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Filing year 2024

WORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY INC

Worcester, Massachusetts·EIN 04-2105868·NTEE A560 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$10.5M
Total assets
$27.3M
Total expenses
$5.9M
Reported officers
21
Mission

THE ECOTARIUM'S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE A PASSION FOR SCIENCE AND NATURE AMONG ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ONE-OF-A-KIND EXPERIENCES, INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS, AND ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMMING. AS NEW ENGLAND'S LEADING SCIENCE AND NATURE CENTER, OUR VISION IS TO BE AN INNOVATIVE LEADER IN EXPERIENTIAL, COMMUNITY-CENTERED, SCIENCE LEARNING. THE ECOTARIUM IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED FOR INNOVATIVE, INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMMING FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND SCHOOL GROUPS, AND FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL GUEST EXPERIENCE.

Executive compensation, broken down

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

President and CEO
$227k
$245k
Base
$211k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$16k
Chief Advancement Officer
officer (unspecified)
$126k
$137k

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 19 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Held steady
from 2023

From $225k in 2023 to $227k in 2024.

$225k
2023
$227k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 3% in real terms$251k to $245k

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

WORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$5.2M
$5.8M
2023
$10.5M
$5.9M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in Massachusetts

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in Massachusetts pay their highest-earning executive a median of $75,614.

25th percentile
$24k
Median
$75,614
75th percentile
$130k
90th percentile
$293k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 197 organizations across 197 filings (2022 – 2023).

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