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Compensation Comparability Determination

Giddens School

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 910886831
WA · NTEE B24Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Morva Mcdonald, Executive Director / CEO ($243,203) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 237 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 82nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dr Morva Mcdonald — reported title “HEAD OF SCHOOL”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

237 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 237 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$694 total compensation of comparable organizations → $999,629 $243,203
$80,24910th
$117,24225th
$159,559Median
$222,91175th
$290,45790th
$243,203This org · 82nd
p10$80,249
p25$117,242
p50$159,559
p75$222,911
p90$290,457
$243,203

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 WA 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
Parents And Friends Of Hancock Inc GA$6,675,891 Head Of School $220,254 $234,068 2025
Saint Bernard Academy TN$6,758,238 Head Of School $195,567 $223,019 2024
Indianapolis Christian School System Inc IN$6,673,051 Principal $70,641 $80,819 2024
Aidan Montessori School DC$6,664,671 Head Of School $259,970 $254,808 2023
Powhatan School Inc VA$6,769,015 Head Of School $206,696 $222,911 2023
🔒 232 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default82nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted83rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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:

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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.