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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rising Stars Academy Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 208308632
FL · NTEE B20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Roni Stockdale, Executive Director / CEO ($2,139) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Roni Stockdale — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$759 total compensation of comparable organizations → $97,195 $2,139
$6,30010th
$22,55225th
$36,145Median
$48,78575th
$63,62190th
$2,139This org · 6th
p10$6,300
p25$22,552
p50$36,145
p75$48,785
p90$63,621
$2,139

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 FL 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
Saint Francis Classical Academy Inc FL$271,537 Director (President), Headmaster And Teacher $42,520 $40,236 2025
Every Kids A Genius Inc FL$228,660 President, Dir. $30,000 $30,000 2023
Lords Kingdom Academy Inc FL$227,205 President $21,950 $21,320 2024
The Northwest Florida Academy Inc FL$224,775 President $52,500 $52,500 2023
Eureka Educational Academy Inc FL$281,527 Vice Preside $4,000 $4,000 2023
Florida Academy Of Excellence FL$287,206 President Chief Academic Officer $7,500 $7,285 2024
Millennium Leadership Christian Academy Inc FL$204,543 Director $46,450 $45,117 2024
Trace Academy Inc FL$198,199 Head Of Scho $58,417 $58,417 2023
Carden Educational Foundation FL$191,520 President & Treasurer $97,195 $97,195 2023
Growing In Grace Preparatory School Inc FL$184,084 President $28,858 $28,030 2024
Scientiae Inc FL$182,457 President $781 $759 2024
Asa Christian Academy FL$170,116 Executive Director $42,000 $42,000 2023
Aukela Unique & Distinguished Scholars Inc FL$332,373 Rodriguez $27,739 $26,249 2025
Austin Christian Vocational Academy Inc FL$337,515 Officer $50,000 $50,000 2023
Engaging Young Minds Academy Inc FL$345,013 President $45,138 $45,138 2023
Genesis Ministries FL$354,766 President $33,000 $32,053 2024
Scholars Christian Preschool And Academy Inc FL$355,881 Executive Director $78,000 $75,762 2024
Graceview Academy Of St Cloud FL$360,831 Ceo $11,234 $10,912 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL cost of living and 2023 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 FL 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted11th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Roni Stockdale) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B20) + FL + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $2,139 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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.