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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cohutta Arrows Kingdom Academy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 931984717
GA · NTEE B20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mattie Chase, Executive Director / CEO ($19,167) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 242 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: Mattie Chase — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

242 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 242 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$156 total compensation of comparable organizations → $161,152 $19,167
$7,82710th
$20,52725th
$38,680Median
$64,03475th
$88,30790th
$19,167This org · 23rd
p10$7,827
p25$20,527
p50$38,680
p75$64,034
p90$88,307
$19,167

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
River Of Life School MI$318,788 Principal $105,400 $108,197 2024
Teach Our Children Fund Inc IN$319,004 Executive Di $60,296 $61,609 2025
Community Resources Inc CO$319,295 Executive Direcotr $88,248 $81,988 2025
Michelle Davis TX$320,000 Ceo $25,421 $26,037 2023
Atlanta Young Singers Of Callanwolde In GA$313,868 Executive Director $50,667 $50,667 2024
Advance Learning Academy GA$313,808 Pres/adminis $23,773 $24,475 2023
Providence Christian Academy PA$321,286 President $44,100 $42,610 2025
Alpine Valley School CO$311,837 Director $74,603 $71,145 2024
Apt Academy OR$323,249 Treasurer $14,200 $12,777 2025
St George Classical Academy Inc MA$323,310 Head Of School $17,308 $15,468 2024
Educational Solutions For Children Inc DC$323,995 Executive Director $72,900 $63,623 2024
Five Points Academy CO$324,589 Executive Director $8,072 $7,698 2024
Grace Collaborative Incorporated NY$328,833 President And Ceo $2,900 $2,539 2025
Grande Ronde Academy OR$328,874 Principal $32,218 $29,756 2024
Nci Community Fund Inc TX$329,491 President $16,924 $17,334 2023
Montgomery Area Court Referral Prog AL$305,406 Executive Di $83,404 $89,613 2024
The Potters House Foundation MI$304,008 Superintendent $11,545 $12,201 2023
Parker Jordan Christian Academy NY$330,984 Executive Director $55,000 $48,154 2025
Chapin Academy SC$331,736 Administrator $34,648 $37,011 2023
La Salle Community Center CA$331,750 Ceo $16,200 $13,912 2024
Stanza Education Corporation CA$332,157 Ceo $1,800 $1,546 2024
Aukela Unique & Distinguished Scholars Inc FL$332,373 Rodriguez $27,739 $25,249 2025
Little River Community School NY$302,328 President/treasurer $34,330 $30,057 2025
Polska Szkola Im Sw Jana Pawla Ii Inc IL$302,206 Treasurer $1,300 $1,238 2025
Saint Francis Montessori Christian TX$301,529 Director $39,900 $39,695 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted24th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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 (Mattie Chase) 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 242 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,167 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.