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California Academy of Sciences

Fiscal year ending 2025. Filed on November 14, 2025.

55 Music Concourse Drive
San Francisco, California 94118

California Academy of Sciences (EIN: 94-1156258) has filed an IRS Form 990 between fiscal years 2016 and 2025. In its fiscal year 2025 IRS Form 990 filing, California Academy of Sciences, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 15 out of 704 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $386,212. The highest compensated employee at California Academy of Sciences is Scott Sampson with fiscal year 2025 compensation of $883,675.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$89,393,165

Expenses

$109,455,741

Employee compensation

$53,405,885
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Scott Sampson
Executive Director
$883,675
$705,728 No related comp$177,947
Jim Gohary
Chief Financial Officer (Thru 05/25)
$498,378
$463,777 No related comp$34,601
Amy Miller
Director of EDU K-12/Online (Thru 6/24)
$439,206
$406,104 No related comp$33,102
Amber Mace
Managing Director, Chief of Strategy
$437,276
$414,031 No related comp$23,245
Melissa Felder
Chief Experience Officer (Thru 05/25)
$425,114
$370,545 No related comp$54,569
Michael Costanzo
General Counsel and Chief RISK Officer
$360,064
$308,210 No related comp$51,854
Shannon Bennett
Chief of Science and DEAN of Research
$348,347
$297,683 No related comp$50,664
Ayat Elnoory
Chief People and Culture Officer
$335,858
$317,840 No related comp$18,018
Tiffany Zarem
Director of Marketing (Thru 06/24)
$314,409
$297,727 No related comp$16,682
Leah van der Mei
Chief Operating Officer (Thru 02/25)
$306,190
$263,810 No related comp$42,380
Gary Williams
Curator (Thru 06/24)
$301,084
$287,504 No related comp$13,580
Megan Schufreider
Director of EDU K-12/Online (Thru 6/24)
$300,407
$290,493 No related comp$9,914

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D.
Trustee
Ahmed Muhammad
Trustee
Alan Jones
Trustee
Amy Cordalis
Trustee
Bill Younger
Trustee
Carla Peterman, Ph.D.
Trustee
Chris Field, Ph.D.
Trustee
Chris Schell, Ph.D.
Trustee
Chrissy Luo
Trustee
Corey Garza, Ph.D.
Trustee
Dan Janney
Board Chair
Dennis Troper
Trustee

Contractors

Ron Foth Retail Inc.
Advertising
$4,594,884
Cinnabar California Inc.
Exhibit Fabrication
$2,187,075
Onerhythm LLC
Marketing
$1,837,737
Rosendin Electric Inc.
Electrical
$842,826
Picturae Inc.
Herbarium Digitization
$838,510

Mission Statement

THE ACADEMY IS A RENOWNED SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION WITH A MISSION TO REGENERATE THE NATURAL WORLD THROUGH SCIENCE, LEARNING, AND COLLABORATION. BASED IN SAN FRANCISCO'S GOLDEN GATE PARK, IT IS HOME TO A WORLD-CLASS AQUARIUM, PLANETARIUM, RAINFOREST, AND NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AS WELL AS INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, ALL UNDER ONE LIVING ROOF. THROUGH GLOBAL EXPEDITIONS, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, AND STRATEGIC AREAS OF FOCUS ON ISLANDS, CORAL REEFS, AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACADEMY SCIENTISTS STRIVE TO GATHER NEW KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LIFE'S DIVERSITY AND THE PROCESS OF EVOLUTION AND RAPIDLY APPLY THAT UNDERSTANDING TO OUR EFFORTS TO REGENERATE THE NATURAL WORLD. THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT ADDRESS THESE SAME TOPICS-DELIVERED TO THE PUBLIC ON-SITE AT THE ACADEMY'S WORLD-CLASS AQUARIUM, PLANETARIUM, RAINFOREST, AND NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, IN THE COMMUNITY, IN BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS AROUND THE WORLD.

Revisions to this organization profile

November 14, 2025:
2025 California Academy of Sciences 990 filed
November 14, 2023:
2023 California Academy of Sciences 990 filed
November 8, 2022:
2022 California Academy of Sciences 990 filed

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