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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Illinois Special Education Charter

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 871746139
IL · NTEE B28
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Hanan Almiladi, Executive Director / CEO ($110,357) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 50 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 96th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Hanan Almiladi — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

50 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 50 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,471 total compensation of comparable organizations → $141,575 $110,357
$16,22410th
$30,20425th
$43,681Median
$63,86475th
$78,83090th
$110,357This org · 96th
p10$16,224
p25$30,204
p50$43,681
p75$63,864
p90$78,830
$110,357

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 IL 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
Re The Regenerative School TN$210,456 Director $60,645 $64,841 2023
Accorda Music Thanatology Inst NV$209,536 Exec Director $31,200 $30,899 2024
The Uniquely Abled Project CA$210,569 Founder & Pres. $38,433 $32,788 2024
Interplay Orchestra Inc MD$208,276 Secretary - Partial Year $18,000 $16,627 2024
Institute Of Arts Music & Science CA$207,449 Director $48,000 $40,950 2024
Young Scientist Academy NC$204,796 Director $52,083 $51,799 2025
Utah Nihongo Hoshuukou UT$215,751 Board Member $5,410 $5,471 2024
Enlighten Learning Resource Inc CA$204,112 Executive Director And Tutor $53,760 $45,865 2024
The Kids Int'l Weekend School Inc NJ$217,560 President $24,110 $21,896 2023
Woolly Farms Foundation KS$220,051 President $31,110 $33,205 2024
American Educational Studies Assoc IL$197,734 Executive Di $25,000 $24,283 2024
Dahlia Montessori NJ$223,136 Vice President $57,210 $50,466 2024
Lotus Montessori Academy Inc MA$224,038 President $36,923 $33,749 2023
Resoarces Inc KY$224,564 Executive Director $45,760 $48,572 2024
Appalachian Banner Academy TN$225,870 Executive Director $8,325 $8,645 2024
Thrive International Programs Inc PA$193,202 Board Member And Executive Director Of Organization $28,435 $28,843 2023
Westside Support Services Foundation CA$227,652 Cfo $14,760 $12,593 2024
Dream Catcher Therapy Center Inc CO$235,687 Director $25,000 $24,384 2023
Fdr Corp NV$181,714 Corporate Officer $39,798 $39,413 2024
Monarch Home School Inc OH$238,294 President $64,246 $65,496 2025
Flame Lily Montessori CO$241,009 Director $55,000 $52,105 2024
Minnesota Yucai Chinese School MN$241,151 Chair Principal $38,721 $37,801 2024
Montessori Intergenerational Learning Communities CO$242,078 Ceo $72,229 $68,427 2024
Goldenrod Montessori OH$242,242 Head Of Scho $39,655 $41,496 2024
California Technical Assistance Center CA$175,447 Ceo-president $46,780 $39,910 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL cost of living and 2023 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 IL 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 default96th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)96th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted96th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted92nd

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 (Hanan Almiladi) 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 50 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B28), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $110,357 is reasonable (approximately the 96th 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.