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Filing year 2023

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO

La Jolla, California·EIN 95-1855640·NTEE A510 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$15.3M
Total assets
$156.2M
Total expenses
$15.1M
Reported officers
39
Mission

THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO INVITES ALL AUDIENCES TO EXPERIENCE OUR WORLD, OUR REGION, AND OURSELVES THROUGH THE PRISM OF CONTEMPORARY ART.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

David C. Copley Director and CEO
$458k
$508k
Base
$401k
Bonus
$110
Other
Benefits
$53k
Advancement Director
key employee
$200k
$222k
Base
$188k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$8k
Curatorial Affairs Sr. Director
highest compensated employee
$146k
$162k
Human Resources Director
highest compensated employee
$133k
$147k
Controller
highest compensated employee
$131k
$145k
Senior Curator
highest compensated employee
$121k
$135k
Facilities Director
highest compensated employee
$109k
$121k
CFO (until 03/2024)
$70k
$78k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with San Diego-Carlsbad, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 31 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 2%
from 2022

From $449k in 2022 to $458k in 2023.

$449k
2022
$458k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 3% in real terms$523k to $508k

Estimated with San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 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.

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