Executive Compensation at Specialty Food Association, Inc.
The Specialty Food Association (SFA) is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501 (c) (6) – a trade association – that represents about 3,500 specialty food companies. The organization owns and produces the Fancy Food Shows – a winter (California) and summer (New York) specialty food convention that showcases new and established products and services in the food industry.
The SFA generally raises about $30 million annually, most of which comes from trade shows (Fancy Food Shows). Expenses (primarily compensation and convention fees) have historically been a few million dollars less than revenue which has allowed the SFA to accumulate $55 million by year-end 2017 (according to the Form 990 submitted to the IRS).
65 employees received $8.8 million in compensation, which equates to an average compensation of $135,300. However, only 20 employees received more than $100,000 with the 11 most highly compensated employees reported to be: Read more 
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