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Filing year 2023

PROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM

Boston, Massachusetts·EIN 04-2104852·NTEE B700 · Education·3
Total revenue
$9M
Total assets
$137.2M
Total expenses
$13.2M
Reported officers
26

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Director
director (operational)
$383k
$422k
Base
$348k
Bonus
Other
$5k
Benefits
$2k
Director of Development
$273k
$301k
Base
$222k
Bonus
Other
$828
Benefits
$31k
Director of Finance
$210k
$232k
Base
$167k
Bonus
Other
$807
Benefits
$29k
Curator, Rare Books/spec. Collections
highest compensated employee
$200k
$220k
Base
$156k
Bonus
Other
$781
Benefits
$30k
Director of Facilities & Security
highest compensated employee
$143k
$158k
Major Gift Officer
highest compensated employee
$136k
$150k
I.t. Manager
highest compensated employee
$128k
$141k

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 19 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 8%
from 2022

From $356k in 2022 to $383k in 2023.

$356k
2022
$383k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 4% in real terms$406k to $422k

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

PROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$7M
$11.6M
2022
$9M
$13.2M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in Massachusetts

Comparable education organizations in Massachusetts pay their highest-earning executive a median of $132,637.

25th percentile
$61k
Median
$132,637
75th percentile
$333k
90th percentile
$721k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 379 organizations across 379 filings (2021 – 2023).

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