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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Preparatory School Of The District Of Columbia Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 521918567
DC · NTEE B20
FY ending 2023-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Betty North, Executive Director / CEO ($45,346) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 219 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

219 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 219 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$174 total compensation of comparable organizations → $179,352 $45,346
$7,70110th
$20,10825th
$41,123Median
$64,88075th
$84,13590th
$45,346This org · 56th
p10$7,701
p25$20,108
p50$41,123
p75$64,880
p90$84,135
$45,346

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 DC 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
Kings Way NY$292,461 Director Of Business $43,095 $41,993 2025
Austin Japanese School Inc TX$290,647 Administration $7,570 $8,165 2025
Ohio Christian Academy Inc OH$290,417 President $23,083 $27,062 2024
Escuela Aurora Inc PR$292,982 President $31,040 $31,040 2023
Randolph Education Association Inc MA$295,784 President $7,000 $6,783 2025
Florida Academy Of Excellence FL$287,206 President Chief Academic Officer $7,500 $7,799 2024
Annette Mains Ministries Inc IN$285,821 Elem Ed Dire $62,400 $72,837 2024
Dry Fork Christian School Inc VA$298,615 President $36,603 $39,119 2024
Knox Forest School TN$284,687 Director And Board President $55,720 $64,828 2024
Arecibo Baseball Academy Inc PR$299,223 President $31,050 $30,159 2024
Expatriate Education International IN$284,021 President & Ceo $14,400 $16,809 2024
Homeschool Christian Academy Inc MO$283,095 Executive Director $41,400 $47,284 2025
Singing Cedars School Inc IA$300,841 Board Member $35,000 $43,671 2023
Old Believerprivate School AK$282,002 Secretary $21,230 $22,466 2024
Silver Spruce Academy Inc CO$301,517 Executive Di $71,384 $75,764 2024
Saint Francis Montessori Christian TX$301,529 Director $39,900 $44,178 2024
Eureka Educational Academy Inc FL$281,527 Vice Preside $4,000 $4,282 2023
Academy Of Rome And Cartersville Inc GA$281,328 Director $20,308 $23,269 2023
Polska Szkola Im Sw Jana Pawla Ii Inc IL$302,206 Treasurer $1,300 $1,378 2025
Little River Community School NY$302,328 President/treasurer $34,330 $33,452 2025
Kinderhaus CA$281,015 President $79,346 $75,838 2024
Philly Agile Learning Community PA$280,886 President/secretary, Principal $68,828 $78,217 2023
Christian Hope Academy Inc SC$279,675 President $21,525 $24,216 2025
The Potters House Foundation MI$304,008 Superintendent $11,545 $13,579 2023
Montgomery Area Court Referral Prog AL$305,406 Executive Di $83,404 $99,734 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted58th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (Betty North) 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 219 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,346 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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.