Midwest Food Bank CEO salary and executive pay
Midwest Food Bank paid its CEO, Eric Hodel, $418,272 for the fiscal year ending December 2025. That is up $94,167 (29.1%) from the fiscal year ending December 2024. Total revenue on that return was $579,032,442, up 4.0% from $556,728,681 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. Midwest Food Bank ranks 13th of 17 human services nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. Midwest Food Bank has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 41-2120170, Normal, IL.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2025
$418,272
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Patrick Burke (COO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR), $188,485; Lisa Sollberger (CFO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR), $165,107; Mike Swartz (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR), $138,355.
- Total revenue
- $579,032,442
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 14%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2025, IRS object ID 202601349349306260.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 283rd of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.07% 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 |
|---|---|
| Eric Hodel CEO CEO | $418,272 |
| Jada HoerrCRO | $216,378 |
| Patrick BurkeCOO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | $188,485 |
| Lisa SollbergerCFO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | $165,107 |
| Mike SwartzEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | $138,355 |
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: David Kieser (PRESIDENT), Bill Leman (VICE PRESIDENT), Ann Kafer (SECRETARY), Dave Hodel (DIRECTOR), Jim Gapinski (DIRECTOR), Trent Scholl (DIRECTOR), Eric Sheldahl (DIRECTOR), Brandon Lipps (DIRECTOR), Matt Kees (DIRECTOR), Arthur Neal (DIRECTOR), Kellie Bray (DIRECTOR), Aaron Klopfenstein (DIRECTOR).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | Eric Hodel CEO CEO | $418,272 | $579,032,442 | Filing |
| Dec 2024 | Eric Hodel CEO CEO | $324,105 | $556,728,681 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Eric Hodel CEO CEO | $266,146 | $505,999,650 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Eric Hodel CEO CEO | $245,541 | $434,933,396 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2025, IRS object ID 202601349349306260.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Eric HodelCEO | $381,981 | $36,291 | $294,981 | $87,000 | $0 | $9,112 | $27,179 | $418,272 |
| Jada HoerrCRO | $198,201 | $18,177 | $188,201 | $10,000 | $0 | $7,571 | $10,606 | $216,378 |
| Patrick BurkeCOO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | $160,796 | $27,689 | $157,796 | $3,000 | $0 | $6,490 | $21,199 | $188,485 |
| Lisa SollbergerCFO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | $148,731 | $16,376 | $143,731 | $5,000 | $0 | $5,770 | $10,606 | $165,107 |
| Mike SwartzEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | $126,376 | $11,979 | Not listed on Schedule J | |||||
These figures come from Midwest 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 Midwest Food Bank compares
Ranked 13th of 17 human services nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 12th, Toys for Tots, $484,426
- Next in this ranking: 14th, Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin, $414,221
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Sea Mar Community Health Centers$1,643,299 (CEO), fiscal year ending Mar 2025
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$1,635,457 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
National Center for Manufacturing Sciences$951,013 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
LifeNet Health$4,117,970 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Young Life$708,001 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Eric Hodel (CEO) was paid $418,272 for the fiscal year ending December 2025: $381,981 from Midwest Food Bank and $36,291 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Eric Hodel, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $418,272.
Midwest Food Bank paid its CEO, Eric Hodel, $418,272 for the fiscal year ending December 2025. That is up $94,167 (29.1%) from the fiscal year ending December 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Eric Hodel, paid $245,541. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $245,541 (Eric Hodel); December 2023, $266,146; December 2024, $324,105; December 2025, $418,272.
Midwest Food Bank's return for the fiscal year ending December 2025 reports total expenses of $569,275,925 and total revenue of $579,032,442 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $9,756,517. Expenses were $545,939,846 for the fiscal year ending December 2024, so they rose 4.3%. The CEO's pay of $418,272 equals 0.07% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Midwest 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 December 2025 return breaks down pay for 4 of the 5 people in the pay breakdown above.