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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Faith Christian School And Institute

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 251398564
PA · NTEE B20
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lucy Hall, Executive Director / CEO ($28,778) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 286 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lucy Hall — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

286 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 286 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$153 total compensation of comparable organizations → $170,628 $28,778
$8,93010th
$27,71125th
$48,427Median
$71,62275th
$88,63890th
$28,778This org · 26th
p10$8,930
p25$27,711
p50$48,427
p75$71,622
p90$88,638
$28,778

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 PA 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
East Orchard Christian Academy Inc IL$487,462 Secretary/di $17,000 $15,859 2025
Trinity Academy Inc TN$487,742 Head Of School $52,000 $51,866 2025
Waldessori Schoolhouse TX$484,528 Board President $13,573 $13,225 2024
Fort Dodge Community School District Foundation IA$487,946 Director $86,250 $94,700 2023
University Montessori School LA$484,030 Chairman $31,990 $35,323 2023
Urban Village Montessori Inc MA$489,946 President $91,069 $77,654 2025
Green Mountain Montessori School VT$482,315 President $80,077 $80,823 2023
Pinnacle Christian School TX$481,840 Head Of School $43,654 $42,533 2024
Covenant Grace Christian Academy Inc LA$491,799 Treasurer $32,000 $33,436 2025
Sunrise Montessori School Inc MA$492,126 Head Of Scho $80,120 $72,197 2023
Hopi School Inc AZ$492,215 Facilitator $55,000 $51,520 2024
Next Generation Academics Inc FL$493,292 Director $34,878 $32,856 2023
New Mexico Society Of Cpas NM$493,310 President $99,318 $104,046 2024
Mental Fitness 21st Century Learning Inc GA$494,115 Exective Director $48,850 $49,254 2023
Mr Dad Fathers Club IL$495,372 President & $40,000 $38,302 2024
Arcadian Fellowship Church Inc MD$476,640 Vice President $60,000 $54,637 2024
Cottonwood Alc Inc MT$475,815 President $70,674 $72,289 2025
Nevada R-5 School District Public MO$496,775 Executive Di $8,780 $9,058 2024
National Association For Search VA$475,413 Executive Director $93,149 $87,602 2024
Sapphire Early Learning Center MT$497,778 Director $46,878 $49,218 2024
Tyger River Childrens Center Inc SC$499,127 Director $58,307 $60,997 2023
Haven Education Solutions Inc MD$473,044 President $12,250 $11,484 2023
Amundsen Educational Center AK$472,588 Executive Dir. $96,861 $90,197 2024
Southwest Montessori Academy Inc IN$472,283 Executive Dir. $47,464 $48,752 2024
Shepherd's Heart Christian Ministries Inc FL$471,530 President $25,000 $22,286 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted27th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (Lucy Hall) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 286 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $28,778 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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 10, 2026.