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California Academy of Sciences

Fiscal year ending 2019. Filed on May 13, 2020.

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 2019 IRS Form 990 filing, California Academy of Sciences, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 14 out of 737 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $314,474. The highest compensated employee at California Academy of Sciences is Jonathan Foley with fiscal year 2019 compensation of $667,947.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$74,649,716

Expenses

$91,774,768

Employee compensation

$45,542,980
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Jonathan Foley
Senior Scholar/Fmr EXEC Director
$667,947
$586,473 No related comp$81,474
Mike McGee
Interim Executive Director and CFO
$421,210
$380,231 No related comp$40,979
Melissa Felder
Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer
$351,651
$309,021 No related comp$42,630
Elizabeth Babcock
Chief Public Engagement Officer
$344,720
$309,416 No related comp$35,304
Janet Harris
Chief Philantropy Officer
$324,039
$301,052 No related comp$22,987
Isaac Kwon
COO and and HEAD of Government Affairs
$300,069
$265,144 No related comp$34,925
Shannon Bennett
Chief of Science and Sustainability
$292,124
$278,498 No related comp$13,626
Luiz Rocha
Associate Curator, Ichthyology, Follett Chair
$266,846
$229,337 No related comp$37,509
Michael Costanzo
General Counsel and Director of Security
$261,081
$225,068 No related comp$36,013
Scott Moran
Senior Director, Exhibits and Architecture
$252,933
$231,188 No related comp$21,745
Margaret Lowman
Senior Curator and Lindsay Chair of Botany
$241,711
$221,191 No related comp$20,520
Ryan Wyatt
SR Director, Morrison Planetarium and Science Visualiz
$231,077
$208,722 No related comp$22,355

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Adam Savage
Trustee
Andrew J Schwab
Trustee
Charles Marshall
Vice President
Christopher Field
Trustee
Claire Ngo
Trustee
Dan Carroll
Trustee
Dan Janney
Trustee
David M Kennedy
Trustee
Elizabeth Blackburn
Trustee
Elizabeth R Patterson
Chair
Gary Pinkus
Trustee
Gary T Steele
Trustee

Contractors

Ron Foth Retail Inc.
Advertising
$4,957,370
Western Allied Mechanical Inc.
Dehumidification
$971,662
Cinnabar California Inc.
Exhibit Fabrication
$781,460
Lukens Company
Research and Consulting
$564,668
Sodexo America
Catering
$395,407

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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