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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Masters Christian School

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202974718
WA · NTEE B20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anthony D Simmons, Executive Director / CEO ($32,971) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 118 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Anthony D Simmons — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

118 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 118 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$819 total compensation of comparable organizations → $120,904 $32,971
$8,12910th
$21,28425th
$40,028Median
$55,54775th
$77,20790th
$32,971This org · 42nd
p10$8,129
p25$21,284
p50$40,028
p75$55,547
p90$77,207
$32,971

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 WA 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
John Paul Ii Polish Supplementary School Of Maspeth Inc NY$202,679 President $6,765 $6,828 2024
Beginning Education And Readiness School OH$199,351 Executive Director $60,760 $71,879 2024
Parents For Public Schools MS$198,818 Executive Di $30,000 $37,320 2024
Academy Christian School Inc SC$198,225 President $38,566 $46,266 2023
Trace Academy Inc FL$198,199 Head Of Scho $58,417 $63,106 2023
St Jude School CA$197,855 Secretary $40,000 $37,585 2025
Millennium Leadership Christian Academy Inc FL$204,543 Director $46,450 $48,739 2024
Anastasis Academy CO$204,546 Executive Di $38,646 $41,390 2024
Orcas Montessori School WA$197,361 Vice President $45,266 $46,603 2023
Pumpkin Patch Preschool Inc PA$205,580 Pres./treas. $64,440 $69,926 2025
Machon Schneerson Chabad PA$205,676 President $15,550 $17,320 2024
St Andrews Academy CA$206,194 President $21,024 $20,876 2023
Heritage Christian Academy TN$195,767 President $15,000 $17,611 2024
The Little Montessori School TX$206,702 Director $38,305 $42,798 2024
Machias Valley Christian School ME$209,003 Co-chair $2,328 $2,537 2025
Rhema Corporation Inc NC$209,118 President $37,800 $43,625 2024
Carden Educational Foundation FL$191,520 President & Treasurer $97,195 $104,997 2023
Scholaris Academy Inc TX$212,934 President $19,878 $22,865 2023
Arete Enrichment Academy Inc GA$213,492 Officer - Executive Director $17,786 $19,975 2024
Christian Education League Inc ME$213,726 President $3,819 $4,398 2023
Kids' World School Inc CA$215,455 President/pr $49,440 $49,092 2023
Mount Hope Christian Academy Inc VA$186,637 Academy Director $32,231 $34,760 2024
Summit Christian School CO$216,159 Head Of School $110,000 $114,774 2025
Tergar Schools Inc VT$216,281 Executive Director $20,708 $23,280 2024
Growing In Grace Preparatory School Inc FL$184,084 President $28,858 $30,280 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)48th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted43rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Anthony D Simmons) 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 118 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,971 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.