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Compensation Comparability Determination

Creative Education Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043270782
MA · NTEE B24Z
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Margaret Douglas, Executive Director / CEO ($111,197) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 229 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Margaret Douglas — reported title “EX-OFFICIO”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

229 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 229 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$47 total compensation of comparable organizations → $260,101 $111,197
$41,44810th
$72,69825th
$99,102Median
$138,09775th
$173,85290th
$111,197This org · 58th
p10$41,448
p25$72,698
p50$99,102
p75$138,097
p90$173,852
$111,197

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
Pickens Private School Foundation AL$2,120,342 Headmistress $103,507 $121,231 2025
Raynor Country Day School NY$2,114,858 Administrator $136,733 $133,952 2025
Montessori School Of Wooster Inc OH$2,128,100 Head Of School $62,062 $71,263 2025
Delphi Academy Of Boston Inc MA$2,129,486 Pres/secretary $65,000 $65,000 2024
Paris Trinity Christian Academy Inc TX$2,132,332 Executive Dir. $27,710 $30,846 2024
🔒 224 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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted64th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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.