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Filing year 2024

THE WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

Santa Fe, New Mexico·EIN 85-0102311·NTEE A500 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$1.9M
Total assets
$7.7M
Total expenses
$1.7M
Reported officers
16
Mission

TO RESPECT AND SUPPORT THE TRADITIONS AND CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLES, AND TO PRESENT EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROGRAMS RELATING TO THEM; TO COLLECT AND DOCUMENT CONTEMPORARY EXPRESSIONS OF THE NAVAJO PEOPLE ESPECIALLY, BUT ALSO THE RIO GRANDE PUEBLO PEOPLE AND OTHER NATIVE AMERICANS OF NEW MEXICO; TO MAINTAIN COLLECTIONS OF ARTIFACTS, BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND OTHER METARIALS RELATING TO THE HISTORY, CULTURE, AND ARTS OF THE NAVAJO PEOPLE ESPECIALLY, BUT ALSO THE RIO GRANDE PUEBLO PEOPLE AND OTHER NATIVE AMERICANS OF NEW MEXICO, AND TO MAKE SAID RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR STUDY; AND TO PUBLISH BOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS CONCERNING THE FOREGOING AND MATTERS RELATED THERETO.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 2 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$216k
$230k
Base
$198k
Bonus
Other
$18k
Benefits
Coo/cfo
officer (unspecified)
$80k
$86k

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 14 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 15%
from 2023

From $188k in 2023 to $216k in 2024.

$188k
2023
$216k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 12% in real terms$206k to $230k

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 WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.5M
$1.6M
2023
$1.9M
$1.7M
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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