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Filing year 2024

The Art Base

Basalt, Colorado·EIN 20-1188479·NTEE A40 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$719k
Total assets
$2.1M
Total expenses
$799k
Reported officers
10
Mission

To support local artists and craftspeople in our community by providing public exhibition and artmaking opportunities. To foster creative expression through the visual arts for learners of all ages and abilities. to provide programs and a learning environment committed to acceptance, accessibility, and unique learning skills.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$101k
$108k
Base
$101k
Bonus
Other
Benefits

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 9 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Fell 12%
over 2 years

From $114k in 2022 to $101k in 2024.

$114k
2022
$107k
2023
$101k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 17% in real terms$131k to $108k

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

The Art Base reported revenue and expenses across 3 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$654k
$798k
2022
$763k
$843k
2023
$719k
$799k
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in Colorado

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in Colorado pay their highest-earning executive a median of $47,585.

25th percentile
$19k
Median
$47,585
75th percentile
$90k
90th percentile
$180k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 117 organizations across 117 filings (2022 – 2023).

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