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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mountain Sprouts Children's Community

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 800458263
WA · NTEE P33
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Hannah Pick, Executive Director / CEO ($65,201) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 333 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 60th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

333 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 333 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$288 total compensation of comparable organizations → $427,118 $65,201
$26,11510th
$46,27325th
$59,985Median
$75,07175th
$93,57690th
$65,201This org · 60th
p10$26,115
p25$46,273
p50$59,985
p75$75,071
p90$93,576
$65,201

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 WA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Court Appointed Special AdvocateOH $413,551$92,478 990
Kings Academy Child Enrichment Center IncVA $413,812$32,393 990
CapacidadMA $412,875$70,051 990
Apple Tree Center IncIN $414,407$55,666 990
A Child's Delight Too IncMN $412,253$41,928 990
Faith Hope & Love SchoolCA $414,917$42,283 990
West Kemper Kiddie Kollege IncMS $415,430$104,990 990
Butte Valley MontessoriCA $410,323$62,378 990
Mount Pleasant Community ChildcareIA $416,681$48,919 990
Northwest Youth Power Elc Site 3 IncGA $410,139$69,165 990
Faith Academy IncNC $409,942$72,015 990
Greenville Avenue Child Development CenterTX $409,616$49,371 990
Rise Child Development Center IncTX $409,298$107,373 990
Phmc 1500PA $408,656$427,118 990
Crosskids Child Development CenterAR $408,653$6,463 990
The Discovery PlaceMO $418,314$88,274 990
Wonder World Preschool IncMN $418,651$3,426 990
Greensboro Community Childcare CentVT $419,118$70,954 990
Kangaroos Pouch Child Care &MS $419,222$73,641 990
Mechanicsburg Learning CenterPA $407,373$17,467 990
Caroline Asp IncNY $407,102$69,948 990
Bible Way Church Of GeorgetownSC $420,557$62,382 990
Tesoritos Daycare & Learning Center IncPR $406,231$34,333 990
Davenport Child Care IncMA $406,019$57,039 990
St Andrews Preschool And Day CareAZ $404,717$61,071 990

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 WA 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 default60th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted62nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted59th

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 (Hannah Pick) 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 333 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,201 is reasonable (approximately the 60th 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). 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.