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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 97 of 144

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRYPhoenixAZ$91k0
FAITH FEEDING FREEDOM FOUNDATIONFalling WatersWV$91k0
GRAINERY MINISTRIESSalidaCO$91k1
CHATHAM AREA SILENT PANTRY INCChathamNY$91k0
Korean Food Global AssociationLos AngelesCA$91k0
KIDS FIRST INITIATIVECincinnatiOH$91k0
LEFT LOVERSSan JoseCA$91k0
HELPING HAND FOOD PANTRY C/O LOIS KOHANHillsdaleNJ$91k0
SUPPORT SMYRNA INCSmyrnaGA$91k0
HOLY MANNA MINISTRIES INCCartersvilleGA$91k0
NETWORK FOR BETTER NUTRITION INCAuburndaleFL$91k0
LUNENBURG COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INCLunenburgMA$91k0
BULLDOG BAGS INCStowOH$91k0
GLOBAL GOOD BAKERYGilbertAZ$91k0
HENDERSON COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATIONLexingtonTN$91k1
THE MCCAULEY FOUNDATION INCSpringfieldMO$91k0
PROJECT DOWNTOWN SFL INCPembroke PinesFL$91k0
COOS COUNTY STEP COMMISSION INCNorth BendOR$91k0
Livestock Master FoundationCamano IslandWA$91k0
HORSEMANS QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA INCStatesboroGA$91k0
THE AIDS FOOD STORE INCLong BeachCA$91k0
PLANT A ROW FOR THE HUNGRY PORT WASHINGTON NEW YORK INCManhassetNY$90k1
HEALTHYU NUTRITIONPortlandOR$90k1
MEALS ON WHEELS OF SEDALIASedaliaMO$90k0
HAMAKUA HARVEST INCHonokaaHI$90k1
FORT ATKINSON FOOD PANTRY INCFort AtkinsonWI$90k0
NORTH EAST WAKE BACKPACK BUDDIESRolesvilleNC$90k0
ACHI613 INCBoynton BeachFL$90k0
Food For Thought of Contra Costa CountyRichmondCA$90k0
SUNSHINE FARM FOUNDATIONHaleiwaHI$90k0
FOODIVERSITYMooresvilleNC$90k0
CUSTER COUNTY COMMUNITY TABLEMiles CityMT$90k0
Memphis Farmers MarketMemphisTN$90k0
FOODWAVESMilwaukieOR$90k2
Heroic Food INCRhinebeckNY$90k1
Western New York Quarter Horse Club IncLockportNY$90k0
ALIANZA AGRI-CULTURA DE TAOSTaosNM$90k0
North Greene Area Food PantryWhite HallIL$90k0
WYTHEVILLE FARMERS MARKETWythevilleVA$90k0
Community Provisions of Jackson CountySeymourIN$90k1
HIS GRACIOUS HANDS OF GRACESachseTX$89k0
Evansville Emergency Food Pantry Consortium incEvansvilleIN$89k1
HOUSING WORKS FOOD SERVICES INCBrooklynNY$89k3
MAKING A DIFFERENCE BY MAKING A CHANGE FOUNDATION INC FOUNDATION INCSanfordFL$89k0
MOHALA FARMSWaialuaHI$89k1
Atlanta Thien Tam Charity IncLawrencevilleGA$89k0
PARTINGTON MUTUAL WATER COMPANYBig SurCA$89k0
MEREDITH FOOD PANTRYMeredithNH$89k0
THE VERDANT PROJECTSuperiorCO$89k0
CONSERVATION TILLAGE & TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE INCLimaOH$89k0