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Tennessee Aquarium

Tennessee Aquarium's latest filing in the PeerBasis snapshot reports a Part VII D + F figure of $313,450 for Walter K Sanford, President, Ceo (FY 2023). Column F can include amounts from the filing and related organizations.

After indexing supported filing years to 2025 comparison dollars, the subject figure is $331,186. It is higher than the D + F figure for 6 of 15 peer organizations selected under the disclosed tier Same NTEE sector (D50), nationwide + size band 0.77–1.3× revenue (approximately 40%; median $368,041). This is descriptive, not a reasonableness conclusion.

$31,491,311Total revenue (FY 2023)
$313,450Reported Part VII D + F figure
6 / 15Selected peers with a strictly lower 2025-dollar figure (approximately 40%)

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Selected peer organizations

Actual selection tier: Same NTEE sector (D50), 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)
Conservation Society Of California CA$31,502,981 $287,099
Sea Research Foundation Inc CT$31,819,627 $505,284
East Coast Zoological FL$30,844,454 $378,772
Zoological Society Of Pittsburgh PA$30,459,605 $393,712
Fresnos Chaffee Zoo Corporation CA$29,607,528 $306,166
Commonwealth Zoological Corporation MA$29,123,870 $183,677
Atlanta Fulton County Zoo Inc GA$34,059,721 $829,521
Maryland Zoological Society Inc MD$28,178,722 $284,843

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