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Compensation Comparability Determination

Heritage Christian School Of Topeka Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 481188590
KS · NTEE B20
FY ending 2024-05-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Janeal Lischke, Executive Director / CEO ($52,773) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 302 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

302 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 302 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$757 total compensation of comparable organizations → $317,456 $52,773
$23,05110th
$44,82425th
$65,943Median
$89,43275th
$121,25490th
$52,773This org · 34th
p10$23,051
p25$44,824
p50$65,943
p75$89,432
p90$121,254
$52,773

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 KS 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
Every Shelter Inc TX$1,251,301 Vice President $153,151 $141,806 2024
The Waldorf School Of Dupage IL$1,259,605 Faculty Representative $48,573 $44,202 2024
Alliance Christian Academy TX$1,259,800 Trustee $24,036 $22,913 2023
Regina Academy At St John The Baptist PA$1,261,238 Headmaster $96,506 $89,082 2024
Waldorf School Of Bend OR$1,242,552 Faculty $57,681 $49,583 2024
🔒 297 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)29th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
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:

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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.