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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Initiative For Independent Sch

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 660725543
PR · NTEE B21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Arlennee Moral, Executive Director / CEO ($25,513) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 322 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 9th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

322 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 322 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$346 total compensation of comparable organizations → $200,000 $25,513
$26,40610th
$43,18325th
$56,714Median
$78,25975th
$106,65690th
$25,513This org · 9th
p10$26,406
p25$43,183
p50$56,714
p75$78,259
p90$106,656
$25,513

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); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Early Years Preschool And Parents Day Out VA$486,616 Board Member $44,167 $45,472 2023
The Boston Children's School Inc MA$483,622 President, Treasurer, Dir $123,425 $123,425 2024
Umc Preschool Burlingame CA$487,837 President $6,148 $5,990 2025
Playmates Inc CA$487,861 Executive Dir. $80,360 $78,289 2025
Maria Montessori Sch Of The Golden Gate CA$489,042 President & Ceo $76,000 $74,041 2025
Rainbow Kidz Inc WI$482,156 President $40,118 $40,118 2024
Sunflower Montessori School CA$490,018 Vice President $67,692 $65,947 2025
God's Treasures Childcare Learning MN$490,693 Executive Director $39,181 $39,181 2024
St Mary's Episcopal School VA$480,546 Executive Director $41,254 $40,191 2025
Appleseeds Performing Arts Academy FL$491,308 President $72,000 $74,127 2023
Dynasty Child Care Center OH$479,850 President $45,757 $45,757 2024
Nollie Jenkins Family Center Incorporated MS$491,613 Executive Director $43,000 $43,000 2024
Covington First United Methodist Church Preschool Inc GA$492,392 Director $34,924 $34,924 2024
Child's Play Learning Center Inc TX$478,657 Secretary & Asst Program Director $336 $346 2023
Montessori Plus School Inc WA$492,751 Secretary $105,928 $109,057 2023
Gateway Preschool Academy CA$493,215 Director $54,276 $54,276 2024
Kensington Nursery School Incorporated CA$494,144 School Director $48,587 $47,335 2025
Sausalito Nursery School CA$495,668 Director $83,000 $83,000 2024
Morningside Day Out GA$475,549 Director $39,331 $39,331 2024
Petite Ecole Internationale Inc TX$496,477 School Director $77,203 $77,203 2024
Grapevine Christian School TX$474,619 Preschool Director $56,698 $56,698 2024
Woodland Montessori School WA$474,493 Executive Director $35,988 $35,060 2025
Zinnia Montessori School Inc MA$496,936 President $109,630 $106,804 2025
Saint Dominics Academy PA$497,518 Davidson $50,366 $50,366 2024
Cottage Nursery School CA$473,573 Executive Director $73,077 $73,077 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PR 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. 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 default9th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)9th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted11th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted9th

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 (Arlennee Moral) 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 322 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,513 is reasonable (approximately the 9th 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.