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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 10 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
Montgomery County Agricultural Center InGaithersburgMD$5.8M1
Harvest Texarkana Regional Food Bank IncTexarkanaAR$5.8M1
MEALS ON WHEELS OF RI INCProvidenceRI$5.8M2
GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INCBakersfieldCA$5.8M1
AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL INCMemphisTN$5.8M4
BEYOND BLESSED PANTRYWisconsin DellsWI$5.8M1
SERVE ALL NY INCBohemiaNY$5.7M0
SOUTH CENTRAL ADULT SERVICES COUNCIL INCValley CityND$5.7M0
CHRISTS HANDS INCHarlanKY$5.7M1
TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen IncTrentonNJ$5.6M3
OUR DAILY BREAD FOOD PANTRY INCORPORATEDMarco IslandFL$5.6M1
ACTIVE AGING INCMeadvillePA$5.5M1
BTG COMMUNITY OUTREACH INCNewnanGA$5.5M1
TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK CREDIT CORPORATIONRancho CordovaCA$5.5M12
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral NutritionSilver SpringMD$5.5M6
FEEDNCMooresvilleNC$5.5M1
WITH GODS GRACEDaytonOH$5.5M1
CHILDREN'S HUNGER FUND LEGACY FOUNDATIONRancho CascadesCA$5.5M3
LINEAGE FOUNDATION FOR GOODNoviMI$5.4M0
ZERO FOODPRINTOaklandCA$5.4M3
RIGHT FROM THE START NUTRITION INCArlingtonTX$5.4M1
Game Changers Foundation IncLaguna NiguelCA$5.4M0
SENIOR SERVICES OF CENTRAL ILLINOISSpringfieldIL$5.4M2
CCOF FOUNDATIONSanta CruzCA$5.3M4
INDIANA CORN MARKETING COUNCILIndianapolisIN$5.3M0
FIELD TO MARKETWashingtonDC$5.3M8
MAHONING COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETYCanfieldOH$5.3M2
Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources and Related ScienceAtlantaGA$5.3M0
COQUILLE WATERSHED ASSOCIATIONCoquilleOR$5.3M1
THE URBAN FOOD INITIATIVE INCDorchesterMA$5.3M4
THE FOOD BANK NETWORK OF SOMERSET COUNTY INCBound BrookNJ$5.2M1
Northwest Nutrition ServicePortlandOR$5.2M2
CALIFORNIA INVASIVE PLANT COUNCILBerkeleyCA$5.2M4
NORTHERN VIRGINIA FOOD RESCUEManassasVA$5.2M1
MAINE FARMLAND TRUSTBelfastME$5.2M2
GGEM FARMING INCWestlandMI$5.2M1
GYPSY MOTH SLOW THE SPREAD FOUNDATIONBensonNC$5.2M0
MEALS ON WHEELS OF THE MONTEREY PENINSULA INCPacific GroveCA$5.1M3
Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa IncTulsaOK$5.1M2
BREAD & ROSES INCLawrenceMA$5.1M0
PRESBYTERIAN URBAN COUNCILLittle RockAR$5.1M2
COMMUNITY LINK MISSION INCSaginawTX$5.1M2
TOUCH OF KINDNESS INCLos AngelesCA$5.1M1
HAND2HANDJenisonMI$5.1M1
MIDWEST ORGANIC SERVICES ASSOCIATION INViroquaWI$5.1M1
ARKANSAS HUNGER RELIEF ALLIANCE INCLittle RockAR$5M1
COMMUNITY FOOD WAREHOUSE OF MERCER COUNTYSharonPA$5M1
MIRACLE FOOD NETWORK INCFerndaleWA$5M0
FOOD FOR THOUGHTForestvilleCA$5M3
NASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INCNashvilleTN$5M1