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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dove's Nest Early Care And

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 201120940
CO · NTEE P33
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brandi Curtis, Executive Director / CEO ($68,946) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 273 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Brandi Curtis — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

273 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 273 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$215 total compensation of comparable organizations → $398,800 $68,946
$12,30910th
$30,98325th
$46,933Median
$63,30975th
$78,92090th
$68,946This org · 85th
p10$12,309
p25$30,983
p50$46,933
p75$63,309
p90$78,920
$68,946

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 CO 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
Bethel Childrens Center Of Santa Rosa CA$298,421 Executive Dir. $48,065 $44,563 2023
Polkadots And Roses Childcare Center A Nj Nonprofit Corporation NJ$298,623 Parent $17,400 $16,202 2024
Little Ones Academy CA$298,948 President $23,286 $20,970 2024
Brain Builders Early Childhood And NE$300,238 Vice President $1,610 $1,860 2023
Nonnie Hood Parent Resource Center Inc NY$300,287 Executive Director $65,253 $63,309 2023
Clark County Parent Cooperative NV$296,285 Vice Preside $33,532 $34,150 2025
Livingston Street Early Childhood Center NY$300,856 Executive Dir $30,065 $28,333 2024
Christian Child Development Center Inc NC$295,755 President Amerita $171,500 $180,040 2025
The Learning Tree Of Wellsboro PA$294,935 Exective Director $9,408 $9,784 2024
Holmes Child Care Center Inc NC$301,975 Member/teacher $48,640 $52,413 2024
Little Leaf Learning Center Inc NE$294,673 President $41,383 $46,419 2024
Good Shepherd Child Dev Center Inc WV$294,572 Director $36,535 $42,473 2023
Lakin Foundation Child Development Center Of Griswold IA$303,127 Secretary/ceo $52,617 $60,083 2024
Muirs Little Scholars Inc PA$293,399 Exec Director $4,350 $4,657 2023
First Baptist Church Denbigh Child VA$293,350 Executive Di $32,871 $33,099 2024
Second Home Learning Center VA$293,321 Executive Director $52,192 $52,555 2024
Breckenridge Montessori Inc CO$304,445 Executive Director $76,302 $76,302 2024
Bottles Two Backpacks Daycare IA$305,069 Director $26,350 $30,977 2023
Honeybear Daycare Center Inc MT$305,218 President $103,277 $113,108 2025
Gsuc Child Development And Learning NY$289,841 Center Director $18,269 $17,725 2023
East Grand Community Services MO$289,731 Executive Di $31,498 $35,819 2023
All Belong To Christ Daycare & NE$307,350 Daycare Dire $57,558 $64,562 2024
St Paul Gillespie-selden Rural GA$289,177 Executive Di $36,690 $38,473 2024
Pee Wee Angels Christian Learning Center AL$307,630 Executive Director $65,400 $73,684 2024
It Takes A Village Inc NJ$288,918 Trustee $38,189 $36,609 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted84th

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 (Brandi Curtis) 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 273 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $68,946 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.