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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 89 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
LIGNITE SENIOR CITIZENS CLUBLigniteND$111k0
COLORADO RIVER FOOD BANKLaughlinNV$111k0
HEART AND HANDS MINISTRIES OF BELL COUNTYSaladoTX$111k1
TARRANT COUNTY MASTER GARDENER ASSOCIATION INCFort WorthTX$111k0
Port Byron Community Food Pantry In cPort ByronNY$111k0
Helping Hands Pantry NFPMachesney ParkIL$111k0
CHILDREN SHOULDNT HUNGER INCClarksvilleIN$111k1
Forney Food Pantry IncForneyTX$111k2
Golden Butterfly BakersHoustonTX$111k0
PIZZA4MOMS INCSt Louis ParkMN$111k0
LOGAN COUNTY CATTLEWOMENMerinoCO$111k0
BEVERLY HILLS COMMUNITY FARM INC DBA CITY GREENS COMMUNITY FARMBeverly HillsCA$110k1
BRINGING JUSTICE HOME INCLouisvilleKY$110k0
HAWARDEN COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRYHawardenIA$110k0
WHITING MOTHERSHIP COOPERATIVESeattleWA$110k0
TEXAS RABBIT BREEDERS ASSOCIATION IDeleonTX$110k0
TORAT HAIM INCBrooklynNY$110k0
LIGHTING THE WAY OUTREACHChattanoogaTN$110k0
THRIVE FOR GOOD USSeattleWA$110k0
CLARKSON FAMILY FARM INCMalibuCA$110k0
LLJ FOUNDATIONLenoir CityTN$110k0
ACADIA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONBar HarborME$110k0
CALVARYS MISSION INCSouth Ozone ParkNY$110k0
Cimarron Community FarmLake ElmoMN$110k3
Smithville Food PantrySmithvilleTX$110k0
MOOSE LAKE AREA FOOD SHELFMoose LakeMN$110k0
LSCC IncDickinsonTX$110k0
OREGON SEED RESEARCH INSTITUTESalemOR$109k0
THE FIG FOUNDATION INCNorth Miami BeachFL$109k0
OLDE BEAUFORT FARMERS' MARKETBeaufortNC$109k1
COMFORT CORNER INCOak GroveLA$109k0
FOOD 4 THOUGHT INNOVATIONS INCBostonMA$109k0
LAWTON FARMERS MARKET INSTITUTELawtonOK$109k1
ROANOKE BENSON HOPE CENTERRoanokeIL$109k0
CAMDEN AREA FOOD PANTRY INCCamdenNY$109k0
Millersville Area Meals on WheelsMillersvillePA$109k3
FAIR AMOUNT FOOD FORESTPhiladelphiaPA$109k1
FEED LEE'S SUMMIT INCLees SummitMO$109k0
CLEARWATER COUNTY FOOD SHELF INCBagleyMN$109k0
MOUNT HOLLY FARMERS MARKETMount HollyNC$109k0
GODS PANTRYPlanoTX$109k1
MISSION GATESVILLE INCGatesvilleTX$109k0
GREATER CROSSETT AREA FOOD BANKCrossettAR$109k0
SHARED KITCHEN ITHACA INCIthacaNY$109k1
Red Wing Area Farmers Market Association IncRed WingMN$109k1
ARDMORE SOUP KITCHEN INCArdmoreOK$109k0
NEVADA ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTSEurekaNV$109k0
BERRIOS MINISTRIESFort SmithAR$108k1
FAIR FOOD FUNDDetroitMI$108k1
CUSTER FOOD PANTRY INCCusterSD$108k0