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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

German Laguage School Of Naper

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 611603232
IL · NTEE B60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anne Becker, Executive Director / CEO ($26,920) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 63 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 25th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Anne Becker — reported title “CHAIR OF THE B”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

63 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 63 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$263 total compensation of comparable organizations → $149,848 $26,920
$9,48210th
$26,46025th
$52,448Median
$72,96575th
$90,69090th
$26,920This org · 25th
p10$9,482
p25$26,460
p50$52,448
p75$72,965
p90$90,690
$26,920

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 IL 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
Iowa Civil Justice Foundation IA$157,676 Executive Director $122,488 $136,420 2024
Houston Taiwan Institute Of Senior TX$154,911 President $30,107 $30,634 2024
Balanced Rock Foundation CA$153,486 Executive Director $81,638 $73,823 2023
Wyoming Family Home Ownership WY$151,400 Prior Exec D $81,474 $88,742 2024
Western Institute Of Legal Medicine CA$162,345 President $47,500 $42,953 2023
Financial Wellness Institute Inc NJ$149,920 Ceo $165,000 $149,848 2024
Christian Heritage Home WA$149,107 Director $30,000 $27,320 2024
Institute For Advertising Ethics NY$165,475 President $125,000 $118,287 2023
Effective Management Association Corp IL$146,424 Past Board Member $59,255 $61,005 2023
Sewanee Church Music Conference AL$146,071 Conference Director $3,000 $3,394 2023
Khatib Bridge And Education Of Palm City Inc FL$145,880 Manager $10,000 $9,837 2023
The Meadows Of Northern Arizona Inc AZ$169,304 London $42,271 $41,351 2024
Professional Learning Us Inc NY$173,772 Chief Executive $40,000 $36,766 2024
The S E L F Help Foundation Inc NY$176,289 President/cob $58,000 $54,885 2023
Center For Arts Design And Social MA$135,560 Executive Director $89,581 $84,300 2023
Gestalt Therapy Institute Of The CA$179,113 President $300 $263 2024
National Foundation For Judicial Excelle IL$179,322 Secretary-treasurer $23,000 $23,000 2024
Vermont Federation Of Sportsmen's VT$132,930 President $30,000 $30,714 2024
National African-american Women's Leadership Institute TX$131,195 Executive Director $36,458 $37,096 2024
Minne MN$182,257 Executive Director Beginning July $56,731 $58,704 2023
Opportunity Thrive Inc MI$183,212 Executive Di $56,650 $59,476 2024
Dc Creative Writing Workshop Inc DC$183,216 Executive Di $81,033 $72,330 2024
Arts As Healing Foundation MO$185,399 Executive Director $60,833 $65,538 2024
Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Assoc CO$122,850 Director $61,215 $59,706 2024
Global Training Network OK$194,034 President $58,548 $67,513 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default25th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Anne Becker) 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 63 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $26,920 is reasonable (approximately the 25th 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.