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Filing year 2024

Portland Museum of Art

Portland, Maine·EIN 01-0378420·NTEE A510 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$14.6M
Total assets
$96.1M
Total expenses
$11.8M
Reported officers
43
Mission

Art for All. The Portland Museum of Art seeks to create an inclusive space that champions open expression and makes art accessible to all.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$421k
$455k
Base
$348k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$61k
Sr. Deputy Director/coo
director (operational)
$273k
$295k
Base
$256k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Chief Curator
highest compensated employee
$230k
$249k
Base
$200k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$24k
Chief Financial Officer
$220k
$237k
Base
$193k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$20k
Director of Philanthropy
highest compensated employee
$136k
$147k
Director of HR
highest compensated employee
$132k
$142k
Past Creative Director/dir. of PR
highest compensated employee
$117k
$126k
Director of Major Gifts
highest compensated employee
$114k
$123k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

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

Plus 35 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Down 8%
from 2023

From $460k in 2023 to $421k in 2024.

$460k
2023
$421k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 11% in real terms$513k to $455k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Northeast 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

Portland Museum of Art reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$15.4M
$13.4M
2023
$14.6M
$11.8M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $58,598.

25th percentile
$24k
Median
$58,598
75th percentile
$111k
90th percentile
$215k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 4,819 organizations across 4,819 filings (2021 – 2023).

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