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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 49 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
KNOX COUNTY COMMUNITY GARDENS AND GROWERS ALLIANCEKnoxvilleTN$408k0
RIO GRANDE AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUSTAlbuquerqueNM$408k1
NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF NEW HAMPSHIREConcordNH$408k0
Ecosystems of CareChicagoIL$407k0
COMMUNITY GREEN FARMSPittsburgKS$407k1
FIRST FRUITS FARM FOUNDATION INCFreelandMD$406k0
ESSEX COUNTY AG SOCIETY 3 SISCO STWestportNY$406k0
Macomb County Veterans Food BankClinton TownshipMI$405k0
BECKER COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INCDetroit LakesMN$405k0
CEA ALLIANCEAlexandriaVA$404k1
STOREHOUSE FOOD PANTRYManchesterTN$404k1
HOPEAUSTINCedar ParkTX$404k0
COMMUNITY ACTION LIFE LINE INCCelinaOH$403k0
MORGANTOWN AREA MEALS ON WHEELSMorgantownWV$403k0
THE COMMERCIAL FISHERIES CENTER OF RHODE ISLAND INCWakefieldRI$403k0
AGAMERICA GIVING INCLakelandFL$403k0
SMART BELLIESBreckenridgeCO$402k2
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS OF AMHERST COUNTY INCMadison HeightsVA$402k0
HARVEST HOUSE OUTREACH INCTulsaOK$402k5
HANDS OF JESUS FOOD PANTRYGuthrieOK$402k0
KATAHDIN HAIR SHEEP INTERNATIONAL INCFowlervilleMI$402k0
URBAN COMMUNITY AGRI-NOMICS UCANDurhamNC$401k1
VILLAGE HILLTOP FOUNDATION INCWilmingtonDE$401k0
Utopian Seed Project IncAshevilleNC$401k1
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation IncMadisonWI$401k4
HUNTERS SHARING THE HARVEST INCGreenvillePA$401k1
FARM-TO-POWER INCGrand RapidsMN$400k0
SOMERSET COUNTY MOBILE FOOD BANKSomersetPA$400k0
TETON VALLEY FOOD PANTRY INCDriggsID$400k0
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY QUALITY COTTON GROWERS ASSOCIATIONShafterCA$399k1
Caritas Connections IncSt LouisMO$399k0
ALTASEADS CONSERVANCY DBA KELP ARK - THE GLOBAL MACROALGAE SEEDSan PedroCA$398k4
NORDIC MOUNTAIN WATER INCEdenUT$398k3
WOODLAND VOLUNTEER BUREAU FOOD CLOSETWoodlandCA$398k1
MARSHALL HOPE CORPORATIONAnnapolisMD$397k0
POTATO ASSOCIATION OF AMERICASt PaulMN$397k0
HELPING HANDS CARING HEARTS INCBentonAR$397k2
SCHOLARS OF SUSTENANCEWilmingtonNC$396k0
KIMBLE COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELSJunctionTX$395k0
HEARTS UNITED FOR BRISTOL INCBristolIN$395k0
Associated Water Users of the Uinta and Lake Fork Rivers IncRooseveltUT$395k3
PEOPLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONBerkeleyCA$394k2
EMANUEL FOOD PANTRYDurhamNC$394k1
THE ECUMENICAL COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY OF NORWOOD INCNorwoodMA$394k0
FRESH RX INCBoynton BeachFL$392k1
DRUID CITY GARDEN PROJECTTuscaloosaAL$391k0
LIVINGSTON COUNTY FARM BUREAUPontiacIL$391k1
HARVEST SEED PROJECT FOUNDATIONMcKinneyTX$390k2
SALT LAKE CITY JR LIVESTOCK PROGRAM INCRivertonUT$390k0
CLEVELAND PARK VILLAGE INCWashingtonDC$390k1