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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Arizona Faith And Families

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 461606244
AZ · NTEE P31
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nichole Lehman, Executive Director / CEO ($40,758) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 38 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

38 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 38 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,075 total compensation of comparable organizations → $185,777 $40,758
$29,94810th
$52,19325th
$74,901Median
$92,36975th
$127,01990th
$40,758This org · 16th
p10$29,948
p25$52,193
p50$74,901
p75$92,369
p90$127,019
$40,758

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 AZ 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
Hannahs Hope Inc TN$396,568 Executive Director $97,924 $107,028 2024
Connecting Hearts Inc WY$397,204 Chairman $68,467 $78,485 2023
Hope That Binds Inc KY$419,044 Executive Director $26,443 $30,413 2023
Hopeful Hearts Foundation Inc KY$422,104 Executive Director $73,000 $83,959 2023
Amazing Grace Adoptions NC$364,118 Vp/secretary $85,040 $91,366 2024
World Links Association Inc PA$361,410 Executive Director $49,004 $50,813 2024
Mission 823 Inc FL$361,189 President $61,198 $59,779 2024
Reece's Rainbow Inc WI$361,078 Treasurer $54,755 $59,460 2024
Agape Adoptions WA$354,364 Executive Director $71,400 $68,432 2023
Adoption & Beyond Inc KS$352,267 Executive Director $44,040 $49,472 2024
Holy Family Services Adoption And Foster CA$437,239 Executive Director $99,740 $92,199 2023
Bucksport Area Child Care Center ME$444,530 Executive Di $26,649 $27,747 2024
Beacon House Adoption Services Inc LA$446,208 Program/finance Director $60,500 $71,316 2023
Hope Adoption Inc TX$328,875 Executive Director $84,510 $87,901 2024
Adoption Dreams Come True Inc CO$327,293 Adct Exec Direc $92,700 $92,426 2024
Hopscotch Adoptions Inc NC$460,751 Executive Director $76,223 $81,893 2024
Elijah Foundation IL$322,750 President $30,000 $30,667 2024
Applewhite Adoptions SC$317,771 Director $114,650 $124,368 2024
Children Of The World Inc AL$314,548 Executive Di $24,958 $28,864 2023
Little Ones Ministries Inc OK$307,599 Ceo/board Member $49,200 $56,332 2024
Alternatives In Motion Inc TX$306,580 Ceo $90,303 $93,926 2024
The Zoe Foundation MO$304,475 Board Member/pastor $121,017 $137,214 2023
Open Door Adoption Services MI$298,537 Chief Admini $61,074 $65,548 2024
Korean Adoptees Ministry Center MN$294,804 Executive Director $23,057 $23,690 2024
Georgia Adoption Specialists Inc GA$495,400 Key Employee $177,692 $185,777 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted16th

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 (Nichole Lehman) 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 38 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,758 is reasonable (approximately the 16th 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.