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Filing year 2023

DISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER OF LOS ANGELES

Sylmar, California·EIN 45-5191270·NTEE A57 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$6.3M
Total assets
$18.3M
Total expenses
$7.4M
Reported officers
24
Mission

WE INSPIRE AND EDUCATE YOUNG MINDS THROUGH ENGAGING SCIENCE-BASED PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITS TO CREATE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.

Executive compensation, broken down

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

Chief Executive Officer
$253k
$280k
Base
$193k
Bonus
$39k
Other
Benefits
$4k
Executive Director Los Angeles
$230k
$254k
Base
$222k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Chief Financial Officer
$112k
$124k
Base
$85k
Bonus
$8k
Other
Benefits
$4k
Vice President of Education
vice president
$83k
$92k
Base
$63k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$4k
Chief of Staff
key employee
$80k
$89k
Base
$66k
Bonus
$6k
Other
Benefits
Vice President, Exhibits and Program Developm
vice president
$62k
$68k
Base
$58k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships
vice president
$59k
$66k
Base
$48k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$3k
Vice President of Human Resources
vice president
$52k
$58k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 16 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Down 14%
from 2022

From $294k in 2022 to $253k in 2023.

$294k
2022
$253k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 17% in real terms$336k to $280k

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro-area CPI-U, 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

DISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER OF LOS ANGELES reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$9.3M
$6.8M
2022
$6.3M
$7.4M
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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