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Updated through 2024NTEE K · Food, Agriculture & Nutrition

Food, Agriculture & Nutrition nonprofitexecutive pay

Median top-executive pay across 2,789 food, agriculture & nutrition nonprofits, 2020 – 2024. Each organization is counted once at its most recent filing, using the highest-paid leader reported on IRS Form 990, Schedule J.

Organizations that address food, agriculture, and nutrition, including food assistance, farmland preservation, and agricultural programs.

Median executive pay
$62,000
The typical food, agriculture & nutrition nonprofit's highest-paid executive earns $62,000 in total reported compensation.
25th pct
$27k
75th pct
$110k
90th pct
$186k
2,789 organizations · 2020 – 2024
Percentile distribution

Where the middle 50% lands.

Half earn between $27k and $110k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $186k, roughly 3.0 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.

PercentileTotal compMeans
90th$186,001Top 10% of earners
75th$109,85425% earn more than this
50th · median$62,000The typical executive
25th$27,32525% earn less than this
10th$9,15010% of executives earn less than this
By organization size

Bigger budgets, bigger paychecks.

Median executive pay rises with organization revenue. Each band shows the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of top-executive pay for food, agriculture & nutrition nonprofits in that revenue range.

Revenue band25thMedian75thOrgs
Under $1M$16k$37,547$65k1,630
$1M – $10M$66k$96,429$132k861
$10M – $100M$137k$190,676$256k257
$100M – $500M$269k$337,372$443k40
Revenue bands with fewer than 5 organizations are not shown.
Geography

Pay varies by state.

District of Columbia pays $35,353 more than the national median across food, agriculture & nutrition nonprofits.

By role

Benchmark a specific Food, Agriculture & Nutrition role

Drill into median pay for individual leadership roles within food, agriculture & nutrition nonprofits.

Board & trustee pay

Food, Agriculture & Nutrition board & trustee pay norms

7% of food, agriculture & nutrition nonprofits pay at least one board member or trustee, with a typical per-person payment of $7,598 across a median board of 4 paid members.

Organizations paying board members
7%
Median board pay
$7,598
Median paid board size
4
By filing type
Form 990: 9%
Form 990-EZ: 5%
Form 990-PF: 6%
Directory

Food banks, sustainable agriculture organizations, nutrition education programs, and farmland preservation groups. Includes hunger relief, community gardens, and agricultural research. There are 7,153 food, agriculture & nutrition organizations in our database with compensation data from IRS Form 990 filings. Use the table below to browse them, or sort by revenue, location, or number of reported executives.

Organizations in Food, Agriculture & Nutrition

7,153 organizations · Page 1 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
Feeding AmericaChicagoIL$5B21
SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEYSan JoseCA$311.3M7
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLANDBrooklyn ParkMN$309.2M11
ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INCAtlantaGA$253.8M13
ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCEPhoenixAZ$248.7M10
FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INCRaleighNC$247.2M12
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORYChicagoIL$241.6M11
EL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGEREl PasoTX$233.3M1
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey IncHillsideNJ$226.7M15
FARM SHARE INCHomesteadFL$220.8M3
FEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INCTampaFL$212.9M9
CITY HARVEST INCBrooklynNY$210M11
VITAMIN ANGEL ALLIANCE INCGoletaCA$197.1M8
FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INCPembroke ParkFL$187.9M5
NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANKGenevaIL$180.4M9
FOOD FORWARD INCNorth HollywoodCA$175.2M7
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIESDenverCO$174M12
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina IncCharlotteNC$170.3M5
MIDWEST ENERGY COOPERATIVECassopolisMI$168.1M22
Means Database IncWashingtonDC$161.6M1
FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANOConcordCA$156.9M9
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INCNashvilleTN$156.6M8
SECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWESTSpokaneWA$151.4M6
FOOD LIFELINESeattleWA$150.5M11
HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORKKansas CityMO$142M9
CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK INCAustinTX$141.4M10
CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INCWashingtonDC$132.9M13
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANKHarrisburgPA$132.6M5
ROADRUNNER FOOD BANK INCAlbuquerqueNM$126.1M8
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEWashingtonDC$126M19
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANKFresnoCA$124.1M3
REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INCLathamNY$121.1M8
GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INCClevelandOH$116.5M13
GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGANDetroitMI$116.1M11
REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INCOklahoma CityOK$115.6M8
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food BankSan DiegoCA$110.3M7
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKSOaklandCA$108.9M10
PhilabundancePhiladelphiaPA$106M7
EDESIA INCNorth KingstownRI$104.2M7
FORGOTTEN HARVEST INCOak ParkMI$101.8M13
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANANew OrleansLA$101M10
Good Shepherd Food BankAuburnME$99.7M6
MANNA FOOD BANK INCMills RiverNC$98.8M6
FEED MORE INCRichmondVA$96.2M10
FREESTORE FOODBANK INCCincinnatiOH$94.2M9
FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INCMilwaukeeWI$90.4M7
THREE SQUARELas VegasNV$89.7M10
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INCIrvineCA$88.3M7
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INCWinston SalemNC$85.8M6
GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANKDuquesnePA$85.4M10