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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 25 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
MISSOURI ORGANIC ASSOCIATIONHartsburgMO$1.4M3
WASTELESS SOLUTIONS INCSalt Lake CityUT$1.4M1
SUSTAINABLE HARVEST SECTORSomersworthNH$1.4M0
LMC Children ServicesCharlotteNC$1.4M1
WEAVERS WAY COMMUNITY FUND INCPhiladelphiaPA$1.4M0
HUMBLE IN HEARTMarina Del ReyCA$1.4M0
CULTIVATING COMMUNITYPortlandME$1.4M2
EAST SPRING BRANCH FOOD PANTRYHoustonTX$1.4M0
EVERYONES HARVESTMontereyCA$1.4M1
FOOD LITERACY CENTERSacramentoCA$1.4M1
SIERRA HARVESTGrass ValleyCA$1.4M1
SOLA GRATIA FARMUrbanaIL$1.4M1
St Johns Food Share IncPortlandOR$1.4M0
NATIONAL FARMERS UNION FOUNDATIONWashingtonDC$1.3M5
PROPEL KITCHENSSaint LouisMO$1.3M2
ABUNDANT GIVING INCCastle HayneNC$1.3M0
LUBBOCK MEALS ON WHEELS FOUNDATIONLubbockTX$1.3M0
HELPING HANDS ENDING HUNGER INCTrionGA$1.3M1
NOURISH MEALS ON WHEELSCentennialCO$1.3M1
Drylands Agroecology Research FoundationLongmontCO$1.3M3
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETYDaytonOH$1.3M0
3-A Sanitary Standards IncMcLeanVA$1.3M3
GLOBAL GROWERS NETWORK INCDecaturGA$1.3M1
FAYETTE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATIONLa GrangeTX$1.3M0
FEED THE KIDS INCMcAlesterOK$1.3M2
WAFER INCLa CrosseWI$1.3M1
PLANT BASED FOODS INSTITUTESan FranciscoCA$1.3M0
PROVIDENCE FARM COLLECTIVE CORPOrchard ParkNY$1.3M1
ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INCWoodstockGA$1.3M1
Sharenet Food BankKingstonWA$1.3M1
Clemmons Food Pantry IncClemmonsNC$1.3M0
THE GIVING GROVEKansas CityMO$1.3M2
COMMUNITY FARMS OUTREACH INCWalthamMA$1.3M1
BATAVIA INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRYBataviaIL$1.3M1
HEALTHY HANDPRINTSDallasTX$1.3M0
NOURISHNJ INCMorristownNJ$1.3M1
FAST BLACKFEETBrowningMT$1.3M1
MEALS ON WHEELS FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN ILLINOISNorth RiversideIL$1.3M2
GROVE CITY FOOD PANTRY & EMERGENCY SERVICES INCGrove CityOH$1.3M1
FOODSHED ALLIANCE A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATIONBlairstownNJ$1.3M1
FOOD SYSTEM 6 ACCELERATOR INCRedwood CityCA$1.3M3
SHAWANO AREA FOOD PANTRY AND RESOURCES CENTER INCShawanoWI$1.3M0
Portage County Agricultural SocietyRandolphOH$1.3M22
FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT REPORTING NETWORK INCNew YorkNY$1.3M3
COASTAL FOODSHEDNew BedfordMA$1.3M1
Trinity Jubilee Center IncLewistonME$1.3M1
FOUNDATION FOR FRESH PRODUCE BY IFPA INCNewarkDE$1.3M12
GOD PROVIDES MINISTRYPomonaCA$1.3M1
THE CHICAGO FUND ON AGING AND DISABILITY DBA MEALS ON WHEELS CHICAGOChicagoIL$1.3M1
LIVINGSTON FOOD PANTRY OF PARK COUNTYLivingstonMT$1.3M2