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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Academy Of Rome And Cartersville Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 922926592
GA · NTEE B20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kim Teems, Executive Director / CEO ($20,308) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 207 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 30th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

207 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 207 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$152 total compensation of comparable organizations → $134,925 $20,308
$6,19510th
$16,36425th
$35,890Median
$56,49675th
$72,60590th
$20,308This org · 30th
p10$6,195
p25$16,364
p50$35,890
p75$56,496
p90$72,605
$20,308

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 GA 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
Eureka Educational Academy Inc FL$281,527 Vice Preside $4,000 $3,737 2023
Kinderhaus CA$281,015 President $79,346 $66,187 2024
Philly Agile Learning Community PA$280,886 President/secretary, Principal $68,828 $68,263 2023
Old Believerprivate School AK$282,002 Secretary $21,230 $19,607 2024
Christian Hope Academy Inc SC$279,675 President $21,525 $21,134 2025
Homeschool Christian Academy Inc MO$283,095 Executive Director $41,400 $41,267 2025
Expatriate Education International IN$284,021 President & Ceo $14,400 $14,670 2024
Knox Forest School TN$284,687 Director And Board President $55,720 $56,578 2024
Annette Mains Ministries Inc IN$285,821 Elem Ed Dire $62,400 $63,568 2024
James Squadrito Montessori School PA$276,807 Ceo $10,000 $9,385 2025
Crescent Montessori School Inc CA$276,291 Director/lea $113,448 $92,194 2025
Daufuskie Island Independent School SC$276,012 Principal/teacher $55,000 $53,999 2025
Kids College CA$275,925 Executive Dir. $43,200 $36,036 2024
Florida Academy Of Excellence FL$287,206 President Chief Academic Officer $7,500 $6,806 2024
Brandywine School Of Early Learning PA$274,117 President $25,000 $24,084 2024
Ohio Christian Academy Inc OH$290,417 President $23,083 $23,618 2024
Austin Japanese School Inc TX$290,647 Administration $7,570 $7,126 2025
Saint Francis Classical Academy Inc FL$271,537 Director (President), Headmaster And Teacher $42,520 $37,592 2025
Preparatory School Of The District Of Columbia Inc DC$291,686 Executive Director $45,346 $39,575 2023
Chesterton Foundation Of St George MI$270,930 Vice President $93,000 $95,468 2023
Kings Way NY$292,461 Director Of Business $43,095 $36,649 2025
Escuela Aurora Inc PR$292,982 President $31,040 $31,040 2023
Jenny Lynn Elementary Of Pennsylvania PA$269,016 Director $2,000 $1,927 2024
Randolph Education Association Inc MA$295,784 President $7,000 $5,920 2025
Deep Waters Academy TX$265,042 President $15,490 $14,583 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default30th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)29th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted28th

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 (Kim Teems) 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 207 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,308 is reasonable (approximately the 30th 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.