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Compensation Comparability Determination

Lead Charter School Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 812644961
NJ · NTEE B29
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tracey Kuhn, Executive Director / CEO ($125,703) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 478 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Tracey Kuhn — reported title “DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

478 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 478 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$692 total compensation of comparable organizations → $487,819 $125,703
$86,94710th
$135,44525th
$168,448Median
$207,22275th
$252,08990th
$125,703This org · 22nd
p10$86,947
p25$135,445
p50$168,448
p75$207,222
p90$252,089
$125,703

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 NJ 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
Verano Learning Partners AZ$9,542,365 Executive Director $115,185 $120,874 2025
Redding School Of The Arts Inc CA$9,559,644 Executive Director $144,321 $139,579 2024
Inlet Grove Community High School Inc FL$9,564,495 Director / Ceo $305,859 $313,522 2025
Oxford Preparatory School Inc NC$9,573,452 Executive Director $121,834 $140,996 2024
Bear Creek Community Charter School PA$9,498,472 Ceo, Secretary $233,078 $268,019 2023
🔒 473 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted28th
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:

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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.