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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 3 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORKSyracuseNY$47.2M3
AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF THE BIG BEND INCTallahasseeFL$46.2M4
Food Share IncOxnardCA$46.2M5
MOUNTAINEER FOOD BANK INCGassawayWV$45.3M3
HEART OF ALABAMA FOOD BANK INCMontgomeryAL$45.2M1
RIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIRDavenportIA$44.2M4
SOUTH SHORE ELDER SERVICES INCBraintreeMA$43.9M5
THE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INCArlingtonVA$43.6M8
BANCO DE ALIMENTOS PUERTO RICO INCCarolina$43.3M6
CHATTANOOGA AREA FOOD BANK INCChattanoogaTN$42.5M2
FEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIASalemVA$42.1M6
SHARE FOOD PROGRAMPhiladelphiaPA$42M5
FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA INCAthensGA$41.6M1
FEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INCBuffaloNY$41M6
DIABETES PREVENTION AND AID FUNDNogalesAZ$40.4M1
CENTRAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCMitchellSD$39.9M17
Palm Beach County Food Bank IncLake WorthFL$39.3M2
AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS NE IL AREA ON AGINGLombardIL$39.1M1
Food Bank of North Alabama IncHuntsvilleAL$39.1M1
OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INCSt LouisMO$38.8M4
SHARE OF NEW SQUARE INC DBA CHESED 247Spring ValleyNY$37.3M7
GOLDEN HARVEST FOOD BANK INCAugustaGA$36.6M1
Crossroads Community Services IncDallasTX$36.3M2
FP ASSISTANCE INCForneyTX$36.2M3
MONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INCMissoulaMT$36.1M1
Great Plains Food BankFargoND$35.9M4
KANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INCWichitaKS$34.2M1
SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOWFort WorthTX$34M61
THE FOODBANK INCDaytonOH$33.7M3
CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELSNew YorkNY$33.7M9
TEXTILE EXCHANGELamesaTX$33.5M7
COMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INCLouisvilleCO$33M0
COASTAL BEND FOOD BANKCorpus ChristiTX$32.9M1
RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATIONProvidenceRI$32.8M7
FEEDING SOUTH DAKOTASioux FallsSD$32.6M4
MOVE FOR HUNGER INCNeptuneNJ$32.3M1
The Food Bank for Larimer CountyLovelandCO$32.2M2
EMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTYTacomaWA$32.1M3
MARTHA'S TABLE INCWashingtonDC$31.3M8
FOOD FOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCDoverDE$31.3M0
VERMONT FOODBANKBarreVT$31.3M9
FOOD FINDERS INCLos AlamitosCA$31M3
THE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE C/O JUSTIN LEVYBroomfieldCO$30.8M1
Billings Food Bank IncBillingsMT$30.6M1
FEEDING LOUISIANABaton RougeLA$30.5M0
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TNKingsportTN$29.3M1
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County IncGoletaCA$28.9M7
EASTERN ILLINOIS FOODBANKUrbanaIL$28.3M1
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK SANTA CRUZ COUNTYWatsonvilleCA$27.8M6
COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INCFort WayneIN$27M1