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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Los Angeles School Services

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472983643
CA · NTEE B21
FY ending 2023-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Clark E Parker, Executive Director / CEO ($51,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 377 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

How comparable organizations were selected

377 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 377 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$234 total compensation of comparable organizations → $496,366 $51,000
$5,03810th
$12,51125th
$30,754Median
$55,90475th
$94,63590th
$51,000This org · 72nd
p10$5,038
p25$12,511
p50$30,754
p75$55,904
p90$94,635
$51,000

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 CA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Maxcen Housing Society Inc Massachusetts BranchMA $76,664$5,246 990
Wilmington Library Foundation Ii IncDE $76,295$9,717 990
Foundation For Coffee KnowledgeIL $76,013$2,846 990
Vada Charitable Foundation IncVA $75,990$96,246 990
Oxford City Schools Education FoundationAL $77,120$31,528 990
Maxmath Tutoring Online IncGA $77,264$5,887 990
Middle Grades CollaborativeVT $77,348$28,305 990
Western Telecommunications AllianceMT $77,444$62,821 990
Empowerment Farm IncFL $75,476$15,006 990
Presbyterian General Assembly Theological Seminary IncGA $75,404$34,933 990
Glen Ellyn Library FoundationIL $75,278$33,022 990
Sunnyside Community RedevelopmentTX $75,251$9,249 990
Schuylkill Valley Athletic Boosters IncPA $75,214$672 990
Literacy Volunteers At CentenaryLA $77,776$40,627 990
Pathways Early College AcademyCA $74,912$115,349 990
Delores A Sachs Charitable TrustWI $74,789$15,188 990
Oscar & Mildred Larson Scholarship TrustPA $78,461$69,906 990
National Independent Automobile DealersTX $78,487$17,652 990
Pine Crest Rhf Housing IncCA $74,406$74,537 990
Maxmath Tutoring Online Inc Dc BranchDC $78,567$5,138 990
Prospect Community LibraryPA $74,397$27,999 990
Dreamtree Preschool By UsbksWA $74,388$22,096 990
Neohumanist College Of AshevilleNC $78,689$61,019 990
Onnemi International MinistriesTX $74,227$33,210 990
Denny Family FoundationVT $74,178$54,285 990

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 CA 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)74th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

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 (Clark E Parker) 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 377 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $51,000 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). 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.