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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chesterton Academy Of The

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 881929909
FL · NTEE B25
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christopher Moore, Executive Director / CEO ($22,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 31 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Christopher Moore — 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

31 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 31 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,490 total compensation of comparable organizations → $122,789 $22,500
$19,16710th
$24,23325th
$44,337Median
$67,18775th
$103,50090th
$22,500This org · 23rd
p10$19,167
p25$24,233
p50$44,337
p75$67,187
p90$103,500
$22,500

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 FL 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
Living Oaks Academy SC$237,089 Chairman $21,250 $23,598 2024
College Access Navigators Inc CO$236,191 Executive Director $60,000 $61,243 2024
Alabama Association Of Secondary AL$234,666 Asst. Ex Dir $53,039 $62,797 2023
St John Bosco Association OK$250,093 Director $36,000 $41,109 2025
Global Recovery Initiatives Foundation MD$254,208 Director $120,000 $119,423 2024
New Jersey School Of Dramatic Arts NJ$216,873 President $45,020 $42,788 2024
East Burke School Inc VT$264,402 Co Head Of School $62,001 $66,430 2024
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Academy Inc TX$265,390 Head Of School $86,592 $89,828 2025
Insight Colearning Center NC$268,088 Executive Director $60,000 $67,943 2023
Indus Center For Academic Excellence MI$206,258 Director $99,769 $109,619 2024
Rural Education And Workforce Alliance KS$270,521 Member $103,710 $122,789 2023
Pleasant Ridge Christian Academy Inc FL$273,043 Director Of Operations $17,308 $17,308 2024
La Luz Education CO$201,513 President $60,002 $61,245 2024
Doing Art Together Inc NY$279,391 Creative Director $61,200 $60,607 2023
Concordia Academy-wichita KS$283,423 Headmaster $90,000 $103,500 2024
Victory High School NH$191,837 Treasurer $23,100 $22,120 2025
The Bearcamp Center For Sustainable Community NH$190,952 Executive Director $35,000 $35,418 2023
Career Tech High School OR$287,163 Executive Director $25,012 $25,456 2023
Empigo Academy Inc IA$183,107 Dean Of Students $21,900 $24,867 2025
Oldham County Athletic Boosters Inc KY$295,877 Treasurer $4,800 $5,490 2024
Questa Middle School Inc FL$296,242 President $66,078 $66,078 2024
Be Academy Of Steam TN$305,946 Principal $65,000 $72,730 2024
Commonwealth Christian Academy Inc VA$308,169 President $19,000 $19,528 2024
Academy Funding Of Bastrop TX$165,463 President $18,000 $19,167 2024
Unlimited Dreams Christian Learning Center MS$314,000 Administrator/executive Director $33,000 $40,280 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)26th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Christopher Moore) 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 31 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B25), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $22,500 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd 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.