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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Windham Cooperative Kindergarten Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 020270242
NH · NTEE B21Z
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Erin Taylor, Executive Director / CEO ($29,042) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 314 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Erin Taylor — 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

314 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 314 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$375 total compensation of comparable organizations → $187,034 $29,042
$24,76910th
$42,45625th
$57,766Median
$75,29975th
$103,98290th
$29,042This org · 14th
p10$24,769
p25$42,456
p50$57,766
p75$75,299
p90$103,982
$29,042

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 NH 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
Beaver Brook Children's School Inc VT$442,253 President $64,100 $71,936 2023
Abc Angels Preschool CA$442,362 President $8,400 $7,855 2024
A Childs Garden Inc OH$443,070 President $51,655 $59,251 2024
Elite Kids Academy CA$440,260 President & Ceo $26,400 $24,688 2024
Spark Preschool OH$444,348 Administrator $115,324 $132,283 2024
Hope Montessori School - The Woodlands TX$444,377 Director $1,920 $2,080 2024
Houghton Lake Preschool Inc MI$437,714 Director $25,352 $28,339 2024
Elmhurst Montessori Preschool Inc IL$437,054 Chair Of The Board & Teach $72,523 $79,497 2023
Pumpkin Patch Pre-k Inc AR$436,658 President & Director $82,199 $97,485 2025
Kingdom Preparatory Academy Inc AZ$436,410 President $56,658 $60,755 2023
River Mist Inc CO$435,946 Executive Director $87,524 $90,890 2024
Eastminster Preschool Inc PA$434,734 Executive Director $53,856 $58,164 2024
Heavenly Angels Preschool Inc FL$434,074 Treasurer $26,456 $26,916 2024
Saxon Hill School Inc VT$433,660 Director Of $56,529 $63,441 2023
Child Light Inc NY$432,866 Executive Director $94,968 $92,938 2024
Sonshine Patch Inc CO$451,060 Director $56,729 $58,911 2024
Sherman Montessori Pre-school Inc TX$432,000 Staff Member $58,623 $61,871 2025
Southshire Community School VT$431,728 Dir/head Of Sch $68,756 $74,948 2024
Faithful Beginnings Inc FL$430,759 President $42,120 $41,748 2025
Gabriels Little Angels Preschool TX$429,871 Director $64,900 $70,308 2024
Heartland Community Montessori School Inc WI$428,980 Head Of School $52,616 $59,511 2024
The Childrens School NY$428,921 Trustee $26,500 $25,934 2024
Sleepy Hollow Preschool Inc VA$455,657 Director $45,581 $49,071 2023
Sowing Seeds Education Llc NC$456,270 Ceo $33,740 $37,756 2024
Family Learning Center Inc NM$456,306 Executive Di $43,755 $52,472 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NH 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 NH 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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted15th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Erin Taylor) 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 314 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,042 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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.