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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Media For Christ

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 203012642
CA · NTEE X83
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joseph Abdelmasih, Executive Director / CEO ($18,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Joseph Abdelmasih — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,838 total compensation of comparable organizations → $147,679 $18,000
$17,59610th
$37,50825th
$55,857Median
$92,35375th
$129,51690th
$18,000This org · 19th
p10$17,596
p25$37,508
p50$55,857
p75$92,353
p90$129,516
$18,000

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 CA 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
Larger Story Inc CO$198,032 Secretary $49,583 $53,640 2025
Sweet Monday Inc VA$206,351 Executive Di $25,700 $28,737 2024
They Need The Bible MN$214,332 Founder $100,991 $115,565 2024
Living The New Life Ministries NC$220,236 President $72,000 $86,155 2024
Congregation Tifereth Bnai Torah NY$176,780 Pres $137,072 $147,679 2023
Braille Bibles International MO$222,178 President $113,608 $143,466 2023
It's A New Day Inc GA$225,289 Sec/treasurer $6,731 $7,838 2024
The Korean Baptist Press Of The United States Inc GA$227,059 President $34,722 $40,431 2024
Barclay Press Inc OR$167,273 President $54,000 $58,074 2024
St Bonaventure Publications MT$152,765 President $86,000 $107,357 2024
Message Of Life Ministries TN$148,967 President $69,700 $87,352 2023
International Leadership Advancement Ministries Inc CA$134,022 Exec Director/ceo $56,500 $58,169 2023
Nichiren Buddhist CA$133,727 General Manager $18,000 $17,536 2025
The Korean Christian Times Corp GA$272,408 Secretary $40,268 $48,274 2023
White Horse Ministries Inc ID$275,261 President $13,921 $17,656 2023
Ewtn Publishing Inc AL$281,154 Chairman, Ceo & Governor $33,200 $42,764 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Joseph Abdelmasih) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X83), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $18,000 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.