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Filing year 2024

METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS MUSEUM INC

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts·EIN 04-3251784·NTEE A59Z · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$647k
Total assets
$3.1M
Total expenses
$736k
Reported officers
13
Mission

THE MWM OWNS AND OPERATES THE WATERWORKS MUSEUM (THE "MUSEUM"), INCLUDING A COMMUNITY MEETING ROOM. THE MUSEUM IS A SINGLE CONDOMINIUM UNIT OF THE MUSEUM BUILDING CONDOMINIUM, ONE OF SEPARATE CONDOMINIUM BUILDING REGIMES ON THE SITE. THE FOUR BUILDINGS SHARE CERTAIN OPERATING RESPONSIBILITIES THROUGH AN ADMINISTRATIVE TRUST (THE WATERWORKS AT CHESTNUT HILL TRUST), AND THE COMPLEX IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE WATERWORKS AT CHESTNUT HILL. THE SITE WAS PREVIOUSLY THE CHESTNUT HILL WATERWORKS, OWNED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, AND DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LDA. THREE OF THE FOUR BUILDINGS AND THE ADJACENT CHESTNUT HILL RESERVOIR ARE LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND THE ENTIRE SITE IS A DESIGNATED CITY OF BOSTON LANDMARK. THE MUSEUM HOUSES THREE HISTORIC STEAM PUMPING ENGINES INSTALLED BETWEEN 1894 AND 1921: THE ALLIS, THE WORTHINGTON, AND THE LEAVITT. AS REQUIRED UNDER THE LDA, MWM PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE MUSEUM AT NO FEE, AND TO THE COMMUNITY ROO

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$79k
$84k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 12 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Held steady
from 2023

From $79k in 2023 to $79k in 2024.

$79k
2023
$79k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 3% in real terms$87k to $84k

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 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

METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS MUSEUM INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$475k
$635k
2023
$647k
$736k
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in Massachusetts

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in Massachusetts pay their highest-earning executive a median of $75,614.

25th percentile
$24k
Median
$75,614
75th percentile
$130k
90th percentile
$293k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 197 organizations across 197 filings (2022 – 2023).

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