Feeding America CEO salary and executive pay
Feeding America paid its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, $1,214,028 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $100,526 (9.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $5,001,395,215, down 0.9% from $5,047,685,550 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Feeding America ranks 23rd of 45 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. Feeding America has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 36-3673599, Chicago, IL.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,214,028
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Linda Nageotte (President & COO), $527,285.
- Total revenue
- $5,001,395,215
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 11%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202610909349301216.View the filing
Peers: the 52 other organizations on this site with revenue over $5 billion. Ranked 47th of 53 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.02% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
This is the Feeding America national office in Chicago. Its member food banks are separate nonprofits that file their own returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 2 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Claire Babineaux-Fontenot CEO CEO | $1,214,028 |
| Linda NageottePresident & COO | $527,285 |
| Paul HenrysTreasurer | $481,373 |
| Maryann ByrdakChief Info. Officer until 12/24 | $449,145 |
| Kathryn StricklandChief Network Officer | $424,393 |
Also paid on the latest return: Casey Marsh (Chief Development Officer), $415,206; Matt Hayes (Chief HR Officer), $386,366; Ami McReynolds (Chief Advocacy & Community Officer), $381,021; Erika Thiem (Chief Supply Chain Officer), $372,013; Vincent Hall (Chief Gov Relations Officer), $363,941; Claire Wellington (Secretary), $318,287; Lauren Biedron (Sr. VP, Corporate Partnerships), $308,067; Rajesh Mirchandani (Chief Comm & CE Officer until 8/24), $304,571; Ronald Martin (VP, Finance/Controller), $302,238; Steven Carlberg (VP, Infrastructure Services), $294,000; Julia Luscombe (VP, Strategic Planning and Portfolio Management), $284,684; Daniel Nisbet (VP of Development until 5/24), $270,779; Jennifer Polk (Chief Mkt & Comm Officer until 6/24), $269,154; Melanie Hall (Chief Research Officer), $197,966.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Shawn O'Grady (Chair), Kelvin Taketa (Immediate Past Chair), Anne Alonzo (Director), Rahsaan G Bernard (Director), Anna Bourne (Director), Kofi Bruce (Director), Kelvin Buncum (Director), Julie L Butner (Director), Eric Cooper (Director), Rita Carreon (Director), Elizabeth Dennis (Director), Marc Howze (Director), Jim Kallman (Director), Kate Maehr (Director), Bruce McPheron (Director), Lisa Mensah (Director), Toni Stanger-McLaughin (Director), Scott Young (Director).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Claire Babineaux-Fontenot CEO CEO | $1,214,028 | $5,001,395,215 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Claire Babineaux-Fontenot CEO CEO | $1,113,502 | $5,047,685,550 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 Amended | Claire Babineaux-Fontenot CEO CEO | $1,014,494 | $4,916,912,461 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Claire Babineaux-Fontenot CEO CEO | $959,665 | $4,267,241,782 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202610909349301216.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Claire Babineaux-FontenotCEO | $1,048,375 | $165,653 | $756,064 | $284,167 | $8,144 | $145,700 | $19,953 | $1,214,028 |
| Linda NageottePresident & COO | $484,760 | $42,525 | $416,213 | $64,935 | $3,612 | $20,700 | $21,825 | $527,285 |
| Paul HenrysTreasurer | $459,073 | $22,300 | $389,026 | $67,515 | $2,532 | $16,688 | $5,612 | $481,373 |
| Maryann ByrdakChief Info. Officer until 12/24 | $403,617 | $45,528 | $351,422 | $50,546 | $1,649 | $20,700 | $24,828 | $449,145 |
| Kathryn StricklandChief Network Officer | $390,910 | $33,483 | $330,030 | $57,111 | $3,769 | $20,700 | $12,783 | $424,393 |
These figures come from Feeding America's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Feeding America compares
Ranked 23rd of 45 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 22nd, ASPCA, $1,226,402
- Next in this ranking: 24th, Alzheimer's Association, $1,174,136
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
AARP$2,871,820 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Battelle Memorial Institute$5,978,396 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals$12,976,050 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot (CEO) was paid $1,214,028 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,048,375 from Feeding America and $165,653 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,214,028.
This is the Feeding America national office in Chicago. Its member food banks are separate nonprofits that file their own returns.
Feeding America paid its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, $1,214,028 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $100,526 (9.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, paid $959,665. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $959,665 (Claire Babineaux-Fontenot); June 2023, $1,014,494; June 2024, $1,113,502; June 2025, $1,214,028.
Feeding America's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $5,006,685,690 and total revenue of $5,001,395,215 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $5,290,475. Expenses were $5,089,874,237 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they fell 1.6%. The CEO's pay of $1,214,028 equals 0.02% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Feeding America filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on March 31, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.