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Filing year 2023

CENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS

Saint Louis, Missouri·EIN 43-1395056·NTEE A20Z · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$7.9M
Total assets
$21.5M
Total expenses
$8.7M
Reported officers
39
Mission

ENRICHING LIVES AND BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ARTS.

Executive compensation, broken down

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

Executive Director
$261k
$285k
Base
$218k
Bonus
$25k
Other
Benefits
$15k
Sr. Director of Development
$135k
$147k
Director of Dance
highest compensated employee
$122k
$134k
Sr. Director of Finance (thru 3/24)
$118k
$129k
Sr. Director of Advancement
highest compensated employee
$117k
$128k
Sr. Dir. of Artistic Strat & Prog
highest compensated employee
$112k
$122k
Sr. Managing Dir. of Operations
highest compensated employee
$107k
$117k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with St. Louis, MO-IL metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 32 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 66%
from 2022

From $157k in 2022 to $261k in 2023.

$157k
2022
$261k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 60% in real terms$178k to $285k

Estimated with St. Louis, MO-IL 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

CENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$5.4M
$7.8M
2022
$7.9M
$8.7M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in Missouri

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in Missouri pay their highest-earning executive a median of $59,173.

25th percentile
$29k
Median
$59,173
75th percentile
$101k
90th percentile
$222k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 77 organizations across 77 filings (2022 – 2023).

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