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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Colebrook Community Child Care

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 834155999
NH · NTEE B21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Andrea Dauphinais, Executive Director / CEO ($60,702) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 296 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: Andrea Dauphinais — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

296 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 296 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$375 total compensation of comparable organizations → $162,500 $60,702
$18,18410th
$37,63425th
$50,837Median
$66,45375th
$84,26390th
$60,702This org · 67th
p10$18,184
p25$37,634
p50$50,837
p75$66,453
p90$84,263
$60,702

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 NH 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
Early Foundations Inc PA$354,551 President $15,261 $16,969 2023
Touch Heart Center For Development Inc VA$354,268 Director $21,500 $22,482 2024
The Way Enterprises Inc CA$354,246 Ceo $46,000 $41,909 2025
Massachusetts Head Start Association Inc MA$353,945 Executive Director $112,997 $109,968 2024
Bee Loved Preschool A Preschool Of Bcumc TX$355,942 Bee Loved Director $53,125 $56,069 2025
Jens Infants And Toddlers Inc LA$352,583 President $35,630 $42,490 2024
Spring Hill Center NH$357,304 Program Director $49,527 $49,527 2024
Little Sprouts Learning Center Inc MN$352,085 Board Member $37,711 $41,547 2023
Mancos Valley Dragonfly School CO$351,958 Executive Dir. $40,800 $42,369 2024
Meadows Place Preschool TX$351,827 Executive Director $54,000 $60,228 2023
Creative Beginning Child Care Center NY$351,556 Executive Director $56,288 $53,665 2025
Live Oak Preschool CA$358,451 Executive Dir. $75,665 $68,936 2025
Haytown Road Nursery School NJ$358,488 School Director $47,016 $46,805 2023
Community Nursery School Of Wayland MA$350,992 Registrar $44,998 $42,663 2025
Harborlight Nursery School Inc MA$350,619 Executive Director $73,000 $71,043 2024
Mckeen Street Learning Center ME$359,407 President/director $78,321 $84,935 2024
Scribbles Preschool Inc NJ$349,805 President $47,085 $45,528 2024
Montessori In The Woods Inc PA$359,904 Executive Director $50,000 $55,595 2023
Mia Bella Child Discovery Center Inc FL$360,462 Director And President $27,346 $27,822 2024
Fuzzy Bear Ministry Preschool & Day IN$360,690 Office Manag $30,671 $36,064 2023
Glenridge Nursery School CA$361,159 Program Dir $149,326 $139,645 2024
Growing Tree Inc TN$347,057 Director $46,760 $53,231 2024
Rockport Christian Service Inc TX$346,774 Director $54,365 $60,635 2023
Kaleidoscope School WA$346,306 President/treasury $63,064 $59,571 2025
Asbury Preschool NC$363,456 Director $18,400 $20,060 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NH 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 NH 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), adjusted66th

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 (Andrea Dauphinais) 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 296 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,702 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.