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Filing year 2023

WENDELL GILLEY MUSEUM OF BIRD CARVING

Southwest Harbor, Maine·EIN 01-0368574·NTEE A510 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$715k
Total assets
$5.5M
Total expenses
$574k
Reported officers
22
Mission

THE WENDELL GILLEY MUSEUM IS A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT CELEBRATES THE LIFE AND WORK OF WENDELL GILLEY, A PIONEER IN THE FIELD OF DECORATIVE BIRD CARVING. IT TEACHES THE ART OF BIRD CARVING AS WELL AS OTHER HANDS-ON CREATIVE PROGRAMS. THE MUSEUM ALSO PRESENTS ART EXHIBITIONS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON PEOPLE, NATURE AND ART. THE MUSEUM ENDEAVORS TO INSPIRE APPRECIATION OF THE VISUAL ARTS, ENGAGEMENT IN ARTISTIC CREATIVITY, AND RESPECT AND CARE FOR THE NATURAL WORLD.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2023

Museum Direc
officer (unspecified)
$89k
$100k

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 21 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 3%
from 2022

From $87k in 2022 to $89k in 2023.

$87k
2022
$89k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Roughly flat in real terms$100k to $100k

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

WENDELL GILLEY MUSEUM OF BIRD CARVING reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$535k
$766k
2022
$715k
$574k
2023
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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