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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Arete Enrichment Academy Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 863810201
GA · NTEE B20
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christen Chambers, Executive Director / CEO ($17,786) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 127 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Christen Chambers — reported title “Officer - Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

127 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 127 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$730 total compensation of comparable organizations → $108,197 $17,786
$7,20510th
$20,11425th
$36,134Median
$52,31875th
$70,62690th
$17,786This org · 23rd
p10$7,205
p25$20,114
p50$36,134
p75$52,318
p90$70,626
$17,786

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 GA 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
Christian Education League Inc ME$213,726 President $3,819 $3,916 2023
Scholaris Academy Inc TX$212,934 President $19,878 $20,360 2023
Kids' World School Inc CA$215,455 President/pr $49,440 $43,713 2023
Summit Christian School CO$216,159 Head Of School $110,000 $102,198 2025
Tergar Schools Inc VT$216,281 Executive Director $20,708 $20,729 2024
Rhema Corporation Inc NC$209,118 President $37,800 $38,844 2024
Machias Valley Christian School ME$209,003 Co-chair $2,328 $2,259 2025
Relay Childrens Center Inc MD$219,030 Program Director $43,960 $40,874 2024
The Little Montessori School TX$206,702 Director $38,305 $38,108 2024
St Andrews Academy CA$206,194 President $21,024 $18,589 2023
Machon Schneerson Chabad PA$205,676 President $15,550 $15,422 2024
Noggin Educational Foundation TX$221,391 President $50,000 $49,743 2024
Pumpkin Patch Preschool Inc PA$205,580 Pres./treas. $64,440 $62,264 2025
Anastasis Academy CO$204,546 Executive Di $38,646 $36,855 2024
Millennium Leadership Christian Academy Inc FL$204,543 Director $46,450 $43,398 2024
Lil Titans Daycare Corp IN$223,470 President $49,981 $53,968 2023
John Paul Ii Polish Supplementary School Of Maspeth Inc NY$202,679 President $6,765 $6,080 2024
The Northwest Florida Academy Inc FL$224,775 President $52,500 $50,500 2023
Masters Christian School WA$201,153 Executive Director $32,971 $29,358 2024
Lords Kingdom Academy Inc FL$227,205 President $21,950 $20,508 2024
Quartzsite Southern Christian Academy AZ$227,630 Treasurer $3,383 $3,153 2025
Beginning Education And Readiness School OH$199,351 Executive Director $60,760 $64,003 2024
Parents For Public Schools MS$198,818 Executive Di $30,000 $33,230 2024
Every Kids A Genius Inc FL$228,660 President, Dir. $30,000 $28,857 2023
Academy Christian School Inc SC$198,225 President $38,566 $41,196 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)23rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted23rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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 (Christen Chambers) 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 127 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $17,786 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd 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.