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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 72 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
NORTH DEARBORN PANTRY INCWest HarrisonIN$179k1
COLORADO FARM BUREAU FOUNDATIONCentennialCO$179k0
BOONE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION CENTER INCAlbionNE$179k0
BLESSING MISSION RWANDA INCFruitdaleAL$179k0
SONOMA HOME MEALS INCSonomaCA$179k0
JEFFERSON COUNTY HOUSE OF HOPE INCMadisonIN$178k0
Foundation DinnersLancasterOH$178k1
Burlington Food PantryBurlingtonME$178k0
MARICOPA PANTRY INCMaricopaAZ$178k0
FG-HOPE INCCincinnatiOH$178k2
Dundee Fresh Grocery IncDundeeNY$178k0
ST LUKE FOOD PANTRYTupeloMS$178k1
LESOTHO NUTRITION INITIATIVEOakwoodOH$178k0
HOMETOWN RESOURCE CENTERSt CharlesMN$177k0
PEORIA GROWNPeoriaIL$177k1
Bean Bag Food ProgramSoudertonPA$177k1
MOTHERS CUPBOARD COMMUNITY KITCHEN INCNashvilleIN$177k2
PROJECT 216 INCFort WayneIN$177k5
Eagle Community Foodbank IncEagleID$177k0
GOOD NEIGHBOR CUPBOARDAndersonSC$177k0
KENTUCKY SHEEP AND GOAT DEVELOPMENT OFFICE INCFrankfortKY$177k0
BLOOMSBURG FOOD CUPBOARDBloomsburgPA$177k0
WESTERN ORGANIC DAIRY PRODUCERS ALLIANCEChicoCA$176k1
FOOD4KIDS BACKPACK PROGRAM OF NORTH FLORIDA INCGainesvilleFL$176k1
MEALS ON WHEELS OF MCPHERSON KS INCMcPhersonKS$176k0
COMMUNITY RESOURCES CONNECTION INCLexingtonSC$176k2
NORTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL ASSNFargoND$176k0
AMERICAN ABERDEEN ASSOCIATIONKearneyMO$176k0
MOREHEAD GATEWAY HELPING HANDS FOODBANKMoreheadKY$176k0
UMMAH RELIEF USA INCMilwaukeeWI$176k0
THE COMMUNITY FOOD COLLABORATIVERichmondVA$176k3
THE KEYES INGREDIENTSSpringTX$176k0
MEMPHIS CENTRAL INCMemphisTN$176k0
HELPING OUR PEOPLE ELEVATE (HOPE)LeanderTX$176k0
VITTLES FOR VETSRadfordVA$176k1
MONTGOMERY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATIONButlerIL$176k0
TAOS FEEDS TAOS INCTaosNM$176k0
GREEN VILLAGE INITIATIVE INCBridgeportCT$176k0
DENVER RUSTLERS INCDenverCO$176k0
CLARKSDALE COAHOMA COUNTY MINISTRIES INCClarksdaleMS$175k0
ACTIVE PLUS INCNew YorkNY$175k1
Sylvan Grove Fair and Ag AssociationSylvan GroveKS$175k0
DRY FARMING INSTITUTECorvallisOR$175k0
White Lion Farms FoundationDeerfieldNY$175k0
Quigley Family Charitable TrustFort MyersFL$175k0
Iowa State Dairy AssociationSaint PaulMN$175k0
ADONAIRancho CucamongaCA$175k0
FARE MEALS INCBal HarbourFL$175k0
EAU CLAIRE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORSEau ClaireWI$175k8
Kids Against Hunger Philadelphia INCBroomallPA$175k0