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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 61 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
EUCLID HUNGER TASK FORCE INCEuclidOH$258k0
HOPE PARTNERS OF FARMINGTONUnionvilleCT$257k1
LOVE THE HUNGRY INCLouisvilleKY$257k1
ARIZONA JUNIOR RODEO ASSOCIATION INCPrescott ValleyAZ$257k1
Table For Two USANew YorkNY$257k1
NOW SERVING INCRaleighNC$257k1
FEED-A-CHILD WNC INCBurnsvilleNC$257k0
NC FARM BUREAU R FLAKE SHAW MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INCRaleighNC$256k0
MECHANICSBURG AREA MEALS ON WHEELSMechanicsburgPA$256k1
WORLDLINK PARTNERSHolladayUT$256k0
JACKSON COUNTY 4-H FFA JR LIVESTOCK AUCTION COMMITTEE INCEagle PointOR$256k0
Provo Farmers MarketProvoUT$256k1
MINNESOTA TEAMSTERS FOOD SHELFMinneapolisMN$256k0
WILSON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL LEARNING CENTERLebanonTN$256k0
Osamequin Farm IncSeekonkMA$256k1
ECOAG COLLABORATIVE INCWorthingtonMA$256k1
RobinHood GroupUnionSC$256k0
4 SAINTS EPISCOPAL FOOD PANTRYFort WorthTX$255k1
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ENDOWMENT FUNDDenverCO$255k1
PETERS PANTRY INCManitowocWI$255k0
SOIL2SERVICE INCDetroitMI$254k1
TENDER MERCIES MINISTRIES OF PRINCETONPrincetonWV$254k0
KOOTENAI CLASSIC LIVESTOCK SHOWHaydenID$253k0
OYSTER SOUTH COMPANYDecaturGA$253k0
SMALL FARM INSTITUTEMillersburgOH$253k0
MUSTARD SEED - A COMMUNITY CAFEEl PasoTX$253k1
ALPINE LAKES RANCH WATER COMPANYPagosa SpringsCO$252k0
STRONG ARM COMMUNITY FOOD BANKAlbertvilleAL$252k0
MEALS ON WHEELS INCEldonMO$252k0
BAGS OF HOPECorneliusNC$252k0
MONTANA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATIONBozemanMT$252k2
VERMONT FARM BUREAU INCMontpelierVT$251k2
Orville and Willa Chatt Senior Citizen CenterTekamahNE$251k0
BROWN BAG LADYLos AngelesCA$251k0
SAN PEDRO MEALS ON WHEELSSan PedroCA$251k0
ALIANZA RAICES VIVASSan AntonioTX$251k1
HELPING HANDS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI C/O JON ROBERTSONSt ElizabethMO$251k0
CONGREGATIONAL KITCHENAlleganMI$251k0
E & L DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INCFlowoodMS$251k3
North Country MissionsColebrookNH$250k0
BLUEGRASS AGTECH DEVELOPMENT CORPLexingtonKY$250k0
PAMPA MEALS ON WHEELS INCPampaTX$250k1
Detroit Farms Foundation IncHarper WoodsMI$250k0
VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION FOR BIOLOGICAL FARMING INCCatawbaVA$250k0
Sunrise Christian Food MinistryCitrus HeightsCA$250k3
CHEFS FOR IMPACT INCNew YorkNY$250k2
AFRICULTUREUnionvilleVA$250k1
AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETYGlendaleCA$249k3
Carolina Feed Industry AssociationGainesvilleGA$249k0
Colorado Farm to Table IncSalidaCO$249k2