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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Childrens Advocacy Centers Of Oklahoma

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 731566086
OK · NTEE P300
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carrie Little, Executive Director / CEO ($91,625) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 182 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 91st percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

182 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 182 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$15 total compensation of comparable organizations → $178,723 $91,625
$12,67810th
$30,73025th
$51,356Median
$67,66575th
$91,01090th
$91,625This org · 91st
p10$12,678
p25$30,730
p50$51,356
p75$67,665
p90$91,010
$91,625

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
Hand Of Hope-flm MI$295,043 Executive Director $76,550 $69,697 2024
Promise Arizona AZ$295,476 President $85,000 $72,108 2024
Jubilee Consortium CA$293,411 Executive Dir. $24,759 $19,416 2023
New Beginnings Childrens Home TX$296,220 Director $38,500 $34,975 2023
Casa Of Titus Camp And Morris Counties TX$290,967 Executive Director $58,313 $51,454 2024
Global Partners In Life Inc GA$298,647 President $75,000 $66,520 2024
The Aspen Effect Inc CO$299,171 President $177,852 $150,431 2024
Carries Kids Inc ND$289,877 Pres/exec Di $112,290 $108,699 2024
Open Arms Native Missions MN$288,373 Ex Director $28,131 $24,519 2024
Girls On The Run Of Nebraska NE$288,086 Executive Di $91,787 $84,838 2025
Montrose Grace Place TX$287,895 Executive Director $18 $15 2024
Prevail Nj Inc NJ$302,352 Executive Dir. $6,150 $4,844 2024
Heart For Home MI$286,517 Co-ceo $19,615 $17,859 2024
Fruit Bearers WA$303,597 Executive Dir. $24,288 $19,181 2024
Cornerstone Policy Research NH$306,362 Associate Director $104,277 $84,933 2024
Choose Mental Health UT$282,867 President $116,283 $104,981 2024
Korean Kids And Orphanage Outreach MI$282,150 Chief Admini $46,400 $42,246 2024
Kiddie Kollege & Learning Cent GA$307,501 Key Employee $45,240 $40,125 2024
Frontline Mission AK$307,806 Executive Di $50,647 $42,712 2024
Advocates For Illinois Children IL$281,076 President $183,365 $159,015 2024
Joy Company-joyco CA$308,452 President Executive Director $65,125 $51,070 2023
Soaring As Eagles Outreach Ministry NC$280,536 Executive Director $41,600 $39,036 2023
The Inspired Community Project Inc NY$308,850 President $101,043 $80,540 2024
Lollipop Theater Network Inc CA$308,877 Executive Director $143,985 $109,672 2024
Wings Of Hope Ranch Inc VA$309,028 Executive Director $32,748 $28,715 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK 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 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 default91st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted92nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 Little) 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 182 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $91,625 is reasonable (approximately the 91st 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.