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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Foster Together

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832898650
MO · NTEE P32
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Laura Storm, Executive Director / CEO ($30,939) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 51 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Laura Storm — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

51 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 51 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$676 total compensation of comparable organizations → $127,318 $30,939
$20,43510th
$41,65925th
$52,993Median
$70,67875th
$85,80990th
$30,939This org · 20th
p10$20,435
p25$41,659
p50$52,993
p75$70,678
p90$85,809
$30,939

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 MO 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
Fostering The Family SC$373,249 Ceo $48,000 $47,279 2024
H3 Collective NC$381,162 Executive Director $105,000 $102,434 2024
Good Shepherd Children's Home TN$362,589 Assistant Treasurer/direct $6,000 $5,955 2024
Homes With Hope Inc TX$386,833 Executive Director $88,250 $85,809 2023
Family Network Foundation Of North Texas TX$359,061 Executive Director $101,700 $96,050 2024
Little Lambs Ministry IL$353,511 President $73,650 $68,363 2024
Bighouse Inc AL$397,130 Executive Director $44,000 $46,206 2023
Worthdays VA$347,082 President/executive Direct $53,374 $48,657 2024
Raise Montana MT$402,148 Executive Dir. $19,651 $20,000 2024
Route 21 WA$402,271 Executive Dir. $142,000 $120,033 2024
Embrace Washington WA$342,430 Executive Director $80,842 $68,336 2024
Foster The Village Inc WI$336,100 Executive Director $41,063 $40,490 2024
Muslim Foster Care Association MI$413,023 Executive Director $45,777 $45,928 2023
Northeast Foster Careinc PA$328,459 Executive Director $45,475 $44,081 2023
4points Family Services TX$328,192 Director Of Operations $76,667 $72,408 2024
Annie C Courtney Foundation CT$326,404 Executive Director $55,000 $47,433 2025
Court Appointed Special Advocates Of Polk And Haralson Inc GA$324,195 Executive Director $55,000 $52,213 2024
Fostering Hope Inc OK$422,956 Executive Director $65,000 $67,576 2024
Downey Side Inc NY$321,106 President $31,515 $26,195 2025
Fostering Change For Children Ltd NY$427,029 Ceo&co-founder $144,950 $127,318 2023
Gf Adult Foster Care Homes Inc MI$427,576 President/ceo $87,750 $88,040 2023
Perfection Children Services TX$319,163 Executive Director $57,200 $55,618 2023
Hunterdon Youth Services Inc NJ$437,926 Chief Executive Officer $65,919 $55,568 2024
Covenant Children's Home Inc FL$438,528 Executive Director $80,000 $73,052 2023
Roots And Wings Inc KS$439,016 Executive Director $65,000 $66,300 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)18th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted20th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Laura Storm) 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 51 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,939 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.