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California Academy of Sciences

Fiscal year ending 2023. Filed on November 14, 2023.

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 2023 IRS Form 990 filing, California Academy of Sciences, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 15 out of 658 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $334,976. The highest compensated employee at California Academy of Sciences is Scott Sampson with fiscal year 2023 compensation of $872,728.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$71,497,681

Expenses

$101,030,361

Employee compensation

$50,726,158
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Scott Sampson
Executive Director
$872,728
$632,626 No related comp$240,102
Melissa Felder
Chief Experience Officer
$413,548
$364,092 No related comp$49,456
Raul del Barco
Former Chief Human Rsrcs Officer
$391,190
$377,827 No related comp$13,363
Mary Nemerov
Chief Philanthropy Officer
$370,544
$354,198 No related comp$16,346
Shannon Bennett
Chief of Science and DEAN of Rsrch
$341,152
$288,010 No related comp$53,142
Ike Kwon
Coo/Head of GOV Affrs (Thru 3/23)
$334,386
$284,166 No related comp$50,220
Luiz Rocha
Curator, Ichthyology
$321,859
$271,873 No related comp$49,986
Michael Costanzo
General Counsel and Chief of Staff
$306,535
$253,838 No related comp$52,697
Bart Shepherd
SR Director of Steinhart Aquarium
$285,455
$232,452 No related comp$53,003
Cathy Estelle
Drctr of Sales/Business Prtnrshps
$277,917
$234,622 No related comp$43,295
Ryan Wyatt
SR Director, Morrison Planetarium
$243,942
$226,302 No related comp$17,640
Mathew Lau
Interim Chief Financial Officer
$240,642
$214,912 No related comp$25,730

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Adam Gazzaley
Trustee
Andrew J Schwab
Trustee
Bill Younger Jr
Trustee
Carla Peterman
Trustee
Charles Marshall
President
Chris Field
Trustee
Chrissy Luo
Trustee
Christopher Schell
Trustee
Corey Garza
Trustee
Dan Janney
Chair
Derek Mitchell
Secretary
Elizabeth Blackburn
Vice President

Contractors

Ron Foth Retail Inc.
Advertising
$4,344,856
Onerhythm LLC
Marketing
$1,087,383
Looking Point Inc.
Computer Networking
$668,732
Computershare
Stock Transfer/Employee Share Plan Servi
$612,867
Commercial Construction and Improvement
Construction
$512,772

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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