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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sacred Journey Academy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 881112564
MN · NTEE B20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Angela Heidelberger, Executive Director / CEO ($22,972) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 190 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Angela Heidelberger — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

190 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 190 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$164 total compensation of comparable organizations → $122,527 $22,972
$6,81010th
$17,34325th
$38,545Median
$57,76375th
$76,47090th
$22,972This org · 32nd
p10$6,810
p25$17,343
p50$38,545
p75$57,763
p90$76,470
$22,972

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 MN 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
Central Washington District 5 WA$261,225 District Dir $26,200 $24,367 2024
Veritas Montessori Academy TX$259,856 Director $15,500 $16,106 2024
Central Texas Education Center TX$264,163 President $41,266 $42,881 2024
Bellevue Home School Enrichment TN$264,300 Co-director $15,326 $16,304 2025
Deep Waters Academy TX$265,042 President $15,490 $15,681 2025
House Of Emmanuel Inc OH$256,940 President $15,086 $17,089 2023
Batavia Foundation For Educational IL$253,959 Administrator $6,148 $6,279 2024
Jenny Lynn Elementary Of Pennsylvania PA$269,016 Director $2,000 $2,072 2024
Putnam City Public Schools OK$252,756 Executive Di $32,048 $37,742 2023
Nevada School Of Inquiry NV$252,707 Director $69,000 $69,996 2025
Hametown Christian Academy Inc OH$252,451 Principal $30,000 $32,157 2025
Veritas Christian School Inc AL$251,994 Board Member $26,383 $30,483 2023
Chesterton Foundation Of St George MI$270,930 Vice President $93,000 $102,662 2023
Saint Francis Classical Academy Inc FL$271,537 Director (President), Headmaster And Teacher $42,520 $40,425 2025
Delaware School Boards Association DE$251,003 Executive Di $78,000 $77,293 2025
Rising Stars Academy Inc FL$250,957 President $2,139 $2,149 2023
Jacqueline B Vaughn Graduate School For IL$250,942 Director; Instructor $41,500 $42,383 2024
Padre Pio Learning Center VA$250,261 Executive Director $25,432 $25,509 2024
Ignite Hybrid School Inc KS$249,884 Chairman $43,667 $49,005 2024
Brandywine School Of Early Learning PA$274,117 President $25,000 $25,898 2024
Little Rock Electrical Joint AR$248,295 Admin Assist $39,000 $45,539 2024
Kids College CA$275,925 Executive Dir. $43,200 $38,751 2024
Daufuskie Island Independent School SC$276,012 Principal/teacher $55,000 $58,069 2025
Crescent Montessori School Inc CA$276,291 Director/lea $113,448 $99,141 2025
Ashland Schools Foundation OR$246,090 Executive Director $77,231 $74,504 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN cost of living and 2025 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 MN 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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted33rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Angela Heidelberger) 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 190 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $22,972 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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.