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California Academy of Sciences

Fiscal year ending 2021. Filed on November 9, 2021.

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 2021 IRS Form 990 filing, California Academy of Sciences, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 14 out of 641 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $325,014. The highest compensated employee at California Academy of Sciences is Scott D Sampson with fiscal year 2021 compensation of $768,727.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$95,197,826

Expenses

$68,739,031

Employee compensation

$37,735,907
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Scott D Sampson
Executive Director
$768,727
$539,276 No related comp$229,451
Mike McGee
Chief Financial Officer
$441,042
$398,362 No related comp$42,680
Melissa Felder
Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer
$415,815
$375,509 No related comp$40,306
Elizabeth Babcock
Chief Public Engagement Officer
$372,239
$343,356 No related comp$28,883
Shannon Bennett
Chief of Science and Sustain
$321,771
$299,253 No related comp$22,518
Isaac Kwon
COO and and HEAD of Government
$309,768
$282,342 No related comp$27,426
Luiz Rocha
Associate Curator, Icthyol
$273,314
$237,750 No related comp$35,564
Debra Trock
Director of Science Collections
$271,238
$265,057 No related comp$6,181
Michael Costanzo
General Counsel and Director of Security
$263,487
$229,565 No related comp$33,922
William Shepherd III
SR Director of Steinhart Aquarium
$256,759
$218,642 No related comp$38,117
Raul del Barco
Chief Human Resources Officer
$252,640
$236,609 No related comp$16,031
Ryan Wyatt
SR Director Morrison Planetarium
$248,592
$231,556 No related comp$17,036

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Adam Gazzaley
Trustee
Adam Savage
Trustee
Andrew J Schwab
Trustee
Charles Marshall
President
Christopher Field
Trustee
Dan Carroll
Trustee
Dan Janney
Trustee
David M Kennedy
Trustee
Derek Mitchell
Trustee
Elizabeth Blackburn
Trustee
Elizabeth R Patterson
Chair
Felicia Chiu
Trustee

Contractors

Ron Foth Retail Inc.
Advertising
$2,228,580
Onerhythm LLC
Marketing
$346,234
Gci Inc.
Building Maintenance
$344,102
Grande Planet Shark Pty Ltd.
Exhibit Rental
$232,500
Otis Elevator Company
Maintenance
$225,606

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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