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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Christian Education League Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 016018966
ME · NTEE B20F
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carroll Conley Jr, Executive Director / CEO ($3,819) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 127 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Carroll Conley Jr — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

127 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 127 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$712 total compensation of comparable organizations → $105,528 $3,819
$7,58610th
$19,61825th
$35,242Median
$51,02775th
$68,88490th
$3,819This org · 6th
p10$7,586
p25$19,618
p50$35,242
p75$51,027
p90$68,884
$3,819

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 ME 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
Arete Enrichment Academy Inc GA$213,492 Officer - Executive Director $17,786 $17,347 2024
Scholaris Academy Inc TX$212,934 President $19,878 $19,858 2023
Kids' World School Inc CA$215,455 President/pr $49,440 $42,634 2023
Summit Christian School CO$216,159 Head Of School $110,000 $99,676 2025
Tergar Schools Inc VT$216,281 Executive Director $20,708 $20,218 2024
Rhema Corporation Inc NC$209,118 President $37,800 $37,887 2024
Machias Valley Christian School ME$209,003 Co-chair $2,328 $2,203 2025
Relay Childrens Center Inc MD$219,030 Program Director $43,960 $39,866 2024
The Little Montessori School TX$206,702 Director $38,305 $37,168 2024
St Andrews Academy CA$206,194 President $21,024 $18,130 2023
Noggin Educational Foundation TX$221,391 President $50,000 $48,516 2024
Machon Schneerson Chabad PA$205,676 President $15,550 $15,042 2024
Pumpkin Patch Preschool Inc PA$205,580 Pres./treas. $64,440 $60,728 2025
Anastasis Academy CO$204,546 Executive Di $38,646 $35,945 2024
Millennium Leadership Christian Academy Inc FL$204,543 Director $46,450 $42,327 2024
Lil Titans Daycare Corp IN$223,470 President $49,981 $52,637 2023
John Paul Ii Polish Supplementary School Of Maspeth Inc NY$202,679 President $6,765 $5,930 2024
The Northwest Florida Academy Inc FL$224,775 President $52,500 $49,254 2023
Masters Christian School WA$201,153 Executive Director $32,971 $28,634 2024
Lords Kingdom Academy Inc FL$227,205 President $21,950 $20,002 2024
Quartzsite Southern Christian Academy AZ$227,630 Treasurer $3,383 $3,074 2025
Beginning Education And Readiness School OH$199,351 Executive Director $60,760 $62,424 2024
Parents For Public Schools MS$198,818 Executive Di $30,000 $32,410 2024
Every Kids A Genius Inc FL$228,660 President, Dir. $30,000 $28,145 2023
Academy Christian School Inc SC$198,225 President $38,566 $40,180 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ME 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 ME 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted97th

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 (Carroll Conley Jr) 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 127 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,819 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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.