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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 121 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
MINIATURE HEREFORD JUNIOR NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONArdmoreOK$41k0
MOUNTAIN AND VALLEY WOOL ASSOCIATIONTaosNM$41k0
THE ARVADA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK FOUNDATION INCArvadaCO$41k0
Castle Shannon Area Meals-on-WheelsPittsburghPA$41k2
LOYAL ORDER OF SQUIRRELSSt PetersMO$41k0
MARBLE FALLS AREA AGRICULTURAL BOOSTER CLUBMarble FallsTX$41k0
NEVADA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATIONSparksNV$41k1
PLANT BASED WELLNESS FOUNDATION INCBerkeleyCA$41k0
Northeast Iowa Farm & Antique AssocGarberIA$41k0
CLAY COUNTY FARM BUREAULibertyMO$41k0
GODS KITCHEN INCPalatkaFL$41k1
Young Educators and Ambassadors for Health IncJacksonvilleFL$41k0
Texas Organic Research Center IncDallasTX$41k0
CARTWHEELRIProvidenceRI$41k0
Bloomingdale Township Food Pantry IncBloomingdaleIL$41k0
Relief and Wellness CorpLas VegasNV$41k0
LEXINGTON LOCAL FOOD COLLABORATIVE INCLexingtonMA$41k0
HELP MISSION INTL INCPomfret CenterCT$41k0
WILLIAMSON SENIOR CENTERRefugioTX$41k0
STUTSMAN COUNTY FARM BUREAUJamestownND$41k4
Compassionproject NetIrvineCA$41k0
Almanor Basin Food PantryChesterCA$40k0
COOMBSVILLE VINTNERS AND GROWERSNapaCA$40k0
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATIONPaso RoblesCA$40k0
ETOWAH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INCGadsdenAL$40k1
OHIO SOYBEAN COUNCIL FOUNDATIONWorthingtonOH$40k0
COALITION FOR A SUSTAINABLE DELTALos BanosCA$40k0
ELKHART KITCHEN INCElkhartIN$40k0
TERRA CULTURAAromasCA$40k0
BAI FOUNDATIONSpringfieldMO$40k0
KIWANIS CLUB OF BUCKLEY FOUNDATIONBuckleyWA$40k0
GROWING HEALTHY PEOPLEWaucondaIL$40k0
MANNA FOR THE MANYShamokinPA$40k0
GRACE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONAllentownPA$40k1
FARMVOICE INCMarionAR$40k0
MONTGOMERY AGRI PRODUCERS INCPoolesvilleMD$40k1
PROSPER CHICAGO INCChicagoIL$40k0
MRS BS TABLESan JacintoCA$40k0
SPIRIT OF TEXAS COOKERSHoustonTX$40k0
FEED THE FAMIIES INCSt CharlesMO$40k0
WALES COMMUNITY PANTRYWalesMA$40k4
GODS WAREHOUSE INCYoungstownOH$40k0
Friends of Emek Learning Center IncNew CityNY$40k0
Black Urban Farmers AssociationFrench CampCA$40k0
Sanford Food PantrySpringvaleME$40k0
WOMEN'S CLUB OF CHATHAM INCChathamMA$39k0
PROJECT STARFISH CORPORATIONNapervilleIL$39k0
MISSION FOOD PANTRY LLCLancasterPA$39k0
CHESTENE M COVERDALE FOOD PANTRY INCSayvilleNY$39k0
SHANE GIVES THANKS INCCarverMA$39k0