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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Solon Academy Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 880696399
OH · NTEE B24
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy Allen, Executive Director / CEO ($1,125) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 44 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 2nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Amy Allen — reported title “Board 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

44 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 44 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,048 total compensation of comparable organizations → $73,228 $1,125
$3,66110th
$6,60425th
$20,536Median
$45,76275th
$56,61590th
$1,125This org · 2nd
p10$3,661
p25$6,604
p50$20,536
p75$45,762
p90$56,615
$1,125

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 OH 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
Alabama Association Of Elementary AL$163,487 Aaesa Ast Ex Director $23,500 $23,970 2023
Firefly Education LA$162,356 Director $51,500 $53,541 2023
Community Christian School Of IN$161,955 Director $63,600 $63,324 2023
Open Fields Inc VT$158,919 Director/head Of School $4,320 $3,988 2024
Boulder Sudbury School CO$176,598 Secretary And Teacher $6,516 $5,582 2025
Ohr Zahava TX$179,842 Vice President $47,630 $44,984 2023
Huaxia Chinese School At Montgomery Inc NJ$153,698 Board Member $1,280 $1,048 2024
Huaxia Chinese School At Bridgewate NJ$184,351 Principal $8,480 $6,944 2024
St Catherine Of Siena Academy NY$186,368 Chair & Trea $4,090 $3,390 2024
Oakville Community Christian OR$143,240 President $18,088 $15,007 2025
Oklahoma School Of Innovation And Experiential Learning Inc OK$141,809 President $55,000 $57,180 2023
The Morgan Oliver School For Anti-racism Inc GA$192,109 Ceo $14,583 $13,844 2023
Bnos Sarah Inc NJ$194,438 Trustee $6,000 $4,913 2024
Grace Christian Academy NC$196,126 Teacher $26,667 $24,617 2025
Albert Lea Wrestling Boosters MN$196,683 Trustee $33,900 $30,718 2024
Kardia Classical School WA$196,814 Head Of School $29,358 $23,483 2025
Faith Alive Christian Academy VI$201,389 Teacher $27,288 $27,288 2023
Mercy Christian Academy LA$204,384 Board Member $32,296 $33,576 2023
Gaia Democratic School MN$205,347 Officer-key Employee $40,000 $36,246 2024
Life Point Christian University Inc AZ$205,771 President $50,400 $44,451 2024
Palmyra Christian Academy MO$206,020 Director $3,550 $3,550 2023
Oyate Hope Academy SD$127,747 Executive Director $50,163 $52,270 2023
Mate School CO$208,359 Chairman/pre $68,333 $60,089 2024
Acton Pittsburgh Inc PA$122,587 Sec $5,498 $5,177 2023
Sunset Sudbury School Inc FL$211,841 President $85,000 $73,228 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default2nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted7th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

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 (Amy Allen) 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 44 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B24), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $1,125 is reasonable (approximately the 2nd 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.