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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Tulsa Foundation For Architecture

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 731475355
OK · NTEE W40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amber Tait, Executive Director / CEO ($98,914) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 401 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

401 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 401 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$123 total compensation of comparable organizations → $774,836 $98,914
$14,67010th
$31,71025th
$64,740Median
$97,07875th
$135,80190th
$98,914This org · 77th
p10$14,670
p25$31,710
p50$64,740
p75$97,078
p90$135,801
$98,914

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 OK 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
Northwest Hub OR$409,241 Executive Di $55,502 $46,808 2024
Merrimack Valley Immigrant & MA$406,189 Executive Di $18,000 $14,311 2025
Patriotic Hearts Inc CA$405,941 Member Represe $58,000 $45,483 2024
Noe Valley Association CA$405,291 Exec/secr $42,000 $32,936 2024
Health Information Exchange Of Montana MT$413,429 Executive Director $6,075 $5,793 2025
Hebrew Free Loan Association Of Dc MD$413,527 Executive Director $49,350 $41,900 2024
Farm Labor Research Project OH$413,566 Secretary $30,900 $29,722 2024
Department Of Sc Vfw Of United States SC$404,075 Service Officer $56,000 $51,689 2025
Maven Leadership Collective FL$403,975 Founder & Creative Dir $104,483 $91,771 2023
A Better Wisconsin Together Institute WI$414,610 Executive Director $15,467 $14,670 2024
It's About The Warriors Foundation PA$415,009 Executive Director/president/secretary $85,980 $77,867 2024
New Brantner Extension Ditch Company CO$415,464 Ditch Superintendent $56,667 $49,346 2024
In The Weeds CO$415,629 Executive Dir. $64,434 $56,110 2024
Massachusetts Association Of Assessing MA$415,740 Executive Director $58,500 $46,510 2025
Disability Empowher Network Inc NY$402,588 Executive Director $40,092 $33,872 2023
716 Squash Inc NY$416,006 Executive Director $81,036 $66,501 2024
Raising Multicultural Kids MA$402,135 Ex. Director $86,800 $69,010 2025
Missoula Institute For Sustainable Transportation MT$416,493 Executive Director $15,289 $14,967 2024
Newby-ginnings Of North Idaho Inc ID$401,878 Executive Director $52,000 $51,720 2023
Mnh Garageco Inc NY$400,705 Chair $68,593 $57,952 2023
The Step Two Policy Group Inc NY$400,506 Exec Director, Director.secy $225,000 $179,883 2025
Zero Debt Massachusetts Inc MA$400,366 Executive Director $84,212 $70,753 2023
Allegheny Force Football Club PA$400,190 Director Of Coaching $52,395 $48,853 2023
Urbanpromise Los Angeles Inc CA$399,429 Executive Director $90,766 $71,178 2024
Friends Of Fisher House - Illinois Inc IL$419,182 President $45,000 $40,177 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK 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 OK 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Amber Tait) 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 401 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (W), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $98,914 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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.