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Filing year 2024

DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER

Saint Louis, Missouri·EIN 31-1584621·NTEE U500 · Science & Technology·3
Total revenue
$63.8M
Total assets
$625.7M
Total expenses
$67.8M
Reported officers
44
Mission

IMPROVE THE HUMAN CONDITION THROUGH PLANT SCIENCE/RESEARCH: FEED THE HUNGRY AND IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH, PRESERVE AND RENEW OUR ENVIRONMENT AND ENHANCE OUR REGION'S ECONOMY.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 13 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

President and CEO
$881k
$932k
Base
$760k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$20k
COO and V.p. for Finance
$409k
$432k
Base
$356k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$25k
$319k
$338k
Base
$270k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$28k
Principal Investigator
highest compensated employee
$309k
$327k
Base
$260k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$27k
V.p. for Development
key employee
$306k
$323k
Base
$254k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$31k
V.p. for Research
key employee
$294k
$311k
Base
$262k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$11k
Executive Director of Iici
$286k
$303k
Base
$277k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$1k
V.p. of Facilities
highest compensated employee
$283k
$299k
Base
$228k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$26k
Principal Investigator
highest compensated employee
$275k
$290k
Base
$238k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$18k
V.p. for People and Culture
key employee
$262k
$277k
Base
$230k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$3k
Assistant Secretary
secretary (operational)
$173k
$183k
Base
$134k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$27k
Controller
officer (unspecified)
$160k
$169k
Base
$141k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$8k
V.p. of Finance
officer (unspecified)
$160k
$169k
Base
$143k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$6k

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 31 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Science & Technology

Up 4%
from 2023

From $850k in 2023 to $881k in 2024.

$850k
2023
$881k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Roughly flat in real terms$928k to $932k

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

DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$65.7M
$64.2M
2023
$63.8M
$67.8M
2024
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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