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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Valley Christian School

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 830240313
WY · NTEE B24
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Crystal Woehlecke, Executive Director / CEO ($37,344) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 136 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 35th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Crystal Woehlecke — reported title “Administrator/Principal”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

136 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 136 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$149 total compensation of comparable organizations → $160,661 $37,344
$21,80810th
$32,07025th
$43,891Median
$56,10075th
$76,85690th
$37,344This org · 35th
p10$21,808
p25$32,070
p50$43,891
p75$56,100
p90$76,856
$37,344

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 WY 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
Red Fox Community School Inc VT$477,511 Head Of School $75,000 $70,497 2024
All Saints Elementary Of Tipperary Hill NY$475,487 Principal $54,474 $45,969 2024
Violeta Montessori School Inc MA$471,218 Head Of School $39,793 $34,380 2023
Masjidullahs New Medina Learning Institute PA$471,177 Secretary $8,085 $7,752 2023
Wild Oak Independent School NC$470,269 Vp $45,000 $42,303 2025
Richmond Primary School VA$467,254 Founder/executive Director $65,976 $61,247 2023
Heartland Christian Academy Inc MN$467,140 Director Of Operations $44,752 $41,296 2024
Extraordinary Education Family Learning TX$492,815 Executive Dir. $29,685 $27,730 2024
Living Word Christian Academy TX$464,702 Waco, Tx $38,588 $36,047 2024
Ormewood School Inc GA$493,801 Executive Director $58,702 $55,120 2024
Weaver Child Development Center OH$464,055 Exec Director/vice President $72,921 $70,267 2025
Carter Christian Academy Inc KY$459,674 Teacher $33,417 $32,664 2025
The Open School CA$459,653 Chairman $47,321 $39,287 2023
Wild Fern Montessori School VA$459,360 Head Of School $48,499 $43,731 2024
The Masters Study Inc IN$457,523 Director $1,600 $1,576 2024
Fhl Academy Inc MN$457,508 President $32,048 $29,573 2024
Lagond Music School Inc NY$502,382 President $50,000 $42,193 2024
Mighty Oaks Enrichment Center KS$454,779 President $25,000 $25,222 2024
Dieu Est Notre Espoir Inc FL$504,125 President $65,000 $58,709 2023
Salt Private School Inc FL$507,576 President $59,664 $52,343 2024
Noor Academy Inc NE$509,700 Director $35,600 $36,814 2023
Realms Of Inquiry UT$448,232 Executive Di $54,021 $51,633 2024
Springfield School Volunteers Inc MA$512,510 President & Ceo $95,047 $79,762 2024
Lake Country Christian School Inc OK$515,927 President $47,265 $48,603 2024
The Corner School NY$517,303 Education Director $62,988 $53,153 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WY 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 WY 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 default35th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)28th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Crystal Woehlecke) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 136 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B24), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $37,344 is reasonable (approximately the 35th 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 13, 2026.