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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dare To Believe

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271504230
MN · NTEE X99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kristi Graner, Executive Director / CEO ($24,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 268 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: Kristi Graner — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

268 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 268 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$866 total compensation of comparable organizations → $211,183 $24,000
$14,66110th
$27,43425th
$46,544Median
$71,80375th
$97,43390th
$24,000This org · 19th
p10$14,661
p25$27,434
p50$46,544
p75$71,803
p90$97,433
$24,000

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 MN 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
Focal Point Ministries IL$246,362 President $42,344 $40,921 2024
True Life Inc MD$246,603 Ceo $90,642 $85,761 2023
Chosen Vessels Inc GA$246,903 Executive Director $21,250 $21,624 2023
American Faith & Family Ministries TX$245,075 President $39,195 $38,541 2024
Core Ministries Inc TX$245,025 President $77,400 $76,107 2024
The Masters Workshop AR$244,679 President $43,170 $49,109 2023
Side By Side WA$243,686 Executive Director $66,457 $60,215 2023
Temple Of Light WA$243,057 Founder $31,700 $27,899 2024
Israel Lives Corporation PA$249,133 Exeuctive Director $83,995 $82,338 2024
By Our Love AL$242,487 Director & President $65,400 $69,453 2024
Resourcing Now Ministries IA$242,197 Executive Di $67,200 $74,465 2023
Love Of Christ Foundation Inc MD$250,000 Director $47,688 $43,826 2024
The Last Harvest Intl Evangelical Ministry Inc FL$250,484 President $28,905 $27,481 2023
Christs Reward Inc TX$241,518 Executive Director $118,434 $116,456 2024
Treasuring Christ Together Network MN$250,648 Director $99,000 $96,160 2024
My House Ministry MI$250,710 Executive Director $31,140 $31,596 2024
The Collective Thread MO$250,749 Treasurer $52,000 $54,139 2024
Franciscan Earth Literacy Center OH$240,779 Former Director $18,955 $20,318 2023
Isaiah5810 AR$240,398 Executive Di $10,669 $11,789 2024
All The Word Bible Translators Inc FL$240,129 President And Board Member $88,378 $81,612 2024
Slavic Christian Ministries CO$239,731 President $94,330 $88,913 2024
Mountain Fellowship Camp Inc GA$239,431 Director $41,050 $40,573 2024
Faith Commons TX$252,796 Founderpresident $90,000 $88,497 2024
Communities In Schools Of Lincoln NC$239,238 Executive Dir. $46,689 $47,422 2024
The Last Reformation Inc FL$239,025 Director/pres $56,070 $53,307 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted24th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Kristi Graner) 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 268 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,000 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.