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Filing year 2024

Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 36-2167797·NTEE A570 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$66.4M
Total assets
$433M
Total expenses
$0
Reported officers
102
Mission

The Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (the Museum), a 501(c)(3) corporation, is the largest science museum in the Western hemisphere and home to thousands of artifacts. For 90 years, the Museum has been a premier destination in Chicago, Illinois. The Museum's mission is to inspire the inventive genius in everyone, and its vision is rooted in the Museum's historic rotunda engraving: Science discerns the laws of nature, industry applies them to the needs of humankind. The Museum welcomes over 1.4 million guests annually and is the top Chicago museum field trip destination for students. Through its education programs, the Museum engages over half a million participants annually in science education programs.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 11 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
President & Ceo/trustee
$924k
VP - Exhibitions, Collections, Cco
vice president
$394k
VP - Chief Financial Officer
$360k
VP - Chief of People and Culture
vice president
$325k
VP - Chief Administrative Officer
vice president
$304k
Ruth D. & Ken M. Davee Vp, Education
vice president
$303k
VP - Chief Marketing & Revenue
vice president
$282k
VP - Govt Affairs/chief Bus Officer
vice president
$257k
AVP - Information Technology
highest compensated employee
$233k
AVP - Exhibitions & Partnerships
highest compensated employee
$198k
VP - General Counsel
vice president
$195k

Plus 91 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 6%
from 2023

From $874k in 2023 to $924k in 2024.

$874k
2023
$924k
2024
Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.

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