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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Robert Frost Charter School

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 454393563
NH · NTEE B29
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Janine Mclauchlan, Executive Director / CEO ($72,084) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$835 total compensation of comparable organizations → $132,782 $72,084
$13,21910th
$20,61225th
$43,512Median
$80,90875th
$105,26290th
$72,084This org · 67th
p10$13,219
p25$20,612
p50$43,512
p75$80,908
p90$105,262
$72,084

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 NH 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
Do & Be Arts Academy Of Excellence NV$391,413 Executive Di $104,020 $106,853 2025
Imagine Akron Academy OH$380,475 Treasurer $18,500 $20,612 2024
Hinckley Preparatory Academy OH$409,647 Board Member $750 $835 2024
Nextgen Global Leadership Academies TX$409,688 Superintendent $75,000 $81,250 2023
Catskill Wheelhouse NY$371,970 Secretary/staff Representa $35,799 $34,029 2024
Franklin Schools Foundation UT$370,141 Director $34,083 $36,694 2024
The Bryan Allen Stevenson School Of DE$432,712 Executive Dir. $128,915 $132,782 2024
Kalmiopsis Community Arts High School OR$348,553 Secretary & Staff Representat $15,417 $15,061 2024
Everyblackgirl Inc SC$453,377 Executive Director $68,667 $75,356 2024
City On A Hill Foundation Inc MA$332,706 Clerk $23,761 $23,124 2023
Deer Valley Charter Schools Inc AZ$482,697 Executive Di $12,692 $13,219 2023
Progressnow Colorado CO$301,925 Executive Director $1,000 $1,008 2024
Community First School Inc CT$489,223 School Leader $82,032 $80,908 2024
One Dearborn Inc IN$291,294 Executive Di $88,339 $97,996 2024
Fore Life Inc FL$271,296 Director $18,000 $17,788 2024
Cumberland County Charter School Network NJ$526,728 Executive Director $45,000 $43,512 2023
Jardin De La Infancia CA$537,928 Executive Di $43,375 $38,384 2025
Cordoba Academy WA$569,127 Principal $60,000 $56,508 2024
Arches Academy AZ$581,878 President $53,200 $55,410 2023
Lincoln Electrical NE$590,888 Training Dir $93,036 $105,262 2024
Hardin Community School OH$592,233 Superintendent $61,358 $68,362 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NH 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 NH 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (Janine Mclauchlan) 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 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B29), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,084 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.