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Filing year 2023

Detroit Historical Society

Detroit, Michigan·EIN 38-1381144·NTEE A82Z · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$7.2M
Total assets
$9.5M
Total expenses
$6.8M
Reported officers
45
Mission

The Detroit Histoircal Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 5 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

President and CEO
$258k
$281k
Base
$240k
Bonus
$10k
Other
$6k
Benefits
VP of Development
vice president
$190k
$207k
Base
$170k
Bonus
$5k
Other
$4k
Benefits
$10k
Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer
key employee
$167k
$181k
Base
$160k
Bonus
$5k
Other
Benefits
Chief Exhibition Officer
officer (unspecified)
$135k
$147k
Chief Financial Officer
$106k
$115k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 40 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 16%
from 2022

From $223k in 2022 to $258k in 2023.

$223k
2022
$258k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 9% in real terms$257k to $281k

Estimated with Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 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.

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