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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cardiopulmonary Perfusion Associates Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 760313066
TX · NTEE G9BZ
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Deborah Adams, Executive Director / CEO ($161,920) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 377 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 96th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Deborah Adams — reported title “Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

377 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 377 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$182 total compensation of comparable organizations → $721,031 $161,920
$22,17910th
$47,09925th
$73,408Median
$97,42175th
$120,82490th
$161,920This org · 96th
p10$22,179
p25$47,099
p50$73,408
p75$97,421
p90$120,824
$161,920

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 TX 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
The Tailor Institute Incorporated MO$468,451 Director $52,000 $53,479 2024
Evan's Victory Against Neuroblastoma Foundation Inc MD$468,923 President $68,912 $62,558 2024
Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation AR$468,148 Executive Di $112,781 $123,096 2024
Parents Defeating Autism Today TX$470,638 Ceo $25,748 $25,009 2024
The Blosser Center For Dyslexia Resources OR$466,169 Former Executive Director $24,325 $21,935 2024
Aspen Allergy Conference CO$465,951 Office Manager $45,000 $41,899 2024
10000 Brains Neuro Ai Inc MA$465,837 Chief Executive Officer $102,577 $92,149 2023
The Epilepsy Foundation Of Kentuckiana KY$465,180 Executive Director $120,390 $129,303 2023
The Anchor Cross Cancer Foundation AL$464,644 Foundation Director $65,625 $68,841 2024
Telluride Aids Benefit Inc CO$472,865 Executive Director $79,050 $71,705 2025
Prisms Inc VA$473,555 Executive Director $94,038 $88,165 2024
Paralyzed Veterans Of America DC$462,882 Executive Director $41,124 $35,041 2024
Cancer Association Of Darke County OH$475,711 Executive Di $18,043 $18,556 2024
Cancer Resource Center Of The Finger Lakes NY$459,404 Executive Director $58,609 $51,426 2024
Cancer Support Community - California CA$459,287 Executive Director $100,452 $84,226 2024
The Foundation For Ucp Of Greater CA$458,528 President / Ceo $123,170 $103,274 2024
Malignant Hyperthermia Association NY$478,687 Executive Director $81,231 $71,274 2024
Hypoparathyroidism Association Inc TX$458,001 Executive Director $98,019 $95,207 2024
Spierings Cancer Foundation Inc WI$480,050 Executive Director $42,858 $43,461 2024
Connie Dwyer Breast Cancer Foundation NJ$480,065 Executive Director & Secretary $60,000 $52,018 2024
American Academy Of Pediatrics CA$456,564 Executive Director $133,530 $115,267 2023
Red River Valley Down Syndrome Society TX$481,332 Executive Dir. $6,923 $6,724 2024
The Maryland Sickle Cell Disease Ssociation Incorporated MD$481,769 Executive Director $18,370 $16,676 2024
Enigma Asd Services WA$482,395 Acting Secretary $52,668 $45,787 2024
Cancer Schmancer Foundation CA$482,878 Executive Dir. $117,721 $101,621 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default96th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)96th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted97th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (Deborah Adams) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 377 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (G), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $161,920 is reasonable (approximately the 96th 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 10, 2026.