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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Pearls Academy Incorporated

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474062068
PA · NTEE B80
FY ending 2024-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeannette Stukes, Executive Director / CEO ($53,112) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 54 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 74th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jeannette Stukes — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

54 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 54 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$834 total compensation of comparable organizations → $218,784 $53,112
$4,76410th
$16,13625th
$28,914Median
$52,32975th
$83,46090th
$53,112This org · 74th
p10$4,764
p25$16,136
p50$28,914
p75$52,329
p90$83,460
$53,112

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 PA 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
Freedom Village Of Hope TN$193,592 Consulting Assistant Executive Director $32,500 $34,257 2024
Virginia Law Review Association VA$177,170 Secretary $18,369 $17,785 2024
Literacy Advocates Usa Inc FL$177,050 President $40,000 $37,681 2024
Kos Inc GA$176,917 President $21,850 $22,681 2023
Lives Without Limits Inc GA$176,106 Executive Dir. $23,740 $23,936 2024
The Fashion Foundation Inc NY$175,871 President $27,500 $24,919 2024
Education With Purpose Foundation For Pacific Islanders WA$171,228 Executive Director $81,504 $75,334 2023
Believe It Achieve It CA$166,000 Executive Director $50,000 $44,574 2023
B Relyt Organization Inc CA$210,023 Ceo $27,794 $24,067 2024
Wise Choices For Girls CA$212,769 Executive Director $47,500 $41,130 2024
Library Of Michigan Foundation MI$212,885 Executive Director/chief Development $99,591 $103,080 2024
Educational Access Group CO$215,225 Director And President $79,875 $74,823 2025
Rural Youth Institute ME$215,437 President And Director $45,331 $45,518 2024
Northwest Suburban Conference MN$159,661 Executive Secretary $25,000 $24,133 2025
Way Coffee Co MI$157,749 Executive Di $28,221 $28,457 2025
Streams In The Wasteland Christian UT$157,356 Director $75,000 $79,247 2023
The Partnership Inc DE$155,522 President $4,850 $4,762 2024
Asian Student Achievement IL$221,401 President/ceo $29,792 $29,370 2024
Always Knocking Inc CA$222,825 Executive Director $27,062 $24,125 2023
When Girls Get Together Inc IL$223,665 Ex Dir $45,061 $45,735 2023
Parachute Project Inc NY$226,311 Executive Dir. $104,091 $94,320 2024
Kool Nerd Prep Inc NY$228,353 Executive Director $52,659 $47,716 2024
Institute For Democratic Education MS$229,599 Executive Director $114,157 $127,495 2024
Logan City School District UT$230,246 Executive Director $6,530 $6,702 2024
Scholar Career Coaching Inc FL$144,351 Executive Director $46,720 $45,312 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default74th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)74th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Jeannette Stukes) 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 54 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $53,112 is reasonable (approximately the 74th 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.