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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

New England School Of The Arts

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 873377051
NH · NTEE B28
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Chambers, Executive Director / CEO ($50,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 85 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jennifer Chambers — reported title “HEAD OF SCHO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

85 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 85 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,711 total compensation of comparable organizations → $158,751 $50,000
$14,59110th
$31,64825th
$58,284Median
$77,95475th
$107,96390th
$50,000This org · 39th
p10$14,591
p25$31,648
p50$58,284
p75$77,954
p90$107,963
$50,000

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 NH 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
River City Fellowship Christian School TX$457,335 Executive Director $36,000 $39,000 2024
The Green House Venture MO$454,036 Secretary $9,858 $11,308 2024
Dyslexia Tutoring Program MD$452,959 Ceo $156,791 $158,751 2024
Wisteria Montessori Inc MA$444,264 President $56,657 $55,138 2024
Made Houston TX$474,179 Vp, Treasurer, Head Of School $70,213 $78,311 2023
The Manor Inc MI$475,915 President & Ceo $43,254 $49,779 2023
Westerhoff School Of Music & Art Inc NJ$441,879 Director $133,086 $128,686 2024
New L E A P S Academy Inc FL$477,057 President $20,900 $21,263 2024
Arizona Spellers Academy AZ$439,070 Ceo $13,846 $14,049 2025
Lifebridge Academy VA$479,240 Executive Dir. $99,114 $103,642 2024
Senia International OR$479,790 Executive Director $93,159 $96,461 2023
Shenandoah Autism Center VA$436,300 Executive Di $69,357 $72,525 2024
Capucine Montessori School Inc MA$485,345 President & Clerk $67,417 $65,610 2024
Matthew 19 14 KS$432,166 Executive Director $44,871 $54,049 2023
Benedicite Education Inc MO$495,522 President $52,500 $60,221 2024
Centro De Desarrollo Y Servici PR$496,260 Exec Director $51,301 $51,301 2024
Anchor Academic Center Of Excellence Inc FL$496,627 Executive Director $30,650 $30,379 2025
Almost Fun Inc NY$496,879 Ceo $80,125 $84,038 2022
The Exceptional Way Inc GA$421,142 Executive Di $59,908 $65,236 2024
Heather's Old Skool Village TX$502,672 Executive Director $46,600 $50,483 2024
Hope Springs Christian Learning Center Inc GA$413,039 Ceo $39,930 $43,481 2024
No More Sidelines MI$408,828 Ceo $26,000 $29,064 2024
Spectrum Of Joy Inc AZ$407,281 President $10,854 $11,013 2025
The Social Engineering Project CA$405,321 Director $92,308 $86,324 2024
Roxbury Roots Montessori Inc MA$404,189 President & Ceo $70,705 $70,842 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NH 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 NH 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted39th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted38th

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 (Jennifer 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 85 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B28), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,000 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.