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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Forever Families Adoption Services Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 542023146
VA · NTEE P40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kirsten L Wicht, Executive Director / CEO ($34,001) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 48th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kirsten L Wicht — reported title “PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$12,785 total compensation of comparable organizations → $76,564 $34,001
$16,36010th
$22,10625th
$39,124Median
$50,22875th
$66,55090th
$34,001This org · 48th
p10$16,360
p25$22,106
p50$39,124
p75$50,228
p90$66,550
$34,001

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 VA 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
White Horse Outreach Foundation OK$92,991 Board Member $39,129 $44,624 2023
Northern Life Care Center Inc MN$91,837 Executive Di $16,360 $16,262 2024
Parenting Resource Center Of East TX$89,394 Executive Dir. $40,392 $40,646 2024
Community & Life Services Inc MN$102,364 Executive Director $13,998 $13,914 2024
R Fathers Mad Inc AL$82,665 Executive Director $55,000 $59,773 2024
Doddridge Co Family Resource WV$82,502 Executive Director $17,460 $19,579 2023
Mexiquenses Unidos De Michigan MI$103,799 President $28,332 $29,418 2024
Family Connection & Cis Of Wash GA$81,253 Executive Director $50,500 $51,080 2024
Christian Counseling Services CA$80,450 Administrative Director $31,600 $27,449 2024
Connect Parent Group Network DE$78,777 Executive Director $75,500 $76,564 2023
The Family Wins PA$109,710 President/advisory Member $40,000 $40,127 2024
Hope House TN$114,106 Executive Director $30,826 $32,596 2024
Love Mercy CA$114,158 Execuitive Director $75,000 $67,074 2023
Invitation Ministries TN$116,619 President $15,534 $16,426 2024
Lagoshen Family Life Skills & Enrichment Center TN$118,013 Day Care Director $27,040 $28,592 2024
Pearson Foundation MS$118,082 President $21,023 $23,554 2024
Jeffersons Foundation KS$118,085 Executive Director $42,497 $47,549 2023
The Nanny Loft Foundation Inc PA$119,404 President $27,006 $27,092 2024
American Canyon Family Resource Center CA$64,230 Executive Director $23,780 $20,657 2024
Family To Family Connection Isd 13 NV$124,901 Executive Di $40,000 $40,334 2024
Pregnancy Crisis Center Inc FL$127,930 Executive Director $68,042 $66,201 2023
Faithbuilders Inc KS$128,260 Executive Di $36,000 $39,124 2024
The Crystal Dreams Foundation CA$129,017 Director $56,841 $49,375 2024
Parenteen Inc WA$130,226 President $66,022 $59,463 2024
Seeds Of Promise MI$130,684 Executive Director $65,000 $69,485 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA cost of living and 2023 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 VA 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 default48th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)48th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

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 (Kirsten L Wicht) 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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $34,001 is reasonable (approximately the 48th 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.