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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 20 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
FEEDING NORTH TEXAS FOUNDATIONPlanoTX$1.9M3
ARLINGTON EATS INCArlingtonMA$1.9M0
FOOD SYSTEM FOR THE FUTURE INSTITUTEChicagoIL$1.9M0
FEED OUR VETERANSNew York MillsNY$1.9M1
CHILDREN'S NUTRITION OF FLORIDA INCJacksonvilleFL$1.9M1
HUNGER FIGHT INCJacksonvilleFL$1.9M1
CENTRAL VALLEY DAIRY REPRESENTATIVE MONITORING PROGRAMSacramentoCA$1.9M0
HEALTHY HABITS 4 LIFEFederal WayWA$1.9M3
EMPOWERED 4 LIFE FOUNDATIONInglewoodCA$1.9M1
THE BULB GALLERYCharlotteNC$1.9M0
MICHIGAN CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONLansingMI$1.9M10
FOOD FIX CAMPAIGN INCWashingtonDC$1.9M1
HOPE DISTRIBUTED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONRockinghamVA$1.9M1
GLEANERS DISPATCH INCJacksonvilleFL$1.9M3
INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY OF THE ORANGESShort HillsNJ$1.9M1
West Virginia Food & Farm Coalition IncCharlestonWV$1.9M0
PLANT IT FORWARDHoustonTX$1.9M1
The KKAC OrganizationLittle RockAR$1.9M2
LOAVES & FISHES OF NW OKLA INCEnidOK$1.9M1
FOOD SOLUTIONS ACTIONWashingtonDC$1.8M0
TAFB-DISTRIBUTION CENTER INCFort WorthTX$1.8M0
LIBERATION ECOSYSTEM INCSt JohnsburyVT$1.8M6
Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and ConcentrationOaklandCA$1.8M0
San Diego Food System AllianceSan DiegoCA$1.8M3
PRESCOTT COMMUNITY CUPBOARD FOOD BANK INCPrescottAZ$1.8M0
GREENE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETYXeniaOH$1.8M0
Boulder County Farmers MarketLongmontCO$1.8M2
Meals on Wheels of Durham IncDurhamNC$1.8M1
THE SYLVIA CENTERBronxNY$1.8M1
FARM STEW INTERNATIONALPrincetonIL$1.8M3
GREENAGERS INCSouth EgremontMA$1.8M1
The Lands at Hillside FarmsShavertownPA$1.8M1
PITTSFIELD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INCPittsfieldMA$1.8M0
FIRST STEP TO NUTRITION INCWellsboroPA$1.8M1
MINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY INCKalamazooMI$1.8M1
GLADIOLUS FOOD PANTRY INCFort MyersFL$1.8M1
Ohio County & Independent Richland CountyMansfieldOH$1.8M1
COVENANT SOUP KITCHEN INCWillimanticCT$1.8M1
BASH Bikers Against Statewide HungerTacomaWA$1.8M0
Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank IncTerre HauteIN$1.8M3
CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK FOUNDATIONWashingtonDC$1.8M2
THE JOY BUSPhoenixAZ$1.8M1
ELMHURST-YORKFIELD FOOD PANTRYElmhurstIL$1.8M1
Jefferson Park Ministries IncElizabethNJ$1.8M1
REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE ALLIANCENorthfieldMN$1.8M0
DAIRY'S FOUNDATION INCJuneauWI$1.8M0
Regenerative Organic AllianceSacramentoCA$1.8M2
Saba Grocers InitiativeOaklandCA$1.8M1
EAGLE VISION OUTREACHNorthridgeCA$1.8M0
COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVEHaikuHI$1.8M1