024
Jubilee Consortium CA$293,411 Executive Dir. $24,759 $20,057 2023
Childrens Advocacy Centers Of Oklahoma OK$294,639 Executive Dir. $91,625 $94,651 2023
Hand Of Hope-flm MI$295,043 Executive Director $76,550 $71,999 2024
Promise Arizona AZ$295,476 President $85,000 $74,491 2024
New Beginnings Childrens Home TX$296,220 Director $38,500 $36,130 2023
Choose Mental Health UT$282,867 President $116,283 $108,449 2024
Korean Kids And Orphanage Outreach MI$282,150 Chief Admini $46,400 $43,642 2024
Global Partners In Life Inc GA$298,647 President $75,000 $68,718 2024
Advocates For Illinois Children IL$281,076 President $183,365 $164,268 2024
The Aspen Effect Inc CO$299,171 President $177,852 $155,401 2024
Soaring As Eagles Outreach Ministry NC$280,536 Executive Director $41,600 $40,326 2023
The Hearth OR$279,191 Executive Dir. $78,000 $67,955 2023
Rising Leaders Inc OH$277,783 Executive Director $67,848 $67,417 2023
Prevail Nj Inc NJ$302,352 Executive Dir. $6,150 $5,004 2024
Fruit Bearers WA$303,597 Executive Dir. $24,288 $19,815 2024
Project Angel Hugs WI$275,446 Executive Di $64,145 $61,045 2024
Stark Community Support Network OH$275,381 Executive Director $65,000 $62,734 2024
Twenty-one Senses Inc Nfp IL$275,255 Coo $48,800 $45,009 2023
Cornerstone Policy Research NH$306,362 Associate Director $104,277 $87,739 2024
Kiddie Kollege & Learning Cent GA$307,501 Key Employee $45,240 $41,451 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ND 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 ND 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 default95th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted96th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Carrie Cappellino) 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 184 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $112,290 is reasonable (approximately the 95th 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.