Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sharon Farbrizio, Executive Director / CEO ($56,280) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 300 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range
Benchmarked executive: Sharon Farbrizio — reported title “Office Manager”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.
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 MD cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Romero Terrace | FL | $460,871 | Executive Vp | $72,591 | $70,849 | 2024 |
| State College Community Land Trust Inc | PA | $462,215 | Executive Director | $54,905 | $58,565 | 2023 |
| Dlh Low-income Housing Inc | OK | $462,429 | Vice President & Executive Director | $40,000 | $45,760 | 2024 |
| Habitat For Humanity International | PA | $457,691 | Executive Di | $87,990 | $93,856 | 2023 |
| The Davidson Housing Coalition | NC | $462,855 | Executive Dir. | $55,000 | $60,786 | 2023 |
| Hope And Care Outreach | NV | $464,124 | Ceo | $82,991 | $88,980 | 2023 |
| Housing Independence Inc | FL | $466,288 | Housing Svc Director | $78,682 | $76,794 | 2024 |
| Dekalb Throop Housing Development Fund Co Inc | NY | $466,697 | Executive Director | $84,000 | $78,860 | 2024 |
| Paula Apartments Inc | CA | $467,789 | Non-voting Vp/coo | $53,033 | $47,577 | 2024 |
| Habitat For Humanity Kokomo Community Inc | IN | $468,189 | Executive Director | $18,897 | $21,315 | 2023 |
| Freedom West Community Development Corpo | OK | $451,361 | Executive Dir. | $6,000 | $6,864 | 2024 |
| Creative Compassion Inc | TN | $449,731 | Executive Director/ceo | $43,922 | $47,966 | 2024 |
| Habitat For Humanity International | NE | $449,627 | Executive Di | $60,000 | $67,047 | 2024 |
| Nehemiah Project La Inc | CA | $449,577 | President And Ceo | $48,830 | $45,101 | 2023 |
| Habitat For Humanity Of Wichita Falls | TX | $472,032 | Executive Director | $46,600 | $49,860 | 2023 |
| Brookset Housing Development Fund | NY | $472,312 | President (Through 2/23/24) | $16,551 | $15,538 | 2024 |
| Opportunity Builders A Not For Profit Development | CA | $446,905 | President And Executive Direc | $31,792 | $29,364 | 2023 |
| Luther House Iv Inc | PA | $446,293 | Executive Di | $35,339 | $36,613 | 2024 |
| Icl Myrtle Avenue Housing | NY | $475,258 | Chair Person | $25,107 | $24,267 | 2023 |
| Big Daisy Corp | PA | $444,299 | President - Hopephl | $16,154 | $17,231 | 2023 |
| North Texas Housing Partners | TX | $476,449 | President | $19,755 | $20,530 | 2024 |
| Drayton Pines Inc | NC | $477,082 | Secretary/treasurer | $46,419 | $49,830 | 2024 |
| Powell Boulevard Apartments Inc | OR | $442,455 | President & Ceo | $45,693 | $44,085 | 2024 |
| Colorado Community Land Trust | CO | $478,191 | Ceo/executive Director | $6,457 | $6,433 | 2024 |
| Pennsylvania Home Lending | PA | $441,683 | President And Ceo | $25,763 | $26,692 | 2024 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD cost of living and 2023 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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 MD 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 64th |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 65th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 76th |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 17th |
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.
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
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.