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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chesterton Academy Of St James

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 873097706
CA · NTEE B20
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Greg Billion, Executive Director / CEO ($108,428) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 91st percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Greg Billion — reported title “MEMBER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,578 total compensation of comparable organizations → $182,266 $108,428
$4,60710th
$14,66725th
$44,134Median
$83,32375th
$107,28290th
$108,428This org · 91st
p10$4,607
p25$14,667
p50$44,134
p75$83,323
p90$107,282
$108,428

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 CA 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
Friends Of Forensics CA$405,788 Executive Director $5,000 $4,857 2024
Morning Glory Montessori School CA$434,705 President $187,650 $182,266 2024
Lincoln Heights Tutorial Program CA$350,503 Exec. Director $75,000 $72,848 2024
Excellence In Education CA$445,380 Executive Dir. $81,999 $79,646 2024
Global Conservation Leaders Inc CA$341,786 Ceo $4,679 $4,545 2024
Geneva Childrens Center CA$340,806 Director $63,440 $63,440 2023
Cager Athletic Association CA$338,390 Ceo $39,150 $38,027 2024
Star Christian School CA$456,867 President $30,700 $30,700 2023
Crescent Academy CA$335,567 President & Ceo $107,000 $107,000 2023
Stanza Education Corporation CA$332,157 Ceo $1,800 $1,748 2024
La Salle Community Center CA$331,750 Ceo $16,200 $15,735 2024
Whispering Pines Christian School CA$501,439 Secretary $9,000 $9,000 2023
Kinderhaus CA$281,015 President $79,346 $77,070 2024
Crescent Montessori School Inc CA$276,291 Director/lea $113,448 $107,353 2025
Kids College CA$275,925 Executive Dir. $43,200 $41,961 2024
New Life Christian School CA$528,543 Treasurer $1,625 $1,578 2024
Papermill Creek Childrens Corner CA$542,758 Executive Director $74,673 $74,673 2023
Learning Springs Academy Inc CA$542,875 President & Ceo $125,000 $125,000 2023
Al-hadi Inc CA$544,211 Vice President $14,000 $13,598 2024
Legacy Christian School CA$565,353 Chair $43,750 $43,750 2023
Coastal Sage Montessori CA$576,934 Officer $90,000 $87,418 2024
Los Altos Chinese School CA$578,349 Principal $87,000 $87,000 2023
St John Of San Francisco Orthodox CA$583,937 School Principal $44,134 $44,134 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default91st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)87th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Greg Billion) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B20) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $108,428 is reasonable (approximately the 91st 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.