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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Louisiana Charter School Alliance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261326916
LA · NTEE B99
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Sean Wilson, Executive Director / CEO ($71,480) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 435 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dr Sean Wilson — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

435 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 435 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$114 total compensation of comparable organizations → $257,868 $71,480
$12,53210th
$29,52925th
$51,734Median
$74,85575th
$100,26590th
$71,480This org · 72nd
p10$12,532
p25$29,529
p50$51,734
p75$74,855
p90$100,265
$71,480

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 LA 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
C & C Kids After School Enrichment WA$352,044 Ceo $38,500 $32,228 2023
Si Se Puede Schools TX$350,000 Exec Directo $146,775 $137,274 2023
Population We TN$349,989 Executive Dir. $95,478 $91,143 2024
The Texas Diversity Council TX$354,062 Ceo $91,279 $82,921 2024
California Council On Teacher Education CA$349,259 Secretarytreasurer $37,805 $29,646 2024
The Knitting Guild Association TX$349,095 Pres & Exec Dir $39,933 $36,277 2024
South Carolina Foundation For SC$354,508 Executive Di $34,000 $31,383 2025
Rome Institute Of Liberal Arts Inc CA$354,988 President $127,532 $100,010 2024
Natural Stone Foundation OH$355,833 Executive Director $35,233 $34,891 2023
Lyric Performing Arts Company Inc TX$356,051 Director $56,250 $52,608 2023
Classical Scholars Inc NC$347,341 Executive Director, Teacher $46,105 $43,263 2024
Quality Care Community Service Inc VA$356,347 Supervisor $99,085 $86,884 2024
Manners Of The Heart Inc LA$357,842 Chief Visionary Opfficer $60,000 $60,000 2024
Ebenezeer Community Outreach IL$345,180 President $131,418 $114,309 2025
Ifees Inc MD$358,493 Secretary $195,256 $170,676 2023
Life College CA$344,960 Program Director $112,800 $88,457 2024
Denver Biennial Of The Americas CO$344,954 Executive Di $167,959 $146,260 2024
Wild Horses Building Champions Inc SD$358,584 Director $18,000 $18,574 2023
Heartlight Center Inc CO$359,354 Executive Dir. $91,975 $82,459 2023
Scottsdale Leadership Inc AZ$359,383 Executive Director $93,090 $83,706 2023
Foundation For Mo County Free Libraries CA$359,452 Executive Director $78,121 $61,262 2024
Aspire P16 Collaborative OH$343,845 Executive Di $47,250 $46,791 2023
Pivot Leadership Group TX$360,303 Executive Director $95,940 $87,155 2024
The Bella Abzug Leadership Institute Inc NY$343,203 Founder And Ceo $102,898 $84,441 2024
Council Of Public Liberal Arts Colleges NC$360,337 Executive Director $40,148 $37,673 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)63rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted66th

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 (Dr Sean Wilson) 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 435 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $71,480 is reasonable (approximately the 72nd 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.