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Filing year 2023

BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM

Sausalito, California·EIN 68-0033227·NTEE A520 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$8.5M
Total assets
$20.9M
Total expenses
$10.8M
Reported officers
38
Mission

WE CREATE PLAYFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT INSPIRE A PASSION FOR DISCOVERY IN EVERY CHILD.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base
$285k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$744
Cfoo
officer (unspecified)
$172k
$187k
Base
$160k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$11k
Director of Development
$165k
$179k
Base
$163k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$1k
Dir of Playful Learning
highest compensated employee
$151k
$165k
Base
$145k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$6k
Dir of Mktng & Visiting Se
highest compensated employee
$143k
$156k
Controller
highest compensated employee
$132k
$144k
Head of Facilities & Exhibit Production
highest compensated employee
$116k
$126k
Head of Research and Evaluation
highest compensated employee
$112k
$122k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 30 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 8%
from 2022

From $265k in 2022 to $286k in 2023.

$265k
2022
$286k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 4% in real terms$299k to $311k

Estimated with San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 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

BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$7.6M
$10M
2022
$8.5M
$10.8M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in California

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $66,860.

25th percentile
$28k
Median
$66,860
75th percentile
$120k
90th percentile
$221k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 630 organizations across 630 filings (2021 – 2023).

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