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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 56 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
CHILDHOOD FOOD SOLUTIONSCincinnatiOH$308k0
INCUBATOR KITCHEN COLLECTIVENewportKY$308k1
RENEWABLE FARMSOrangeCA$307k1
Feeding Charlotte IncCharlotteNC$307k2
COMMUNITY KITCHEN INCColumbusOH$307k1
GREEN COUNTY CATTLEMANS ASSOCIATION INCGreensburgKY$307k0
COLUMBIA FALLS FOOD BANKColumbia FallsMT$307k2
Outdoor Equity AllianceTrentonNJ$307k1
SPROUTING FARMS CORPORATIONTalcottWV$306k1
STOREHOUSE FOOD PANTRYMorehead CityNC$306k0
ARIZONAS FAMILY TO THE HOMELESSMesaAZ$305k0
GLENN COUNTY FARM BUREAUOrlandCA$305k0
FARMERS DITCH COMPANYLongmontCO$305k0
FEEDING VERMILLIONVermillionSD$305k0
Chattanooga Food CenterChattanoogaTN$304k1
DELAWARE VALLEY FOOD PANTRY INCLambertvilleNJ$304k0
SOUTH CAROLINA POULTRY FEDERATIONColumbiaSC$304k0
AFFTON CHRISTIAN FOOD PANTRYSt LouisMO$304k0
SAFE HAVEN SUSTAINABLE FARMS INCOrosiCA$304k0
Feed New Mexico Kids IncAlbuquerqueNM$304k1
Food For Life Ministry IncChinoCA$304k0
Gods Hand Food Ministry IncCampbellsvilleKY$303k0
J EVAN AND CATHERINE ROBERTS AGRICULTURAL TRUSTLivermoreCO$303k0
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FARMER COALITIONN FerrisburghVT$303k0
ARABIAN HORSE BREEDERS ALLIANCEGilbertAZ$303k0
WASCO COUNTY YOUTH LIVESTOCK AUCTIOThe DallesOR$303k0
MASSACHUSETTS TREE WARDENS' AND FORESTERS' ASSOCIATION INCNorwellMA$302k1
UNITED DEER FARMERS OF MICHIGANCadillacMI$302k0
MOONSTAR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONSouth San FranciscoCA$302k0
CRESCENT FOOD BANKIrvineCA$301k1
Hungry for a DaySmyrnaGA$301k0
LOW INPUT VITICULTURE & ENOLOGY INC (LIVE)PortlandOR$301k1
ADAMS COUNTY EMERGENCY FOOD BANKCommerce CityCO$301k1
Lake Chelan Food BankChelanWA$301k0
Lagrange County Hope IncLaGrangeIN$301k0
MONTAVILLA FARMERS MARKETPortlandOR$300k1
Green Acres Urban Farm And Research ProjectKansas CityMO$300k1
TAPROOT A LOPEZ KITCHENLopez IslandWA$299k3
FAMILIES FEEDING HOPE FOUNDATIONDurantOK$299k1
WACO DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKETWacoTX$299k1
HOWARD COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK ASSNBig SpringTX$299k0
HUNGERS END INCParrishFL$299k0
FOOD PANTRY OF ALPINEAlpineTX$299k0
Kettering Back Pack IncDaytonOH$298k1
ZELLWOOD WATER USERS INCZellwoodFL$298k2
Utah Agricultural Land TrustLoganUT$297k1
NUTRIENDO PR INCSan JuanPR$297k0
Brooklyn Rescue Mission Urban Harvest Center IncBrooklynNY$297k2
HELP A NEEDY INCSouth Ozone ParkNY$297k0
THE SALUDA POP-UP PANTRYSaludaNC$297k0