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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Stories Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 473404006
MN · NTEE I70
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stephanie Page, Executive Director / CEO ($52,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 32 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

32 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 32 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,399 total compensation of comparable organizations → $184,656 $52,000
$23,50410th
$40,25025th
$65,610Median
$79,16875th
$99,26190th
$52,000This org · 38th
p10$23,504
p25$40,250
p50$65,610
p75$79,168
p90$99,261
$52,000

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
Casa Of West Central Illinois IL$290,129 Executive Director $61,849 $58,230 2025
East-central Court Appointed Specia SD$299,959 Executive Di $60,022 $67,039 2023
Court Appointed Special Advocates AL$283,833 Executive Director $54,298 $57,662 2024
Casa Of East Central Wisconsin WI$305,316 Director $76,951 $78,998 2024
Northern California Tribal Court Coalition CA$309,849 Executive Director $77,069 $65,418 2024
Goochland-powhatan Casa VA$274,505 Executive Director $66,000 $61,028 2025
Time Of Change CA$269,415 Directorpresident $30,000 $24,808 2025
Ceces Hope Center AZ$267,116 Pres/ceo $24,000 $23,359 2023
Soap Project OH$320,738 Executive Director & Found $24,000 $24,987 2024
The Ace Fiduciary Group A Non-profit CA$265,875 Executive Director & Corporate Secretary $59,265 $50,305 2024
Pedal The Pacific TX$244,736 Director $65,000 $65,802 2023
In Our Backyard OR$343,058 Executive Dir. $84,400 $77,046 2024
Can Council Great Lakes Bay Region MI$241,557 President/ce $5,169 $5,399 2023
Rock The Walls Foundation Inc FL$238,222 Executive Director $86,750 $82,475 2023
Tennessee Voices For Victims TN$350,346 Secretary Co Founder $74,900 $79,677 2023
Rutland County Child First VT$233,936 Executive Di $50,346 $49,813 2024
Tyrrell-washington Partnership For Children Inc NC$353,668 Executive Director $74,595 $78,004 2023
The Childrens Advocacy Center Of Cleveland County NC$232,013 Executive Director $68,289 $67,573 2025
Restoring Ancestral Winds Inc UT$366,868 Executive Dir. $100,875 $104,485 2023
Alliance For Freedom Restoration And TN$392,338 Cfo $11,000 $11,365 2024
Rescuing Hope Inc GA$393,714 Executive Dir. $41,650 $41,166 2024
Megan Montgomery Foundation To Prevent Domestic Violence Inc AL$395,455 Executive Director $24,846 $27,165 2023
Stomp Out Bullying Corp NY$400,373 Ceo $207,885 $184,656 2024
Casa Of The 5th Judicial Dist Inc AR$401,517 Executive Director $65,605 $70,620 2025
Childrens Alliance Of Montana MT$402,905 Executive Dir. $93,736 $99,324 2024

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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)34th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Stephanie Page) 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 32 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,000 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.