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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Creede Early Learning Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841383522
CO · NTEE P80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Beverlee Keilman, Executive Director / CEO ($62,807) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 284 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Beverlee Keilman — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

284 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 284 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$633 total compensation of comparable organizations → $395,212 $62,807
$17,99910th
$38,55525th
$60,059Median
$79,94475th
$95,25990th
$62,807This org · 53rd
p10$17,999
p25$38,555
p50$60,059
p75$79,944
p90$95,259
$62,807

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
Forest Ridge Manor Inc TN$359,832 Secretary $26,880 $29,466 2024
House Of The Good Shepherd Of TN$359,671 Executive Di $90,516 $102,156 2023
New Kids Production & Design Inc GA$359,112 Executive Director $30,300 $31,773 2024
Art Spark Texas TX$358,886 Executive Director $62,868 $65,585 2024
Friendship Adventures WA$358,783 Board Chairman, Exec Direc $24,500 $23,552 2023
Flywheel Foundation NC$358,465 Executive Di $74,301 $80,065 2024
Target Evolution Incorporated TX$358,079 Executive Director $72,420 $75,549 2024
Senora Woods Retirement Community MI$357,572 President & Ceo $31,878 $35,329 2023
Supporting The Taylor House Inc CA$357,458 Executive Dir. $14,808 $13,729 2023
Paradox Sports CO$362,677 Executive Director $94,500 $97,291 2023
Po-mar-lin Fire Company PA$356,227 President $13,012 $13,532 2024
Rebuilding Together Fargo-moorhead ND$355,535 Executive Di $57,750 $66,093 2024
Waterfall Foundation AK$355,161 Ex. Director/secr. $36,000 $35,894 2024
Spectrum Ringwood Apartments Inc NJ$364,915 President/ceo $54,495 $50,742 2024
Planned Lifetime Assistance Network Of Arizona Inc AZ$355,075 Executive Director - President $97,977 $101,170 2023
Soleana Stables TX$354,040 Executive Director $85,000 $88,673 2024
Heal Africa Usa WI$366,234 Executive Director $20,000 $21,783 2024
Caroline Baird Crichfield Fund For Women VT$353,749 Vice President $22,600 $24,424 2023
All Aboard Of America 1 WA$366,509 Executive Director $52,980 $49,468 2024
Connecticut Elks Association CT$367,008 Secretary $3,000 $3,020 2023
Seniors Vs Crime Inc FL$352,975 President $37,560 $35,850 2025
The Way 2 Serve Inc AL$351,778 President $80,500 $90,697 2024
Carribean Equality Project Inc NY$351,131 Executive Director $54,120 $52,508 2023
Down Syndrome Assoc Of Pittsburgh PA$369,176 Executive Di $41,818 $43,491 2024
Hoyt Foundation Inc MA$350,597 Director $5,000 $4,686 2024

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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted46th

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 (Beverlee Keilman) 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 284 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,807 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.