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The Adler Planetarium

The Adler Planetarium's latest filing in the PeerBasis snapshot reports a Part VII D + F figure of $531,488 for Michelle B Larson Phd, President And Ceo (FY 2024). Column F can include amounts from the filing and related organizations.

After indexing supported filing years to 2025 comparison dollars, the subject figure is $545,473. It is higher than the D + F figure for 15 of 19 peer organizations selected under the disclosed tier Same NTEE sector (A50), nationwide + size band 0.77–1.3× revenue (approximately 79%; median $310,795). This is descriptive, not a reasonableness conclusion.

$17,286,761Total revenue (FY 2024)
$531,488Reported Part VII D + F figure
15 / 19Selected peers with a strictly lower 2025-dollar figure (approximately 79%)

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Selected peer organizations

Actual selection tier: Same NTEE sector (A50), nationwide + size band 0.77–1.3× revenue. Displayed D + F figures from supported filing years are indexed to 2025 comparison dollars with BLS CPI-U; a nationwide tier also uses 2024 BEA RPP as a consumer price-level proxy when both the subject and peer have supported state codes. Unsupported state codes receive no interstate adjustment. Comparison values can differ from the raw filing. Column F may include related-organization amounts.

OrganizationStateRevenueD + F (2025 dollars)
The Paley Center For Media NY$17,189,064 $871,314
Grammy Museum Foundation Inc CA$16,655,780 $614,345
The Maritime Aquarium At Norwalk Inc CT$16,484,562 $307,449
Discovery Science Center Of Orange CA$18,328,307 $456,011
Oakland Museum Of California CA$16,078,195 $304,713
Holocaust Museum La CA$16,029,822 $222,623
Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Inc FL$15,995,468 $310,795
Witte Museum TX$15,651,743 $60,895

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