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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Little Friends Preschool

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 911115086
WA · NTEE B21Z
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brie Remily, Executive Director / CEO ($67,221) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 251 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 80th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Brie Remily — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

251 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 251 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$634 total compensation of comparable organizations → $167,593 $67,221
$15,10210th
$35,71425th
$48,504Median
$62,59875th
$78,62090th
$67,221This org · 80th
p10$15,102
p25$35,714
p50$48,504
p75$62,598
p90$78,620
$67,221

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
Shelburne Nursery School VT$268,432 Executive Dir. $38,335 $41,986 2025
Bright Spot Child Care Inc PA$269,958 Director $44,170 $49,199 2024
Boyds Organization For Youth Development Services Inc MD$269,960 Director $61,700 $64,429 2024
Jean Lyle Children's Center MN$266,867 Treasurer $11,576 $13,153 2023
Upstone Montessori School NH$266,789 Ceo, Head Of $53,462 $53,716 2025
Creative Preschool Inc OH$271,452 Tepe $40,885 $48,367 2024
Tinton Falls Cooperative Preschool NJ$272,353 President, Director, Head $52,657 $52,512 2024
Mountain Breeze School NC$265,277 School Director/secretary $32,673 $38,821 2023
Children's House Of Montessori Inc CT$264,957 President $20,500 $20,916 2025
Next Step Elc WA$264,898 Treasurer $48,738 $48,738 2024
The Frazee Center SC$264,604 Treasurer $30,000 $35,989 2023
Annandale Preschool Association Inc VA$264,265 Executive Director $43,094 $45,277 2025
Early Learning Center Inc NJ$264,245 President $61,700 $63,347 2023
The Preschool On The Green Inc NH$273,762 Executive Di $59,189 $59,470 2025
Westville Community Nursery School Inc CT$274,120 Director $63,895 $68,890 2023
Giving Tree Montessori Inc TN$263,753 President $15,300 $18,494 2023
Still Water Montessori School Inc SC$275,930 President $36,200 $42,182 2024
Trojan Learning Center Inc SD$277,172 Business Director $26,336 $33,423 2023
Arkansas Head Start Association Inc AR$277,364 Collaboration Director $82,063 $106,073 2023
Lauderhill Community Child Care Cen FL$277,908 Directortreasurer $18,900 $22,956 2021
Monarch Montessori School MN$259,806 Executive Director $63,000 $69,530 2024
Children's Center Of North Harford Inc MD$279,270 Executive Director $59,941 $62,592 2024
Carter Nursery School Inc MA$258,376 School Director $63,900 $66,030 2023
Whitefish Community School MT$280,200 Executive Di $56,336 $66,080 2025
Baby Bees Childcare Center Inc OR$280,249 Director $7,000 $7,261 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 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 default80th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted82nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted80th

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 (Brie Remily) 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 251 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $67,221 is reasonable (approximately the 80th 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.