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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

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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 117 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
THE MADISON FARMMadisonTN$51k1
THE BREAD AND GOSPEL OF EASTERN AMERICA INCFlushingNY$51k0
AUBURN UNIVERSITY LANDSCAPE AND NURSERY ASSOCIATIONAuburn UniversityAL$51k0
AYI CAN HELPMcLeanVA$51k0
REACHING OUR COMMUNITYS KIDSPrior LakeMN$51k1
SUSTAINABLE FOOD CORPGalesburgIL$51k2
Athens Community Food Pantry IncAthensNY$51k0
DEWART LAKE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION INCSyracuseIN$51k0
Encino ConservancySan DiegoCA$51k0
SHISHI WITH TZVI INCJamaicaNY$51k0
REED CITY AREA FOOD PANTRYReed CityMI$51k0
SACRAMENTO FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURAL EDUCATIONElk GroveCA$51k0
PUNJABI AMERICAN GROWERS GROUPFresnoCA$51k0
MICHIGAN URBAN FARMING INITIATIVEDetroitMI$51k0
CALHOUN COUNTY FARM BUREAUHamptonAR$51k0
EDEN SHARE INCPoughquagNY$51k0
ALABAMA DIETETIC ASSOCIATION INCMontgomeryAL$51k0
TYRONE AREA FOOD BANKTyronePA$51k0
WILMINGTON FARMERS MARKET AT TIDAL CREEK INCWilmingtonNC$51k0
AUNT MILLIES LOVE FOUNDATION CORPOrlandoFL$51k0
SAUNDERS COUNTY LIVESTOCK & AG ASSOCIATIONWahooNE$50k0
DESERT ONION GROWERS ASSOCIATIONBrawleyCA$50k0
Winona Farmers Market AssociationWinonaMN$50k4
NEW COMMUNION OF THE TRIAD INCWinston SalemNC$50k0
LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRY LHMSan JoseCA$50k0
ERIE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRYErieCO$50k0
PISCHEL HILDEGARDE T ENDOWMENT FUNDBrooklynOH$50k1
GRASSROOTS SEED NETWORKFreedomME$50k0
WHITTIER MEALS ON WHEELS INCWhittierCA$50k1
L&P FoundationOaklandCA$50k0
MADEEM MINISTRIESFar RockawayNY$50k0
NEW BEGINNING EDUCATION AND COUNSELING TRAINING CENTERPomonaCA$50k0
TRAM & HENRY FOUNDATIONSan JoseCA$50k0
THAYER COUNTY LIVESTOCK FEEDERS ASSHebronNE$50k0
NEW YORK VEGETABLE RESEARCH COUNCIL INCLe RoyNY$50k0
DENVER CATHOLIC WORKER SOUP KITCHENDenverCO$50k0
HAWAII SEEDKoloaHI$50k0
NATIONAL DAIRY PRODUCERSCosta MesaCA$50k1
SLOW FOOD USA INC DBA SLOW FOOD NY-EAST ENDLONG iSLANDEast HamptonNY$50k0
Rare Fruit and Vegetable Council of Broward CountySouthwest RanchesFL$50k0
GROCERY MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVES OF GRAND RAPIDSWyomingMI$50k0
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA FOOD HUBSouth HillVA$50k0
ADAMJI CHARITABLE FDNSchaumburgIL$50k0
ESSA CHARITABLE FDNCypressTX$50k0
FEED HUNGER NOW INCGoldenrodFL$50k0
SAINT MICHAELS FARMERS MARKET INCSaint MichaelsMD$50k1
MEALS ON WHEELS INLAND VALLEY INCUplandCA$50k0
LOVING LIBBIE MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONAustinTX$50k1
FU YUAN BAOZIEl MonteCA$50k0
DIG FARM INCNew MilfordCT$50k0