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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Alpine Valley School

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841293796
CO · NTEE B20I
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Larry Welshon, Executive Director / CEO ($74,603) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 234 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: Larry Welshon — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

234 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 234 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$164 total compensation of comparable organizations → $168,985 $74,603
$7,80710th
$21,21325th
$39,942Median
$64,49375th
$89,79190th
$74,603This org · 82nd
p10$7,807
p25$21,213
p50$39,942
p75$64,493
p90$89,791
$74,603

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 CO 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
Advance Learning Academy GA$313,808 Pres/adminis $23,773 $25,665 2023
Atlanta Young Singers Of Callanwolde In GA$313,868 Executive Director $50,667 $53,130 2024
Cohutta Arrows Kingdom Academy GA$317,459 President $19,167 $20,099 2024
Montgomery Area Court Referral Prog AL$305,406 Executive Di $83,404 $93,969 2024
River Of Life School MI$318,788 Principal $105,400 $113,456 2024
Teach Our Children Fund Inc IN$319,004 Executive Di $60,296 $64,603 2025
Community Resources Inc CO$319,295 Executive Direcotr $88,248 $85,973 2025
The Potters House Foundation MI$304,008 Superintendent $11,545 $12,794 2023
Michelle Davis TX$320,000 Ceo $25,421 $27,303 2023
Providence Christian Academy PA$321,286 President $44,100 $44,682 2025
Little River Community School NY$302,328 President/treasurer $34,330 $31,518 2025
Polska Szkola Im Sw Jana Pawla Ii Inc IL$302,206 Treasurer $1,300 $1,298 2025
Saint Francis Montessori Christian TX$301,529 Director $39,900 $41,624 2024
Silver Spruce Academy Inc CO$301,517 Executive Di $71,384 $71,384 2024
Singing Cedars School Inc IA$300,841 Board Member $35,000 $41,147 2023
Apt Academy OR$323,249 Treasurer $14,200 $13,398 2025
St George Classical Academy Inc MA$323,310 Head Of School $17,308 $16,220 2024
Educational Solutions For Children Inc DC$323,995 Executive Director $72,900 $66,715 2024
Arecibo Baseball Academy Inc PR$299,223 President $31,050 $31,050 2024
Five Points Academy CO$324,589 Executive Director $8,072 $8,072 2024
Dry Fork Christian School Inc VA$298,615 President $36,603 $36,857 2024
Randolph Education Association Inc MA$295,784 President $7,000 $6,391 2025
Grace Collaborative Incorporated NY$328,833 President And Ceo $2,900 $2,662 2025
Grande Ronde Academy OR$328,874 Principal $32,218 $31,203 2024
Nci Community Fund Inc TX$329,491 President $16,924 $18,177 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted79th

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 (Larry Welshon) 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 234 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $74,603 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 13, 2026.