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Compensation Comparability Determination

Dillard Academy Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 562069173
NC · NTEE B24
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Edna Battle, Executive Director / CEO ($83,322) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 263 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Edna Battle — reported title “Principal”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

263 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 263 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$641 total compensation of comparable organizations → $337,925 $83,322
$49,93310th
$79,97125th
$106,476Median
$139,20175th
$175,42090th
$83,322This org · 27th
p10$49,933
p25$79,971
p50$106,476
p75$139,201
p90$175,420
$83,322

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 NC 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
Hillsboro Charter Academy VA$3,417,584 Dean Of Curr $119,162 $111,352 2023
Sankofa School Of Success Inc IN$3,426,349 Executive Director $207,211 $200,119 2025
Central Christian School Inc KS$3,438,131 Superintende $78,000 $79,213 2024
Phoenix Montessori Academy NC$3,400,154 Head Of School $118,442 $115,044 2024
Schoolcraft Learning Community MN$3,446,478 Director Of Teaching And L $71,354 $66,278 2024
🔒 258 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 NC 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 NC 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 default27th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)22nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted26th

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.