The founder and chief executive of the Whole Foods supermarket chain has donated most of his 2009 pay to an animal-welfare charity, Inc. reports.

John Mackey gave Global Animal Partnership $379,636, his after-tax earnings on compensation valued at $653,671.

Since 2007 Mr. Mackey, a critic of high CEO wages, has set his salary at $1. The remainder of his pay comes from an incentive bonus plan, the level of which has been frozen.