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Filing year 2023

MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

Detroit, Michigan·EIN 38-1882096·NTEE A500 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$20.8M
Total assets
$31.7M
Total expenses
$13.5M
Reported officers
37
Mission

THE WRIGHT MUSEUM OPENS MINDS AND CHANGES LIVES THROUGH THE EXPLORATION AND CELEBRATIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE. THE WRIGHT MUSEUM PROVIDES LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, EXHIBITIONS, PROGRAMS, AND EVENTS BASED ON COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH THAT EXPLORE THE DIVERSE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THEIR AFRICAN ORIGINS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 6 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

$298k
$324k
Base
$298k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$199k
$216k
Base
$199k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
SVP Instit.
senior vice president
$162k
$176k
Base
$162k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
VP Org. Dev
vice president
$105k
$114k
Chief of Sta
officer (unspecified)
$91k
$99k
CPA
officer (unspecified)
$42k
$46k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 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 Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 14%
from 2022

From $260k in 2022 to $298k in 2023.

$260k
2022
$298k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 8% in real terms$300k to $324k

Estimated with Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 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

MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$13.4M
$10.3M
2022
$20.8M
$13.5M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in Michigan

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in Michigan pay their highest-earning executive a median of $56,400.

25th percentile
$28k
Median
$56,400
75th percentile
$90k
90th percentile
$155k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 97 organizations across 97 filings (2021 – 2023).

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