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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Bridge Avenue School

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 201904717
OH · NTEE B25
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Angela Leonard, Executive Director / CEO ($40,365) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 40 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

40 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 40 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,563 total compensation of comparable organizations → $111,790 $40,365
$17,76010th
$29,48125th
$45,491Median
$63,83375th
$88,03390th
$40,365This org · 43rd
p10$17,760
p25$29,481
p50$45,491
p75$63,833
p90$88,033
$40,365

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 OH cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Saint Andrews Academy IncKY $321,409$31,699 990
Unlimited Dreams Christian Learning CenterMS $314,000$36,672 990
Commonwealth Christian Academy IncVA $308,169$17,779 990
Be Academy Of SteamTN $305,946$30,561 990
Jewish Teen Learning ConnectionincCT $342,599$76,579 990
Questa Middle School IncFL $296,242$60,159 990
Oldham County Athletic Boosters IncKY $295,877$4,998 990
Zion AcademyUT $343,350$52,480 990
Career Tech High SchoolOR $287,163$23,175 990
Kinetic BridgesMO $355,361$17,589 990
Concordia Academy-wichitaKS $283,423$94,229 990
Hx Chinese School At PlainsboroNJ $358,021$3,563 990
Doing Art Together IncNY $279,391$55,178 990
Pleasant Ridge Christian Academy IncFL $273,043$15,758 990
Rural Education And Workforce AllianceKS $270,521$111,790 990
Insight Colearning CenterNC $268,088$61,857 990
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Academy IncTX $265,390$81,781 990
East Burke School IncVT $264,402$60,479 990
Lotts Creek Community SchoolKY $375,955$26,242 990
Banner Learning CorpFL $379,328$62,459 990
Global Recovery Initiatives FoundationMD $254,208$108,726 990
St John Bosco AssociationOK $250,093$37,427 990
Chesterton Academy Of TheFL $237,751$20,484 990
Living Oaks AcademySC $237,089$21,484 990
College Access Navigators IncCO $236,191$55,757 990

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 OH 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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted38th

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 (Angela Leonard) 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 40 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B25), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,365 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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). 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.