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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 35 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
Open Table Ministry IncDurhamNC$771k1
KANSAS BREASTFEEDING COALITION INCManhattanKS$771k1
Salvation Farms IncMorrisvilleVT$771k2
NURTURING ROOTSSeattleWA$770k1
CENTRAL COAST VINEYARD TEAMAtascaderoCA$770k1
HEALING SOILS FOUNDATIONChicagoIL$769k0
RESOURCED INCSpringfieldMO$769k2
Impact ChangeRock HillSC$769k0
WEST HARRISON WATER SUPPLY CORPORATIONHallsvilleTX$769k0
NEW ROOTS COMMUNITY FARM INCFayettevilleWV$768k1
PEORIA COUNTY FARM BUREAUPeoriaIL$768k0
COMMUNITY GARDEN KITCHEN OF COLLIN COUNTY INCMcKinneyTX$767k0
Agricultural Support AssociationBloomingtonIL$767k10
Arizona Urban Agriculture FoundationGilbertAZ$766k1
NORTH ST PAUL AREA FOOD SHELFNorth St PaulMN$766k1
HEARTLAND KIDS AGAINST HUNGERValleyNE$766k1
Nooksack Valley Food Bank AssociationEversonWA$765k1
OUR DAILY BREAD MANSFIELD FOOD PANTRY INCMansfieldMA$765k0
Border Area Nutrition Council IncLaredoTX$764k0
MONTCO ANTI-HUNGER NETWORKLansdalePA$764k2
Upcycled Food AssociationDenverCO$762k1
Quality Living Services IncAtlantaGA$761k1
COMMON MARKET MID-ATLANTIC INCPhiladelphiaPA$760k1
Tenants TogetherSan FranciscoCA$757k1
BENTON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETYSauk RapidsMN$756k1
CHILDREN'S NUTRITION SERVICES INCFredoniaKS$756k1
THE NUTRIENT INSTITUTERenoNV$756k1
PICKAWAY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INCCirclevilleOH$756k0
ITS GOING TO BE OK INCDallasTX$753k1
TWO FISH AND FIVE LOAVES COMMUNITY CAFE INCCoatesvillePA$752k1
THE PEOPLES PANTRYGreat BarringtonMA$751k0
SAM DAY FOUNDATIONPortlandOR$751k1
IOWA FOOD BANK ASSOCIATIONWaterlooIA$749k1
CLICK INCWillimanticCT$748k0
CALYPSO FARM & ECOLOGY CENTEREsterAK$747k3
Meals on Wheels Delaware IncWilmingtonDE$745k1
Community Soup Kitchen IncorporatedNew HavenCT$745k0
WARRENS CRANBERRY FESTIVAL INCWarrensWI$745k0
CACFP ASSISTANCE & CHILDCARE BUSINESS CONSULTING INCOak RidgeNC$743k1
GRACEFULL FOUNDATIONLittletonCO$742k3
Crossroads Community Food Network IncTakoma ParkMD$742k1
NUTRITION FOR CHILDREN INCChampaignIL$742k1
WEST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELSSan PabloCA$741k1
Saginaw Community Food Club & KitchenSaginawMI$739k1
MUSCATINE COUNTY FAIRWest LibertyIA$739k0
QUAKERTOWN FOOD PANTRYQuakertownPA$739k0
HEAVEN'S WINDOWSSpring ValleyCA$737k1
WINDHAM COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INCBrooklynCT$736k1
NW COMMUNITY FOODWashingtonDC$736k0
Nourish Knoxville IncKnoxvilleTN$736k0