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Filing year 2023

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY

Kamuela, Hawaii·EIN 95-3972799·NTEE U310 · Science & Technology·3
Total revenue
$30.4M
Total assets
$62M
Total expenses
$32.9M
Reported officers
15

Executive compensation, broken down

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

Former Observatory Director (till 6/11/23)
former officer/director/trustee
$643k
$704k
Base
$153k
Bonus
Other
$438k
Benefits
$27k
Interim Obs. Director/ Assoc. Director External Re
director (operational)
$377k
$412k
Base
$246k
Bonus
Other
$56k
Benefits
$36k
$351k
$384k
Base
$265k
Bonus
$6k
Other
Benefits
$42k
Chief Scientist
highest compensated employee
$348k
$380k
Base
$253k
Bonus
Other
$29k
Benefits
$39k
Chief of Technical Development
highest compensated employee
$324k
$354k
Base
$253k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$35k
Chief Operations Officer
highest compensated employee
$305k
$334k
Base
$226k
Bonus
Other
$23k
Benefits
$31k
Chief Development Officer
$297k
$325k
Base
$234k
Bonus
$4k
Other
Benefits
$40k

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 8 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Science & Technology

Up 47%
from 2022

From $439k in 2022 to $643k in 2023.

$439k
2022
$643k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 41% in real terms$501k to $704k

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

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$29.6M
$44.7M
2022
$30.4M
$32.9M
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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