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Compensation Comparability Determination

Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 522094777
DC · NTEE B24
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Erika Bryant, Executive Director / CEO ($179,235) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 111 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 12th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

How comparable organizations were selected

111 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 111 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$101,454 total compensation of comparable organizations → $708,522 $179,235
$173,59710th
$206,43025th
$292,631Median
$437,56575th
$539,80190th
$179,235This org · 12th
p10$173,597
p25$206,430
p50$292,631
p75$437,565
p90$539,801
$179,235

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.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Celebrate The Children IncNJ $18,852,227$285,978 990
German International School Of SiliconCA $18,875,594$201,239 990
Annapolis Area Christian SchoolMD $18,926,304$181,349 990
Presidio Knolls School IncCA $18,513,829$395,045 990
Evangelical Christian School IncFL $19,049,997$157,464 990
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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 default12th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)23rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted12th

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). 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.