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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Grove School

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823850891
AL · NTEE B24
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amanda B Fox, Executive Director / CEO ($58,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 125 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 82nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Amanda B Fox — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

125 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 125 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,562 total compensation of comparable organizations → $151,979 $58,500
$20,10710th
$30,94525th
$41,784Median
$53,32475th
$69,90990th
$58,500This org · 82nd
p10$20,107
p25$30,945
p50$41,784
p75$53,324
p90$69,909
$58,500

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 AL 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
Creekside Montessori AZ$382,172 Director $54,519 $49,966 2023
Acorn School Of Charleston SC$378,520 Administrator $90,000 $86,910 2024
Redeemer Classical School Inc IN$382,827 President And Headmaster $53,750 $51,116 2025
Tears Inc OR$382,971 Executive Director $74,725 $64,234 2024
Al Judiy Academy CA$377,997 Head Of School $48,127 $38,467 2024
Crossroads Christian Academy TN$377,701 Headmaster $15,000 $14,595 2024
Platt Park Children's Center CO$375,367 Director $58,167 $50,297 2025
Abadie Academy Inc FL$386,087 Founder/director $96,000 $85,944 2023
Sharon School Of Excellence FL$374,801 Ceo $162,332 $145,328 2023
Excellent Covenant Christian TX$388,738 Secretary/treasurer $31,870 $30,381 2023
Philadelphia School Of Democracy PA$389,461 Vice Preside $58,590 $52,689 2025
Shumway Academy Ltd ID$390,670 Director $53,083 $53,814 2023
Bright Academy AL$390,922 Director/pre $42,000 $40,917 2025
The Hampton School NC$391,351 Director $68,927 $65,924 2024
The Trinity School Of Cartersville Inc GA$368,288 Director $38,000 $34,455 2025
Christ The King Christian Academy NC$393,223 Headmaster $33,700 $31,401 2025
Harmony Christian Academy NJ$395,130 Director $52,523 $43,407 2024
Living Wisdom School Of Nevada City CA$395,383 Director $31,606 $25,262 2024
Round Grove Christian Academy MO$398,060 Administrator $32,555 $31,917 2024
Woodland Community School Inc NH$404,065 Executive Dir. $67,691 $56,364 2025
Simba Educational Ministries SD$407,286 President $8,400 $8,835 2023
Operation Rebirth Inc OH$352,625 Exec Directo $35,000 $35,327 2023
Cottage Forest School MI$349,440 Head Of School $15,413 $14,346 2025
International School Of Greenville SC$348,825 President $22,800 $22,017 2024
Grassroots Free School System Inc FL$413,396 School Director $41,600 $36,174 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default82nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)74th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted82nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Amanda B Fox) 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 125 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B24), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $58,500 is reasonable (approximately the 82nd 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.