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Arts, Culture & Humanities · WA

Port Townsend Aero Museum

Port Townsend Aero Museum reported paying Michael Payne, Secretary/treas, $199,234 in total compensation (FY 2024).

That places Michael Payne at approximately the 99th percentile among 82 similarly sized arts, culture & humanities nonprofits (median $95,498).

$932,468Total revenue (FY 2024)
$199,234Total executive compensation
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Comparable arts, culture & humanities nonprofits

Compensation is normalized to WA cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities); each organization's reported figure is on its linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueTotal comp
Friends Of The Railroad Museum PA$926,737 $106,771
Overland Park Historical Society Inc KS$921,058 $93,396
Glenn H Curtiss Museum Of Local History NY$914,125 $84,729
Military Aviation Preservation OH$907,019 $59,150
Granville Museum Inc TN$958,972 $16,647
Friends Of Ambler Farm Inc CT$959,390 $110,282
Pauli Murray Center For History And NC$883,130 $124,231
Kansas Aviation Museum Inc KS$882,292 $105,597

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