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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sunrise Montessori School Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 300292277
MA · NTEE B20
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Andrea Rossick, Executive Director / CEO ($80,120) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 289 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Andrea Rossick — reported title “HEAD OF SCHO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

289 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 289 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$170 total compensation of comparable organizations → $189,353 $80,120
$10,04810th
$31,93625th
$53,848Median
$80,22375th
$99,72990th
$80,120This org · 75th
p10$10,048
p25$31,936
p50$53,848
p75$80,223
p90$99,729
$80,120

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 MA 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
Hopi School Inc AZ$492,215 Facilitator $55,000 $57,174 2024
Covenant Grace Christian Academy Inc LA$491,799 Treasurer $32,000 $37,105 2025
Next Generation Academics Inc FL$493,292 Director $34,878 $36,462 2023
New Mexico Society Of Cpas NM$493,310 President $99,318 $115,464 2024
Mental Fitness 21st Century Learning Inc GA$494,115 Exective Director $48,850 $54,659 2023
Urban Village Montessori Inc MA$489,946 President $91,069 $86,176 2025
Mr Dad Fathers Club IL$495,372 President & $40,000 $42,505 2024
Fort Dodge Community School District Foundation IA$487,946 Director $86,250 $105,093 2023
Trinity Academy Inc TN$487,742 Head Of School $52,000 $57,558 2025
Nevada R-5 School District Public MO$496,775 Executive Di $8,780 $10,052 2024
East Orchard Christian Academy Inc IL$487,462 Secretary/di $17,000 $17,600 2025
Sapphire Early Learning Center MT$497,778 Director $46,878 $54,619 2024
Faith Christian School And Institute PA$486,139 President $28,778 $31,936 2023
Tyger River Childrens Center Inc SC$499,127 Director $58,307 $67,691 2023
Waldessori Schoolhouse TX$484,528 Board President $13,573 $14,676 2024
University Montessori School LA$484,030 Chairman $31,990 $39,200 2023
Whispering Pines Christian School CA$501,439 Secretary $9,000 $8,648 2023
Green Mountain Montessori School VT$482,315 President $80,077 $89,693 2023
Chesterton Academy Of St Philip Neri MO$502,211 Executive Director $69,430 $79,486 2024
Pinnacle Christian School TX$481,840 Head Of School $43,654 $47,201 2024
Gateways Academy Inc MA$504,438 President $43,000 $40,690 2025
Nashoba Montessori School Inc MA$504,671 President $125,000 $121,414 2024
Classical Studies Institute Of Louisville Inc KY$505,330 Head Of School (Beg. 9.10.2022)non Voting Director $59,807 $71,504 2023
Horizons Academy Of Maui Inc HI$506,211 Operations D $89,848 $86,949 2024
Peak Potential MT$506,266 Executive Director $34,000 $40,785 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted77th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 (Andrea Rossick) 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 289 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,120 is reasonable (approximately the 75th 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.