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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 36 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
FOOD WORKSCarbondaleIL$736k16
MEALS ON WHEELS OF EASTERN ONONDAGA COUNTY INCManliusNY$734k0
FOOD FOR HOPEThorntonCO$733k2
THREE SISTERS GARDEN PROJECT INCIpswichMA$732k1
RAPPAHANNOCK PANTRY INCWashingtonVA$732k1
SOCIETY FOR NUTRITION EDUCATION AND BEHAVIORIndianapolisIN$732k0
Tennessee Cattlemens Association IncMurfreesboroTN$731k2
Belfast Soup KitchenBelfastME$729k0
GLOBAL PRAGATHI INCDaytonOH$729k0
TWIN CREEK WATER SUPPLY CORPORATIONNew BadenTX$728k0
CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES INCWashingtonKS$727k1
BIODYNAMIC FARMLAND CONSERVATION TRUST INCAmherstMA$726k2
PAULDING COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETYPauldingOH$725k2
NORTH COUNTRY FOOD ALLIANCEMinneapolisMN$724k1
THE ILLINOIS GRAPE GROWERS & VINTNERS ALLIANCESpringfieldIL$724k0
FOODFINDERINCAlpharettaGA$723k2
CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH FOOD PANTY INCFletcherNC$723k0
FEEDING GEORGIA INCEast PointGA$723k1
GLEAN KENTUCKY INCLexingtonKY$723k2
CAYENNE WELLNESS CENTER AND CHILDRENS FOUNDATION INCBurbankCA$723k1
HORIZONS UNLIMITED INCKaukaunaWI$722k1
WOMEN FOOD & AGRICULTURE NETWORKStory CityIA$721k0
MONTANA LAND TO HANDWhitefishMT$720k1
Ocean Shores Food BankOcean ShoresWA$720k0
CLEAN LABEL PROJECT FOUNDATIONBroomfieldCO$720k3
NORTH CAROLINA CHRISTMAS TREE ASSOCIATIONBooneNC$720k0
FEED THE KIDS COLUMBUS INCPlain CityOH$719k0
OHIO CO & INDPT ERIE CO AG SOCIETYSanduskyOH$718k2
DARBY RODEO ASSOCIATIONDarbyMT$718k0
FARMERS OUTREACH SOLUTIONSKnightdaleNC$717k1
MEALS ON WHEELS OF COLUMBIA INCColumbiaMO$717k1
THE RICHWOOD INDEPENDENT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETYRichwoodOH$715k0
SANTUCK HEBRON WATER COMPANY INCCarlisleSC$715k0
SOUTH LAWRENCE WATER CORPORATIONSumnerIL$714k1
SOLIDARITY SANDY SPRINGS INCSandy SpringsGA$714k0
SHELBY COUNTY FARM BUREAUMemphisTN$713k0
ALL FARMERS INCSpringfieldMA$713k4
Agroecology CommonsBerkeleyCA$712k5
NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR FOOD BANK INCNew BloomfieldPA$712k0
ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANKAllentownPA$711k1
Pike County Agricultural SocietyPiketonOH$710k0
FRANKLINTON FARMSColumbusOH$710k1
TEXAS CORN PRODUCERS ASSOCIATIONLubbockTX$710k0
The TREE of North TexasFort WorthTX$710k2
GOLDEN BACKPACK PROGRAM INCGoldenCO$710k1
LOAVES AND FISHES NEW HAVEN INCNew HavenCT$708k1
MENDOCINO COUNTY FARM BUREAUUkiahCA$708k0
MEDWAY VILLAGE FOOD PANTRY INCMedwayMA$708k0
CLEVELAND CHESED CENTERCleveland HeightsOH$706k7
SANDHILLS AGINNOVATION CENTER INCRockinghamNC$706k0