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Filing year 2023

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VARIABLE STAR OB

Cambridge, Massachusetts·EIN 04-2164402·NTEE U310 · Science & Technology·3
Total revenue
$1.1M
Total assets
$19.1M
Total expenses
$1.2M
Reported officers
16
Mission

THE AAVSO PROVIDES AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS AND STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE REAL AND DIRECT CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASTRONOMY. IN PROGRAMS THEY COMPLETE AT THEIR OWN PACE, WE TEACH THEM HOW TO MAKE OBSERVATIONS AND HOW TO ANALYZE ASTRONOMICAL DATA, AND WE OFFER THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN OBSERVING CAMPAIGNS DESIGNED TO PRODUCE PEER-REVIEWED PUBLISHED PAPERS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2023

Executive Director
$202k
$222k
Base
$172k
Bonus
$10k
Other
Benefits
$11k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 15 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Science & Technology

Up 63%
from 2022

From $124k in 2022 to $202k in 2023.

$124k
2022
$202k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 57% in real terms$142k to $222k

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VARIABLE STAR OB reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$692k
$1.2M
2022
$1.1M
$1.2M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Science & Technology executives earn

Comparable science & technology organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $111,215.

25th percentile
$35k
Median
$111,215
75th percentile
$231k
90th percentile
$443k

These are science & technology sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 255 organizations across 255 filings (2022 – 2023).

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