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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

Benchmark a specific Food, Agriculture & Nutrition role

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 5 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
FOOD FINDERS FOOD BANK INCLafayetteIN$20.7M1
YOLO FOOD BANKWoodlandCA$20.6M1
Central Illinois Foodbank IncSpringfieldIL$20.3M2
FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INCLincolnNE$20.2M3
Florida Foundation Seed Producers IncGreenwoodFL$20.1M1
FOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INCMcLeanVA$20M11
CENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTERESTWashingtonDC$19.8M8
CALIFORNIA RANGELAND TRUSTSacramentoCA$19.7M5
THE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF VICTORIA DBA FOOD BANK OF THE GOLDEN CRESCENTVictoriaTX$19.6M1
COMMUNITY SENIORSERV INCAnaheimCA$19.2M7
BREAD FOR THE CITY INCWashingtonDC$19M5
INTER-TRIBAL COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INCSault Ste MarieMI$18.7M2
MEALS ON WHEELS INC OF TARRANT COUNTYFort WorthTX$18.6M3
JUST ONE MORE MINISTRY INCGlendaleWI$18.1M1
MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INCPortlandOR$17.8M7
FOOD BANK OF THE ALBEMARLEElizabeth CityNC$17.7M1
PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INCEast BostonMA$17.6M8
PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTUREHarrisburgPA$17.6M1
GOOD NEIGHBORS INCClearwaterFL$17.5M0
FIVE OAKS AG RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER INCHumphreyAR$17.4M0
Project Open HandSan FranciscoCA$17.4M5
SOUTHERN CRESCENT RESOURCE MINISTRIES INCMcDonoughGA$17.3M2
412 FOOD RESCUE INCPittsburghPA$16.9M6
THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANKOlympiaWA$16.7M1
CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND C/O SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLESan FranciscoCA$16.6M2
OUR DAILY BREAD OF TENNESSEE INCKnoxvilleTN$16.5M2
WESTMORELAND COUNTY FOOD BANK INCDelmontPA$16.5M2
AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA)FremontCA$16.5M1
ExtrafoodKentfieldCA$16.4M2
BLUE MOUNTAIN ACTION COUNCILWalla WallaWA$16.4M4
HEART MINISTRY CENTEROmahaNE$16.3M6
HUNGER NETWORK OF GREATER CLEVELANDClevelandOH$16.2M1
MEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INCAustinTX$16.1M2
BRAZOS VALLEY FOOD BANK INCBryanTX$15.9M1
Rodale InstituteKutztownPA$15.8M7
Brighter Bites IncHoustonTX$15.8M4
RETHINK FOOD USA INCNew YorkNY$15.6M4
NATIONAL REINING HORSE ASSOCIATIONOklahoma CityOK$15.5M6
West Ohio Food BankLimaOH$15.4M1
HEART OF COMPASSION DISTRIBUTIONMontebelloCA$15.3M1
Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food BankBellinghamWA$15.3M2
THE BIG TABLE PROJECT INCPalm BeachFL$15.2M1
National Black Food and Justice AllianceAtlantaGA$15.2M2
THE FOOD BASKET INCHiloHI$15M1
THE WILLIAM H MINER AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTEChazyNY$15M8
SPOONFULSNewtonMA$14.9M5
BAYOU SUGAR GROWERS INCCarencroLA$14.7M0
MEALS ON WHEELS OF CENTRAL MARYLANDINCBaltimoreMD$14.5M3
ALOHA HARVESTHonoluluHI$14.4M2
TOLEDO NORTHWESTERN OHIO FOOD BANKToledoOH$14.4M2