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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Montgomery Area Court Referral Prog

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 631070573
AL · NTEE B20Z
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cheryl S Jaye, Executive Director / CEO ($83,404) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 228 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 93rd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Cheryl S Jaye — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

228 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 228 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$146 total compensation of comparable organizations → $149,987 $83,404
$6,76910th
$17,24525th
$34,418Median
$56,17375th
$72,42490th
$83,404This org · 93rd
p10$6,769
p25$17,245
p50$34,418
p75$56,173
p90$72,424
$83,404

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 AL 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
The Potters House Foundation MI$304,008 Superintendent $11,545 $11,356 2023
Little River Community School NY$302,328 President/treasurer $34,330 $27,974 2025
Polska Szkola Im Sw Jana Pawla Ii Inc IL$302,206 Treasurer $1,300 $1,152 2025
Saint Francis Montessori Christian TX$301,529 Director $39,900 $36,944 2024
Silver Spruce Academy Inc CO$301,517 Executive Di $71,384 $63,359 2024
Singing Cedars School Inc IA$300,841 Board Member $35,000 $36,521 2023
Arecibo Baseball Academy Inc PR$299,223 President $31,050 $31,050 2024
Alpine Valley School CO$311,837 Director $74,603 $66,216 2024
Dry Fork Christian School Inc VA$298,615 President $36,603 $32,714 2024
Advance Learning Academy GA$313,808 Pres/adminis $23,773 $22,779 2023
Atlanta Young Singers Of Callanwolde In GA$313,868 Executive Director $50,667 $47,156 2024
Randolph Education Association Inc MA$295,784 President $7,000 $5,673 2025
Cohutta Arrows Kingdom Academy GA$317,459 President $19,167 $17,839 2024
Escuela Aurora Inc PR$292,982 President $31,040 $31,957 2023
Kings Way NY$292,461 Director Of Business $43,095 $35,117 2025
River Of Life School MI$318,788 Principal $105,400 $100,701 2024
Teach Our Children Fund Inc IN$319,004 Executive Di $60,296 $57,340 2025
Preparatory School Of The District Of Columbia Inc DC$291,686 Executive Director $45,346 $37,921 2023
Community Resources Inc CO$319,295 Executive Direcotr $88,248 $76,307 2025
Michelle Davis TX$320,000 Ceo $25,421 $24,233 2023
Austin Japanese School Inc TX$290,647 Administration $7,570 $6,829 2025
Ohio Christian Academy Inc OH$290,417 President $23,083 $22,630 2024
Providence Christian Academy PA$321,286 President $44,100 $39,658 2025
Apt Academy OR$323,249 Treasurer $14,200 $11,892 2025
St George Classical Academy Inc MA$323,310 Head Of School $17,308 $14,397 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default93rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (Cheryl S Jaye) 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 228 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $83,404 is reasonable (approximately the 93rd 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.