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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ka Hale O Na Keiki Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 990350538
HI · NTEE B20
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Paula Juanita Seguerre Yanagi, Executive Director / CEO ($100,496) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 253 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 93rd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Paula Juanita Seguerre Yanagi — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

253 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 253 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$171 total compensation of comparable organizations → $175,791 $100,496
$9,32110th
$22,80725th
$42,663Median
$70,00075th
$93,70490th
$100,496This org · 93rd
p10$9,321
p25$22,807
p50$42,663
p75$70,000
p90$93,704
$100,496

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 HI 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
Aukela Unique & Distinguished Scholars Inc FL$332,373 Rodriguez $27,739 $27,542 2025
Stanza Education Corporation CA$332,157 Ceo $1,800 $1,686 2024
Crescent Academy CA$335,567 President & Ceo $107,000 $103,199 2023
La Salle Community Center CA$331,750 Ceo $16,200 $15,176 2024
Chapin Academy SC$331,736 Administrator $34,648 $40,373 2023
The Lab School Of Memphis Inc TN$336,399 Executive Director $12,017 $13,704 2024
Parker Jordan Christian Academy NY$330,984 Executive Director $55,000 $52,529 2025
Austin Christian Vocational Academy Inc FL$337,515 Officer $50,000 $52,464 2023
St Louis Modern Chinese School MO$337,557 Chairman $756 $894 2023
St John Paul Ii Independent School Inc KS$338,029 Principal $60,000 $72,400 2023
Nci Community Fund Inc TX$329,491 President $16,924 $18,909 2023
Offense Ministries Inc IL$338,137 Headmaster/s $40,721 $43,432 2024
Cager Athletic Association CA$338,390 Ceo $39,150 $36,676 2024
Grande Ronde Academy OR$328,874 Principal $32,218 $32,460 2024
Grace Collaborative Incorporated NY$328,833 President And Ceo $2,900 $2,770 2025
Lifeprep Projects Inc NC$339,374 Exec Directo $7,663 $8,590 2024
Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation NM$339,687 Executive Dir. $56,164 $67,471 2023
Geneva Childrens Center CA$340,806 Director $63,440 $61,186 2023
Cascades Montessori Middle School WA$341,347 Secretary Teacher Admin $67,256 $63,643 2025
Global Conservation Leaders Inc CA$341,786 Ceo $4,679 $4,384 2024
Wellspring Cultural&educational Foundation Inc CT$341,900 Execuitve Director $88,800 $92,996 2023
Five Points Academy CO$324,589 Executive Director $8,072 $8,397 2024
Educational Solutions For Children Inc DC$323,995 Executive Director $72,900 $69,403 2024
St George Classical Academy Inc MA$323,310 Head Of School $17,308 $16,873 2024
Apt Academy OR$323,249 Treasurer $14,200 $13,938 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to HI 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 HI 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 default93rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)96th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted92nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Paula Juanita Seguerre Yanagi) 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 253 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,496 is reasonable (approximately the 93rd 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.