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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dream Teachers

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 611435871
LA · NTEE B05
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Theresa Langlois, Executive Director / CEO ($70,487) against the 2000 closest of 2,152 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 84th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

2,152 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $399,562 $70,487
$6,87310th
$19,36625th
$38,716Median
$58,90375th
$82,88690th
$70,487This org · 84th
p10$6,873
p25$19,366
p50$38,716
p75$58,903
p90$82,886
$70,487

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 LA 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
St Paul's Weekday Nursery School Inc MA$213,947 Nursery School Director $40,000 $31,802 2025
Faa Child Development Center DC$214,087 Board $27,461 $22,531 2023
Center For Psychoanalytic Studies Inc TX$214,214 Executive Director $97,940 $88,972 2024
Epic Christian Alliance NH$214,252 President/teacher $1,560 $1,308 2024
Christian Education League Inc ME$213,726 President $3,819 $3,576 2023
Virginia Council Of Adm Special VA$213,689 Executive Di $30,863 $27,063 2024
Apple Tree Preschool Inc NY$213,673 Director Of The Preschool $33,930 $27,126 2025
Desert Springs Christian Academy NM$213,660 Headmaster 7 $21,524 $20,482 2025
Mequon-thiensville Education Foundation Inc WI$214,357 Executive Director $32,500 $31,735 2023
Carolina Achieve Inc NC$213,576 Head Of School $103,000 $94,160 2025
Woodside Nursery School NY$213,543 Trustee $19,800 $16,249 2024
Common Ground Collaborative Foundation NJ$214,456 President $58,813 $47,688 2024
Open Door Christian School PA$214,476 Teacher & Assistant Administrator $20,736 $18,779 2024
Arete Enrichment Academy Inc GA$213,492 Officer - Executive Director $17,786 $16,241 2024
Someone Who Cares Community Ce GA$213,323 President $6,560 $5,990 2024
The Educators' Cooperative TN$214,686 Executive Director $40,000 $38,184 2024
Lakewood Memorial Library NY$214,711 Library Dire $68,069 $55,860 2024
South Tulsa Academy Inc OK$214,734 Board Member $15,000 $14,613 2025
Project Rock South Inc FL$214,815 Program Director $46,416 $39,599 2024
Zo's Bravehearts Foundation NV$214,817 Founder, President $120,000 $109,237 2024
Leadership Kitsap Foundation WA$213,097 Executive Director $85,250 $69,315 2024
Democrashe CA$214,948 Executive Director $70,000 $54,893 2024
Sparkle Touch Learning Academy Inc IN$213,022 President/director $46,171 $45,524 2023
Alabama Afl-cio Labor Institute For AL$214,965 President $40,744 $39,974 2024
Private School Tuition Fund 123 AZ$214,992 President & Ceo $27,500 $24,727 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default84th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Theresa Langlois) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,487 is reasonable (approximately the 84th 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.