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Filing year 2023

ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM

Tucson, Arizona·EIN 86-0111675·NTEE A560 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$16.2M
Total assets
$66.1M
Total expenses
$14.6M
Reported officers
29
Mission

WE INSPIRE PEOPLE TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THE NATURAL WORLD BY FOSTERING LOVE, APPRECIATION, AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE SONORAN DESERT.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

CFO Through Oct 2023
$219k
$239k
Base
$121k
Bonus
Other
$83k
Benefits
$7k
Executive Director
$213k
$233k
Base
$183k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$25k
Chief Operating Officer
$147k
$161k
Director of Philanthropy
highest compensated employee
$136k
$149k
Director of Collections and Exhibits
highest compensated employee
$129k
$141k
Interim Cfo, Oct-jan
$66k
$73k
Vice Chair
board vice chair
$980
$1k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 22 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 11%
from 2022

From $196k in 2022 to $219k in 2023.

$196k
2022
$219k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 7% in real terms$224k to $239k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, 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

ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$15.2M
$13.5M
2022
$16.2M
$14.6M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in Arizona

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in Arizona pay their highest-earning executive a median of $60,102.

25th percentile
$29k
Median
$60,102
75th percentile
$96k
90th percentile
$227k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 78 organizations across 78 filings (2022 – 2023).

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