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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rilke Schule Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261593350
AK · NTEE B111
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Francheska Bass, Executive Director / CEO ($51,850) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 151 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

151 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 151 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$679 total compensation of comparable organizations → $542,198 $51,850
$6,07910th
$16,40825th
$38,606Median
$73,09275th
$112,97390th
$51,850This org · 64th
p10$6,079
p25$16,408
p50$38,606
p75$73,092
p90$112,973
$51,850

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 AK 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
El Sol Academy Foundation CA$345,291 Exec. Dir. Of El Sol Academy $48,053 $43,401 2023
Highland Foundation For Educational OH$343,929 Executive Di $87,034 $91,240 2025
Vista Ridge High School Athletic Booster Club TX$351,294 Treasurer $2,386 $2,363 2025
Charter Facilities Support Corp CA$353,153 Ceo $36,704 $33,151 2023
The Angel Fund MT$337,378 Executive Director $19,422 $20,722 2025
Maine Center Ventures ME$357,196 Ceo (Resigned September 2022) $47,244 $49,482 2023
The Maggie L Walker Governor's School VA$358,293 Executive Director $85,000 $81,232 2025
Whitecaps Baseball Academy CA$333,957 President $42,797 $37,545 2024
Bms Building Company MN$360,320 Executive Director $8,035 $8,304 2023
Poudre School District Foundation CO$332,615 Executive Di $32,250 $31,418 2024
Eastern Ahec Property Corporation Inc NC$331,880 Executive Director $38,243 $40,146 2024
Midlothian Band Boosters TX$361,798 Treasurer $1,200 $1,189 2025
Parent Choice Inc WI$330,785 President $2,500 $2,652 2024
K-love & Air1 Foundation CA$328,960 Ceo/director (Ended 5/15/24) $48,455 $42,509 2024
Summit School Foundation NY$328,007 Director $72,000 $68,052 2023
Magellan Education Foundation Inc NC$365,340 Secretary $15,529 $16,783 2023
The Ellen Reece Legacy Corp NY$327,090 Executive Director $49,020 $46,332 2023
Robert E And Elizabeth L Kahn NH$366,440 Trustee $156,890 $151,526 2023
Friends Of Martin Luther King Jr MA$367,135 President $145,936 $137,169 2023
Monte Cassino Charitable Trust OK$367,245 Ex-officio Trustee $22,085 $25,437 2023
Temple University Law Foundation PA$324,561 Vp - Secretary $67,189 $70,083 2023
Riverside County Office Of CA$324,521 Director $75,947 $66,627 2024
Fern Creek High School KY$369,368 Chair $18,000 $19,648 2024
Good Shepherd Mission Network Inc LA$370,465 Chief Executive Officer $16,192 $18,114 2024
Connecticut Explored Inc CT$322,548 Publisher+exdir $77,000 $73,349 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AK 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 AK 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)63rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Francheska Bass) 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 151 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $51,850 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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.