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Filing year 2024

FRIST ART MUSEUM

Nashville, Tennessee·EIN 62-1731492·NTEE A400 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$18.2M
Total assets
$40.3M
Total expenses
$14.6M
Reported officers
33
Mission

TO PRESENT AND ORIGINATE HIGH QUALITY EXHIBITIONS WITH RELATED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Exec. Director & CEO
$362k
$384k
Base
$338k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$6k
Chief Curator
key employee
$197k
$209k
Base
$178k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$8k
Chief Development Officer
$193k
$205k
Base
$182k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Director-finance
director (operational)
$164k
$174k
Base
$150k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$6k
Director-education and Eng
highest compensated employee
$164k
$174k
Base
$148k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$7k
Director-communications
highest compensated employee
$159k
$168k
Base
$141k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Director-internal Affairs
highest compensated employee
$155k
$165k
Base
$131k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$15k
Director-human Resources
highest compensated employee
$138k
$147k
Facilities Director
highest compensated employee
$107k
$114k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 24 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 12%
from 2023

From $323k in 2023 to $362k in 2024.

$323k
2023
$362k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 9% in real terms$353k to $384k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, 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

FRIST ART MUSEUM reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$16.2M
$13.3M
2023
$18.2M
$14.6M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in Tennessee

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in Tennessee pay their highest-earning executive a median of $50,000.

25th percentile
$22k
Median
$50,000
75th percentile
$110k
90th percentile
$232k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 71 organizations across 71 filings (2021 – 2023).

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