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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Montessori Schools Of Washington

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 911416507
WA · NTEE B99
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Clhoe Taylor, Executive Director / CEO ($84,291) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 416 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Clhoe Taylor — reported title “TEACHER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

416 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 416 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$144 total compensation of comparable organizations → $325,542 $84,291
$16,05710th
$35,50125th
$59,933Median
$87,09375th
$119,02990th
$84,291This org · 71st
p10$16,057
p25$35,501
p50$59,933
p75$87,093
p90$119,029
$84,291

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
Louisiana Pediatric Cardiology LA$285,991 Director Of Operations $63,600 $82,663 2023
Heritage Ranch Inc WA$286,054 Executive Director $49,172 $51,964 2023
Marshallese Youth Of Orange County CA$286,120 Executive Director $48,204 $47,721 2024
Private Schools Interscholastic Assn Inc TX$285,532 Executive Director $75,000 $86,013 2024
Greater Omaha Alliance NE$287,052 Executive Director/ceo $110,000 $139,648 2023
Women Of Color Foundation OH$284,642 Chairwoman & Founder $52,034 $65,051 2023
Rainy River Community College Foundation MN$283,918 Foundation Executive Director $18,053 $20,452 2024
Douglass Leadership Institute Inc MD$283,603 President $5,000 $5,518 2023
Harvardwood CA$283,355 Executive Director $49,032 $48,541 2024
Georgia Council Of Teachers Of GA$288,639 Executive Di $6,500 $7,493 2024
Catalytic Communities Inc MD$283,144 Executive Director $38,400 $47,645 2021
Washington Career And Technical Sports Medicine Association WA$282,916 Executive Director $34,450 $34,450 2025
Teach Indy Inc IN$289,117 Executive Director $146,591 $177,235 2024
Crsa CO$282,709 Executive Director $162,356 $183,757 2023
All Saints' Episcopal School Of Fort TX$282,677 Head Of School $33,050 $37,903 2024
Generationnation Inc NC$289,577 Executive Director $60,000 $69,245 2025
Bentonville Public School Foundation AR$281,857 Executive Director $75,000 $99,508 2023
Management & Organizational Behavior FL$281,337 Executive Dir. $77,355 $85,775 2023
Foundation For Italian Art And Culture- NY$290,593 Executive Director $70,000 $72,520 2024
Scholarships For Scholars Inc MD$290,755 Executive Director $64,392 $69,019 2024
The Thrive Network CO$280,673 Executive Director $77,584 $85,292 2024
Veritas Christian School Inc OK$280,605 President $25,000 $32,493 2023
Academy Of Finance Nevada NV$291,500 Director $4,500 $5,038 2025
Womens Center For Economic Opportunity OH$291,671 Ceo $44,250 $55,320 2023
The Channel Inc VA$280,042 Chief Executive Officer $46,420 $52,904 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)80th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted65th

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 (Clhoe Taylor) 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 416 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $84,291 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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.