Houston Food Bank CEO salary and executive pay
Houston Food Bank paid its CEO, Brian Greene, $434,369 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $12,324 (2.8%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $435,363,433, up 18.8% from $366,329,444 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Houston Food Bank has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 74-2181456, Houston, TX.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$434,369
- Total revenue
- $435,363,433
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 5%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621349349305107.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 196th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.10% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
No one on the latest return was paid more than $500,000.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Brian Greene CEO President/CEO | $434,369 |
| Nicole LanderChief Impact Officer | $243,002 |
| Amy RaganExecutive Gift Officer | $225,582 |
| Kendace CulbrethChief Human Resources Officer | $220,403 |
| Laura GarciaDirector of HR Operations | $148,918 |
Also paid on the latest return: Melanie J McGuire (Senior Director of Programs), $143,781; Paula McKenzie (Director of Donor Engagement), $141,107; Pearl K Cajoles (Director of Marketing and Communications), $135,656; Samantha F Andrews (Director of Logistics), $132,151; Banh Hai Duong (Chief Operating Officer), $126,074; Chinelo Aralu (Chief financial officer), $67,334.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Lisa Helfman (Vice Chair), Michael Harris (Board Chair), Steve Retzloff (BOARD TREASURER), Cathy Easter (BOARD MEMBER), Charles Davidson (BOARD MEMBER), Farah Ahmed (BOARD MEMBER), James Bell (BOARD MEMBER), Jesse Avelar (BOARD MEMBER), Jim Chapman (BOARD MEMBER), Maredith Duncan (BOARD MEMBER), Michael DeLorenzo (BOARD MEMBER), Miguel Calatayud (BOARD MEMBER), Ruth Lopez Turley (BOARD MEMBER), Tracy Vaught (BOARD MEMBER), Troy Harding (BOARD MEMBER).
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 | Brian Greene CEO President/CEO | $434,369 | $435,363,433 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Brian Greene CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $446,693 | $366,329,444 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Brian Greene CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $417,205 | $298,504,285 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Brian Greene CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $406,085 | $376,356,914 | 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 202621349349305107.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Brian GreenePresident/CEO | $352,208 | $82,161 | $305,708 | $46,500 | $0 | $63,893 | $18,268 | $434,369 |
| Nicole LanderChief Impact Officer | $224,114 | $18,888 | $201,720 | $22,394 | $0 | $6,773 | $12,115 | $243,002 |
| Amy RaganExecutive Gift Officer | $210,320 | $15,262 | $187,806 | $22,514 | $0 | $6,310 | $8,952 | $225,582 |
| Kendace CulbrethChief Human Resources Officer | $205,960 | $14,443 | $186,200 | $19,760 | $0 | $6,179 | $8,264 | $220,403 |
| Laura GarciaDirector of HR Operations | $137,227 | $11,691 | Not listed on Schedule J | |||||
These figures come from Houston Food Bank'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 Houston Food Bank compares
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Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
American Institutes for Research$1,647,659 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance$2,056,676 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
SRI International$1,440,820 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Toys for Tots$484,426 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Boston Foundation$915,854 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Brian Greene (President/CEO) was paid $434,369 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $352,208 from Houston Food Bank and $82,161 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Brian Greene, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $434,369.
Houston Food Bank paid its CEO, Brian Greene, $434,369 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $12,324 (2.8%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Brian Greene, paid $406,085. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $406,085 (Brian Greene); June 2023, $417,205; June 2024, $446,693; June 2025, $434,369.
Houston Food Bank's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $429,808,230 and total revenue of $435,363,433 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $5,555,203. Expenses were $358,419,910 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 19.9%. The CEO's pay of $434,369 equals 0.10% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Houston Food Bank filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for 4 of the 5 people in the pay breakdown above.