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Filing year 2023

SAN JOSE CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM

San Jose, California·EIN 94-2870828·NTEE A520 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$6.6M
Total assets
$25.1M
Total expenses
$6.1M
Reported officers
33
Mission

CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM OF SAN JOSE INSPIRES CREATIVITY, CURIOSITY AND LIFELONG LEARNING.

Executive compensation, broken down

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

Executive Director
$327k
$358k
Base
$250k
Bonus
$47k
Other
Benefits
$16k
Director of Finance
$257k
$282k
Base
$196k
Bonus
$35k
Other
Benefits
$18k
Director of Info Systems & Coms
highest compensated employee
$229k
$251k
Base
$185k
Bonus
$34k
Other
Benefits
$2k
Director of Exhibits & Facilities
highest compensated employee
$176k
$193k
Base
$144k
Bonus
$13k
Other
Benefits
$12k
Director of Education & Programs
highest compensated employee
$149k
$163k
Director of Marketing
director (operational)
$146k
$160k
Associate Director of Development
$134k
$147k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

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

Plus 26 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 8%
from 2022

From $302k in 2022 to $327k in 2023.

$302k
2022
$327k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 4% in real terms$345k to $358k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West 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

SAN JOSE CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$6.1M
$6.2M
2022
$6.6M
$6.1M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in California

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $66,860.

25th percentile
$28k
Median
$66,860
75th percentile
$120k
90th percentile
$221k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 630 organizations across 630 filings (2021 – 2023).

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