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Compensation Comparability Determination

Prep Public Schools

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 813512812
TN · NTEE B29
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brad Scott, Executive Director / CEO ($137,499) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 511 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 62nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Brad Scott — reported title “CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

511 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 511 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$209 total compensation of comparable organizations → $309,048 $137,499
$59,67010th
$99,23125th
$127,917Median
$155,33175th
$185,35290th
$137,499This org · 62nd
p10$59,670
p25$99,231
p50$127,917
p75$155,331
p90$185,352
$137,499

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 TN 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
Imagine Prep Coolidge Inc AZ$6,678,633 Principal $103,164 $94,388 2023
Future Leaders Institute Charter School NY$6,681,148 Principal $238,526 $199,170 2024
Rosefield Charter Elementary School AZ$6,661,223 Principal $141,186 $129,176 2023
Catalyst Academy Charter School PA$6,655,667 Founder & Ceo $152,120 $140,179 2024
Memphis Merit Academy Inc TN$6,689,747 Head Of School $143,046 $135,361 2025
🔒 506 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 TN cost of living and 2023 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 TN 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 default62nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted77th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted60th

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.