Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $82,073,962
- Total expenses
- $65,965,222
- Contributions and grants received
- $44,950,418
- Grants paid
- $8,000
- Program service revenue
- $32,232,572
- Investment income
- $2,650,117
- Other revenue
- $2,240,855
- Total assets, end of year
- $308,228,843
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $56,255,931
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $251,972,912
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $53,642,790
- Management and general expenses
- $8,156,529
- Fundraising expenses
- $4,165,903
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $53,642,790
Program services were 81.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1c · Fundraising events
$1,364,049
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$43,586,369
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$442,361
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2a · Program service revenue: Admission fees
total $21,357,369 · related or exempt $21,357,369
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2b · Program service revenue: Membership fees
total $4,566,906 · related or exempt $4,566,906
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2c · Program service revenue: Educational prog. fees
total $2,445,813 · related or exempt $2,445,813
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2d · Program service revenue: Parking garage revenue
total $2,376,310 · related or exempt $2,376,310
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2e · Program service revenue: Tours/commissions
total $1,486,174 · related or exempt $1,486,174
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3 · Investment income
total $620,000 · unrelated business $9,576 · excluded $610,424
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6a · Gross rents
real property $2,339,262
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $386,583
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $1,952,679
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $1,952,679 · related or exempt $1,462,402 · excluded $490,277
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $12,121,579 · other assets $35,613
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $10,127,075 · other assets $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $1,994,504 · other assets $35,613
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $2,030,117 · unrelated business $4,560 · excluded $2,025,557
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$1,089,133
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$1,364,049
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$1,257,566
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$168,433 · excluded -$168,433
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$4,602,448
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$4,145,839
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $456,609 · related or exempt $456,609
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $8,000 · program services $8,000
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $1,588,330 · program services $1,152,155 · management and general $266,720 · fundraising $169,455
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $18,406,190 · program services $13,283,753 · management and general $3,132,356 · fundraising $1,990,081
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $495,616 · program services $357,353 · management and general $84,547 · fundraising $53,716
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $1,461,704 · program services $1,053,874 · management and general $249,387 · fundraising $158,443
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $1,425,580 · program services $1,029,060 · management and general $242,471 · fundraising $154,049
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11b · Fees: legal
total $114,135 · management and general $114,135
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $79,318 · management and general $79,318
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $197,600 · management and general $197,600
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11g · Fees: other
total $3,720,704 · program services $2,655,376 · management and general $906,784 · fundraising $158,544
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,650,369 · program services $1,605,028 · management and general $54 · fundraising $45,287
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,275,048 · program services $1,093,966 · management and general $979,622 · fundraising $201,460
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16 · Occupancy
total $1,156,258 · program services $878,301 · management and general $170,895 · fundraising $107,062
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17 · Travel
total $284,651 · program services $161,315 · management and general $106,127 · fundraising $17,209
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20 · Interest
total $3,232,235 · program services $3,232,235
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $4,980,340 · program services $3,619,292 · management and general $827,622 · fundraising $533,426
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23 · Insurance
total $993,615 · program services $695,078 · management and general $213,622 · fundraising $84,915
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24a · Other expenses: Collection purchases
total $20,179,804 · program services $20,179,804
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24b · Other expenses: Exhibit expenses
total $1,312,927 · program services $1,233,755 · management and general $79,172
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24c · Other expenses: Service maintenance
total $705,143 · program services $520,746 · management and general $92,695 · fundraising $91,702
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24d · Other expenses: Repair & Maintenance
total $552,809 · program services $439,436 · management and general $68,940 · fundraising $44,433
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24e · All other expenses
total $1,144,846 · program services $444,263 · management and general $344,462 · fundraising $356,121
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $32,000 · end of year $33,999
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $22,728,677 · end of year $18,744,185
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $36,438,235 · end of year $49,636,592
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $59,824 · end of year $320,892
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $3,691,696 · end of year $4,714,393
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,160,345 · end of year $1,983,671
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$232,250,957
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$83,661,958
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $141,260,346 · end of year $148,588,999
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $38,233,940 · end of year $42,797,467
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $31,190,478 · end of year $35,467,786
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $2,151 · end of year $2,151
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $2,734,269 · end of year $5,938,708
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $3,865,823 · end of year $5,351,794
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $3,276,741 · end of year $3,501,537
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $37,985,634 · end of year $47,402,600
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $129,146,787 · end of year $126,098,883
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $103,256,976 · end of year $125,874,029
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain and promote a museum of the first class.
Activities or mission (Part I)
The Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS) serves as a valuable resources for the Houston community, offering extensive collections, exciting interactive exhibits, immersive environments, engaging films, compelling traveling exhibitions, and comprehensive classroom experiences.
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See Schedule OSince its establishment in 1909, the Houston Museum of Natural Science has served as a valuable resource for the Houston community, offering extensive collections, exciting interactive exhibits, immersive environments, engaging films, compelling traveling exhibitions, and comprehensive classroom experiences. In its permanent venues - drawing from its diverse collections of over 1.5 million objects - the Museum provides visitors with opportunities to expand their knowledge of anthropology, malacology, mineralogy, paleontology, entomology, chemistry, physics, biology, and other disciplines. The 400-seat Wortham Giant Screen Theatre presents relevant and entertaining films covering a wide variety of scientific topics. The Burke Baker Planetarium provides state-of-the-art, immersive learning adventures in astronomy and related subject matter. The Cockrell Butterfly Center is a living rain forest, allowing visitors to observe plants and insects and learn their roles in a natural ecosystem. The George Observatory in Brazos Bend State Park is a direct link to the planets and stars, giving visitors the opportunity to stargaze with a variety of telescopes, including the 36-inch Gueymard Research Telescope, one of the largest telescopes in the U.S. available to the public.
Expenses $50,847,283 · Grants $8,000 · Revenue $31,705,770
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The Museum's educational efforts are aimed at children and adults alike. Through hands-on interactive opportunities such as summer camps, field trips, outreach programming, teacher trainings, lecture series, and curator-led travel opportunities the Museum seeks to provide an inspirational learning environment that promotes scientific inquiry as a mode of thinking and engages the public in the wonders of science.
Expenses $2,795,507 · Revenue $2,445,813
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Randa Duncan Williams
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 6
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S Reed Morian
Vice Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 6
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Matthew J Assiff
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 6
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Tim Cejka
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 6
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Al Walker
Imm. Past Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 6
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Brady F Carruth
Exec. Committee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Alfred C Glassell III
Exec. Committee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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George Lindahl III
Exec. Committee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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William C Montgomery
Exec. Committee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Carroll R Ray
Exec. Committee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Christopher Stavros
Exec. Committee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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George W Strake III
Exec. Committee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Garry Tanner
Exec. Committee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Eugene Werlin Jr
Exec. Committee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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F Fox Benton III
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ernest H Cockrell
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael G Cousins
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Carolyn Davis
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Neil W Duffin
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Douglas C Elliott
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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George R Farris
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jason Fertitta
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeff B Gustavson
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Randall B Hale
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Anne Hamman Brollier
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tracey Henderson
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Maynard Holt
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael Holthouse
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Peter D Huddleston
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John W Johnson
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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TMark Kelly
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sippi K Khurana MD
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Truett Latimer
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joella Mach
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sean M Maher
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ronald N McMillan
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Derrick Mitchell
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael K Mithoff
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Laurie N Morian
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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William E Pritchard III
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jason Sabat
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lias J Steen
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Samuel E Stubbs
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rusty Walter
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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James D Weaver
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Harry P Weitzel
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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William M Wheless III
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John P Wilkirson
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David W Williams
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeanie Kilroy Wilson
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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James Wu
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joel A Bartsch
President
- Total calculated
- $703,054
- From this org
- $670,608
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $32,446
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $670,608
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $19,800
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,646
- Filer's total
- $703,054
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Jill M Lee
Chief Financial Officer
- Total calculated
- $386,077
- From this org
- $353,661
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $32,416
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $353,661
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $19,800
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,616
- Filer's total
- $386,077
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Eugenia K Dermas
Chief Development Officer
- Total calculated
- $548,844
- From this org
- $522,294
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,550
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $522,294
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $19,800
- Nontaxable benefits
- $6,750
- Filer's total
- $548,844
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Angel DeLeon
SVP, HR/Bldg Operations
- Total calculated
- $300,166
- From this org
- $270,420
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $29,746
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $270,420
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $17,100
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,646
- Filer's total
- $300,166
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Erin Blatzer
SVP, Budgeting
- Total calculated
- $301,755
- From this org
- $273,909
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,846
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $273,909
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $15,200
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,646
- Filer's total
- $301,755
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Latha Thomas
SVP, Marketing
- Total calculated
- $243,594
- From this org
- $230,308
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,286
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $230,308
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $13,265
- Nontaxable benefits
- $21
- Filer's total
- $243,594
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Lisa Rebori
SVP, Collection/Exhibit
- Total calculated
- $249,644
- From this org
- $231,201
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,443
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $231,201
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $11,700
- Nontaxable benefits
- $6,743
- Filer's total
- $249,644
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Melodie Wade
SVP, Digital Marketing
- Total calculated
- $185,328
- From this org
- $172,682
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,646
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $172,682
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,646
- Filer's total
- $185,328
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Mark Belcher
Director of IT
- Total calculated
- $229,646
- From this org
- $210,122
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $19,524
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $210,122
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $12,774
- Nontaxable benefits
- $6,750
- Filer's total
- $229,646
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Oscar Ruiz
VP, Museum Facilities
- Total calculated
- $179,494
- From this org
- $163,209
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,285
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $163,209
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,535
- Nontaxable benefits
- $6,750
- Filer's total
- $179,494
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Nicole Temple
VP, Education
- Total calculated
- $169,156
- From this org
- $153,027
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,129
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $153,027
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,379
- Nontaxable benefits
- $6,750
- Filer's total
- $169,156
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Victor Ticas
Dir. Exhibit Prod.
- Total calculated
- $197,459
- From this org
- $176,791
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,668
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $176,791
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $11,220
- Nontaxable benefits
- $9,448
- Filer's total
- $197,459
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Nicholaus Gaytan
Controller
- Total calculated
- $179,652
- From this org
- $162,918
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,734
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $162,918
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,984
- Nontaxable benefits
- $6,750
- Filer's total
- $179,652
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 22 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202423279349300102
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