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Filing year 2024

CatchLight

San Francisco, California·EIN 27-1912845·NTEE A40 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$3.7M
Total assets
$2.8M
Total expenses
$3.3M
Reported officers
16
Mission

CatchLight is a hybrid nonprofit media organization combining the practices of art, journalism and social justice. We are a transformational force, urgently bringing resources and organizations together to nurture and grow a thriving visual ecosystem. We leverage the power of visuals to inform, connect and transform communities.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 5 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base
$237k
Bonus
$50k
Other
Benefits
$36k
VP of Development
vice president
$220k
$233k
Base
$161k
Bonus
$23k
Other
Benefits
$26k
Executive Editor
unclassified
$195k
$207k
Base
$165k
Bonus
$14k
Other
Benefits
$8k
Director of Comm.
unclassified
$160k
$170k
Base
$131k
Bonus
$13k
Other
Benefits
$10k
Chief of Staff
unclassified
$134k
$142k

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 11 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 14%
from 2023

From $294k in 2023 to $336k in 2024.

$294k
2023
$336k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 11% in real terms$321k to $357k

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

CatchLight reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.1M
$2.5M
2023
$3.7M
$3.3M
2024
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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