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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Raise Montana

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 810508479
MT · NTEE P32
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Angie Armour, Executive Director / CEO ($19,651) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 50 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 8th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

50 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 50 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$664 total compensation of comparable organizations → $125,099 $19,651
$22,87810th
$42,18725th
$52,180Median
$70,18675th
$87,29390th
$19,651This org · 8th
p10$22,878
p25$42,187
p50$52,180
p75$70,186
p90$87,293
$19,651

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 MT 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
Route 21 WA$402,271 Executive Dir. $142,000 $117,941 2024
Bighouse Inc AL$397,130 Executive Director $44,000 $45,401 2023
Muslim Foster Care Association MI$413,023 Executive Director $45,777 $45,128 2023
Homes With Hope Inc TX$386,833 Executive Director $88,250 $84,314 2023
Fostering Hope Inc OK$422,956 Executive Director $65,000 $66,399 2024
H3 Collective NC$381,162 Executive Director $105,000 $100,648 2024
Fostering Change For Children Ltd NY$427,029 Ceo&co-founder $144,950 $125,099 2023
Gf Adult Foster Care Homes Inc MI$427,576 President/ceo $87,750 $86,506 2023
Foster Together MO$373,510 Executive Director $30,939 $30,400 2024
Fostering The Family SC$373,249 Ceo $48,000 $46,455 2024
Hunterdon Youth Services Inc NJ$437,926 Chief Executive Officer $65,919 $54,600 2024
Covenant Children's Home Inc FL$438,528 Executive Director $80,000 $71,779 2023
Roots And Wings Inc KS$439,016 Executive Director $65,000 $65,144 2024
Good Shepherd Children's Home TN$362,589 Assistant Treasurer/direct $6,000 $5,851 2024
Fostering Family Ministries Inc OH$443,658 Executive Di $56,032 $56,682 2023
Family Network Foundation Of North Texas TX$359,061 Executive Director $101,700 $94,376 2024
Choices Network Systems Inc FL$446,975 Vice President / Director $60,831 $53,014 2024
Mount Zion Day Care Inc IN$447,751 Executive Director $42,738 $41,811 2024
Little Lambs Ministry IL$353,511 President $73,650 $67,171 2024
The Deland Receiving Home Inc WI$454,463 Treasurer $23,310 $22,584 2024
Worthdays VA$347,082 President/executive Direct $53,374 $47,809 2024
Aa Swartz Adoption Attorneys And MI$457,230 President $28,915 $27,687 2024
Nagomi Foster Homes HI$458,650 President, Treasurer, Secr $54,171 $48,221 2022
Embrace Washington WA$342,430 Executive Director $80,842 $67,145 2024
Court Appointed Special Advocate Program MD$467,054 Executive Director $766 $664 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MT 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 MT 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 default8th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted8th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Angie Armour) 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 50 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,651 is reasonable (approximately the 8th 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.