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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Nursery Rhyme Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 721224462
LA · NTEE P330
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Judith C Wiggins, Executive Director / CEO ($59,440) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 60 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 92nd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Judith C Wiggins — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

60 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 60 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$187 total compensation of comparable organizations → $89,687 $59,440
$7,67510th
$15,13925th
$33,242Median
$43,76075th
$57,08190th
$59,440This org · 92nd
p10$7,675
p25$15,139
p50$33,242
p75$43,760
p90$57,081
$59,440

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
Belknap Child Development Center MI$146,708 Treasurer $55,994 $52,487 2024
Epcecf Day Care Center Inc NY$151,111 Executive Director $28,488 $24,068 2023
Trinity Empowerment Consortium Inc FL$140,800 Executive Director $41,707 $35,582 2024
Human Resource Center Inc CO$140,668 Executive Director $49,828 $42,273 2025
Penns Grove-carneys Point Sacc Inc NJ$157,778 Director $9,675 $7,643 2025
Sterrs Day Care Center Inc AL$159,181 Director $20,308 $19,924 2024
Knowledge Is Power Foundation CA$159,673 President $39,000 $30,583 2024
Jonesboro Day Care Center Inc NC$159,900 Director $46,316 $42,341 2025
Downtown Childcare Center NM$160,314 Director $40,080 $39,149 2024
Missoula Parent Co-op Inc MT$160,661 Director $12,644 $12,059 2025
Linked Together Inc NH$165,914 Executive Director $106,954 $89,687 2024
Pateros Treehouse Early Education WA$167,603 Executive Director $27,000 $22,602 2023
Fueling Embers Youth Ministry MO$128,445 President $35,120 $33,781 2024
Platte County Day Care Center WY$169,116 Executive Director $43,753 $41,451 2025
Dover Educational & Community Center Inc DE$125,155 Office Manager And Head Teacher $9,320 $8,532 2023
First Gethsemane Center For Family Development Inc KY$172,706 Board Member $7,643 $7,678 2023
Dree's Plahouse Christian Academy Inc IN$172,755 Executive Director $1,500 $1,479 2023
Yolandas World Of Learning Center Inc LA$173,066 President $4,506 $4,506 2024
Little Blossom Learning Center SD$174,767 Executive Di $14,615 $14,648 2024
Potter-dix Early Learning Facility NE$121,947 Executive Director $30,000 $30,169 2023
Friendship Christian Learning Center Inc OH$176,823 Administrator $33,280 $32,957 2023
Children's Discovery Academy Inc MI$115,910 Director & S $15,857 $15,303 2023
Rise Up 4 Christ Inc GA$182,460 Executive Director $13,800 $12,276 2025
Son-shine Corner Inc MN$183,452 Executive Director $45,751 $42,267 2023
Sugar & Spice Child Care Center MI$183,796 President $50,000 $46,868 2024

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 default92nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)87th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted92nd
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 (Judith C Wiggins) 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 60 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $59,440 is reasonable (approximately the 92nd 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.