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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Community First School Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 815385904
CT · NTEE B29
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Timothy R Goodwin, Executive Director / CEO ($82,032) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Timothy R Goodwin — reported title “SCHOOL LEADER”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$847 total compensation of comparable organizations → $293,995 $82,032
$14,52310th
$35,85325th
$57,293Median
$84,74875th
$121,35090th
$82,032This org · 67th
p10$14,523
p25$35,853
p50$57,293
p75$84,748
p90$121,350
$82,032

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 CT 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
Deer Valley Charter Schools Inc AZ$482,697 Executive Di $12,692 $13,403 2023
Everyblackgirl Inc SC$453,377 Executive Director $68,667 $76,403 2024
Cumberland County Charter School Network NJ$526,728 Executive Director $45,000 $44,117 2023
Jardin De La Infancia CA$537,928 Executive Di $43,375 $38,917 2025
The Bryan Allen Stevenson School Of DE$432,712 Executive Dir. $128,915 $134,627 2024
Nextgen Global Leadership Academies TX$409,688 Superintendent $75,000 $82,379 2023
Hinckley Preparatory Academy OH$409,647 Board Member $750 $847 2024
Cordoba Academy WA$569,127 Principal $60,000 $57,293 2024
Arches Academy AZ$581,878 President $53,200 $56,180 2023
Robert Frost Charter School NH$394,924 Head Of Scho $72,084 $73,085 2023
Do & Be Arts Academy Of Excellence NV$391,413 Executive Di $104,020 $108,339 2025
Lincoln Electrical NE$590,888 Training Dir $93,036 $106,724 2024
Hardin Community School OH$592,233 Superintendent $61,358 $69,312 2024
Imagine Akron Academy OH$380,475 Treasurer $18,500 $20,898 2024
South Columbia Family School OR$605,309 Principal $84,291 $83,486 2024
Catskill Wheelhouse NY$371,970 Secretary/staff Representa $35,799 $34,501 2024
Franklin Schools Foundation UT$370,141 Director $34,083 $37,204 2024
Eagle Learning Center OH$619,435 President $1,250 $1,454 2023
Kalmiopsis Community Arts High School OR$348,553 Secretary & Staff Representat $15,417 $15,270 2024
Innovation Academy NV$639,171 Chairperson $275,000 $293,995 2024
City On A Hill Foundation Inc MA$332,706 Clerk $23,761 $23,446 2023
Tennessee Career Academy TN$650,460 Executive Director $189,000 $211,884 2024
Desert Sky Community School Inc AZ$665,704 Director $38,560 $40,720 2023
Desert Sage School AZ$699,647 Director $51,686 $54,581 2023
Invictus Nashville Charter School TN$702,599 Executive Director $100,349 $112,499 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Timothy R Goodwin) 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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B29), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $82,032 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.