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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Larger Story Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 813073217
CO · NTEE X83
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Keplen Crabb, Executive Director / CEO ($49,583) 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 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Keplen Crabb — reported title “SECRETARY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable 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

$7,245 total compensation of comparable organizations → $136,508 $49,583
$16,26610th
$24,08225th
$49,152Median
$85,36775th
$119,71890th
$49,583This org · 50th
p10$16,266
p25$24,082
p50$49,152
p75$85,367
p90$119,718
$49,583

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 CO 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
Media For Christ CA$198,673 President $18,000 $16,638 2024
Sweet Monday Inc VA$206,351 Executive Di $25,700 $26,563 2024
They Need The Bible MN$214,332 Founder $100,991 $106,823 2024
Congregation Tifereth Bnai Torah NY$176,780 Pres $137,072 $136,508 2023
Living The New Life Ministries NC$220,236 President $72,000 $79,638 2024
Braille Bibles International MO$222,178 President $113,608 $132,613 2023
It's A New Day Inc GA$225,289 Sec/treasurer $6,731 $7,245 2024
The Korean Baptist Press Of The United States Inc GA$227,059 President $34,722 $37,373 2024
Barclay Press Inc OR$167,273 President $54,000 $53,682 2024
St Bonaventure Publications MT$152,765 President $86,000 $99,236 2024
Message Of Life Ministries TN$148,967 President $69,700 $80,744 2023
International Leadership Advancement Ministries Inc CA$134,022 Exec Director/ceo $56,500 $53,769 2023
Nichiren Buddhist CA$133,727 General Manager $18,000 $16,210 2025
The Korean Christian Times Corp GA$272,408 Secretary $40,268 $44,622 2023
White Horse Ministries Inc ID$275,261 President $13,921 $16,321 2023
Ewtn Publishing Inc AL$281,154 Chairman, Ceo & Governor $33,200 $39,529 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO cost of living and 2025 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 CO 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted44th

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 (Keplen Crabb) 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 $49,583 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.