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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 42 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
ALLIANCE FOR AGRICULTURE CORPOrocovisPR$551k0
GEORGIA KOREAN-AMERICAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION INCDuluthGA$551k5
MEALS ON WHEELS INC OF TARRANT COUNTY ENDOWMENT FUNDFort WorthTX$551k3
SUPRSEED IncLos AngelesCA$551k1
THE REFUGE INCGreenwoodIN$550k1
GROVELAND EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF INCMinneapolisMN$550k2
THE EDUCATIONAL FARM AT JOPPA HILLBedfordNH$549k0
FEED SEVEN GENERATIONSEnumclawWA$549k0
Asheville Poverty InitiativeAshevilleNC$549k3
FAITH INFLUENCED LEADERS CORPORATION C/O CHERIAN PHILIPSouth BurlingtonVT$548k1
CHESHIRE FAIR ASSOCIATION INCSwanzeyNH$547k0
SOCIETY OF SENSORY PROFESSIONALSSt PaulMN$546k0
ZACHARY FOOD PANTRY INCORPORATEDZacharyLA$546k0
COLE GORDONS THE HELPING HAND FOUNDATION INCFriendswoodTX$546k0
MEALS ON WHEELS OF JAMESTOWN AREA INCFalconerNY$545k1
A3 FOUNDATION CORPCoral GablesFL$545k1
HELPING HANDS NUTRITIONAL SERVICES INCAikenSC$545k0
CASSIA COUNTY SUGARBEET GROWERS ASSOCIATIONBurleyID$545k0
FARM AND CRAFT MARKET INCLong BeachCA$545k1
GLOBAL FOOD PARTNERS INCWashingtonDC$544k1
HANDS OF MERCY OUTREACH CENTER INCFayettevilleTN$544k0
MONTGOMERY COUNTY FARM BUREAUClarksvilleTN$544k0
ASSOCIATION TO MEET EMERGENCY NEEDS INCDickinsonND$542k0
SOUP KITCHEN IN PROVINCETOWNINCProvincetownMA$542k0
Marathon Water Supply & Sewer Service CorporationMarathonTX$541k1
BAYTOWN MEALS ON WHEELSBaytownTX$541k2
THE PANTRY PLUS MORE INCMorgantownWV$541k0
Lowcountry Food Bank Endowment FundCharlestonSC$540k0
FAMBROUGH MUTUAL DWC ASSNHagermanNM$540k0
COMMUNITY KITCHENLovelandCO$540k0
Welcome Table IncorporatedAustinTX$540k2
THE GIVING TREE OC INCTustinCA$539k0
THE COMMUNITY FOOD CUPBOARD OF ROCHESTER INCRochesterNY$538k0
SOLEA WATERSt LouisMO$537k2
MARSHFIELD FOOD PANTRY INCMarshfieldMA$537k0
KANSAS FARM MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION NEHoltonKS$537k0
Alaska Research ConsortiumKodiakAK$537k0
MUSICALLY FEDScottsdaleAZ$536k1
FAITH AT WORK MINISTRIESKempTX$536k0
LEADERSHIP IDAHO AGRICULTUREMeridianID$536k2
WILDWOOD SOUP KITCHEN INCWildwoodFL$535k0
JEFFERSON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INCBloomingdaleOH$535k1
NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL FAIRS INCRaleighNC$535k2
OUR VILLAGE GARDENSPortlandOR$535k4
FRIENDS OF YAD YITZCHAK INCBrooklynNY$535k0
ENERGYUNITED FOUNDATION INCStatesvilleNC$534k0
FULLERS OVERLOOK FARM INCWaverlyPA$534k0
GALVESTON ISLAND MEALS ON WHEELS INCGalvestonTX$534k1
Otsego County Fair Association IncMorrisNY$534k0
Orange Home Grown Foundation IncOrangeCA$534k0