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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Little Shepherds Day Care

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 611372722
KY · NTEE B21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Teresa Miller, Executive Director / CEO ($40,996) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 227 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 52nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Teresa Miller — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

227 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 227 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$528 total compensation of comparable organizations → $133,630 $40,996
$14,54310th
$29,38125th
$40,306Median
$52,16575th
$64,54290th
$40,996This org · 52nd
p10$14,543
p25$29,381
p50$40,306
p75$52,165
p90$64,542
$40,996

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 KY 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
One Step Ministries VA$247,383 President $24,930 $23,066 2023
Wee Love Preschool CO$247,410 Executive Di $83,516 $72,617 2025
Hopmeadow Nursery School Inc CT$246,117 Director $45,490 $38,676 2025
California Kindergarten Association CA$247,867 President $8,200 $6,785 2023
Sheldonville Community Center Inc MA$248,086 Exec Director $47,132 $39,422 2024
Childrens House Preschool Inc CO$245,629 Executive Director $80,335 $69,851 2025
Northeast Iowa Montessori School IA$248,842 Head Of Scho $36,980 $38,801 2023
Miss Ellies Education Center Inc PA$244,518 President $60,000 $55,692 2024
Bayard Tiger Cub Childcare Center NE$243,680 Treasurer $2,673 $2,755 2023
Fullerton Community Nursery School CA$243,626 Director $36,365 $29,228 2024
Family Cooperative Preschool Inc MA$243,159 School Direc $47,507 $39,736 2024
Early Learning Center At Richard Winn SC$251,325 Elc Director $30,000 $28,380 2025
Passion Preschool Educational Childcare AZ$252,201 Preschool Dir From 3-2024 To 8-2024 $39,759 $35,590 2024
A Childs Heart Inc CA$241,531 Preschool Director $60,000 $48,224 2024
Faith Services RI$241,105 Director $30,967 $27,638 2024
Valley Drive Preschool Inc VA$252,977 Director $26,736 $24,738 2023
Hilltop Nursery School Of Costa Mesa CA$253,479 Director $37,840 $30,413 2024
Community Nursery School Of Wilton Inc CT$240,181 Director $43,450 $36,942 2025
Learning Tree Christian School WY$253,768 School Director $40,277 $40,144 2024
Great And Small Inc CA$254,066 Dirctor $17,500 $14,481 2023
Purple Moose Enrichment Preschool Inc IL$254,290 President $97,485 $89,205 2024
Lynn Oaks School Inc LA$238,918 Principal $7,223 $7,212 2025
Children Of Promise Childcare IN$237,531 Exec Director $12,453 $12,585 2023
Agape Educational Center Inc CA$236,971 Cfo $65,860 $52,934 2024
The Episcopal Preschool Inc IL$236,912 Director $58,500 $52,151 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default52nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted52nd

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 (Teresa Miller) 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 227 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,996 is reasonable (approximately the 52nd 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.