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Compensation Comparability Determination

The Whitney Academy Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 042939430
MA · NTEE B20P
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kevin Marques, Executive Director / CEO ($219,659) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 172 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kevin Marques — reported title “PRES/TREAS/ED”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

172 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 172 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$26,374 total compensation of comparable organizations → $796,461 $219,659
$125,77710th
$157,86225th
$209,395Median
$310,00875th
$414,71390th
$219,659This org · 53rd
p10$125,777
p25$157,862
p50$209,395
p75$310,008
p90$414,713
$219,659

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 MA 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
Oak Farm School Inc IN$14,980,220 Head Of School $156,829 $184,044 2024
Scale Leadership Academy CA$14,770,227 Executive Dir. $149,095 $147,501 2023
Latin American Montessori Bilingual Publ DC$15,035,944 Executive Director $161,368 $162,236 2023
The Mcgillis School UT$14,674,725 Head Of School $286,461 $335,901 2023
Denver Language School CO$14,671,474 Exec Directo $147,066 $152,883 2025
🔒 167 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted60th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted52nd

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:

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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.