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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Green Mountain Montessori School

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 030372688
VT · NTEE B20
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shireen Mcnabb, Executive Director / CEO ($80,077) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 287 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 84th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Shireen Mcnabb — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

287 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 287 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$152 total compensation of comparable organizations → $169,053 $80,077
$8,86910th
$27,19825th
$47,636Median
$70,82575th
$86,94290th
$80,077This org · 84th
p10$8,869
p25$27,198
p50$47,636
p75$70,825
p90$86,942
$80,077

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 VT 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
Pinnacle Christian School TX$481,840 Head Of School $43,654 $42,140 2024
University Montessori School LA$484,030 Chairman $31,990 $34,997 2023
Waldessori Schoolhouse TX$484,528 Board President $13,573 $13,103 2024
Faith Christian School And Institute PA$486,139 President $28,778 $28,512 2023
East Orchard Christian Academy Inc IL$487,462 Secretary/di $17,000 $15,713 2025
Trinity Academy Inc TN$487,742 Head Of School $52,000 $51,387 2025
Fort Dodge Community School District Foundation IA$487,946 Director $86,250 $93,826 2023
Arcadian Fellowship Church Inc MD$476,640 Vice President $60,000 $54,132 2024
Cottonwood Alc Inc MT$475,815 President $70,674 $71,622 2025
National Association For Search VA$475,413 Executive Director $93,149 $86,793 2024
Urban Village Montessori Inc MA$489,946 President $91,069 $76,937 2025
Haven Education Solutions Inc MD$473,044 President $12,250 $11,378 2023
Covenant Grace Christian Academy Inc LA$491,799 Treasurer $32,000 $33,127 2025
Amundsen Educational Center AK$472,588 Executive Dir. $96,861 $89,364 2024
Sunrise Montessori School Inc MA$492,126 Head Of Scho $80,120 $71,530 2023
Hopi School Inc AZ$492,215 Facilitator $55,000 $51,044 2024
Southwest Montessori Academy Inc IN$472,283 Executive Dir. $47,464 $48,302 2024
Shepherd's Heart Christian Ministries Inc FL$471,530 President $25,000 $22,080 2025
Next Generation Academics Inc FL$493,292 Director $34,878 $32,553 2023
New Mexico Society Of Cpas NM$493,310 President $99,318 $103,085 2024
Mental Fitness 21st Century Learning Inc GA$494,115 Exective Director $48,850 $48,799 2023
North Star Montessori School Inc IN$470,268 Director $64,972 $66,120 2024
Cupola Academy PA$470,082 Co-director $89,304 $85,941 2024
Firm Foundations Academy PA$470,049 Chair $37,674 $36,255 2024
Mr Dad Fathers Club IL$495,372 President & $40,000 $37,948 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VT 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 VT 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 default84th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)80th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted86th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Shireen Mcnabb) 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 287 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,077 is reasonable (approximately the 84th 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.