Huntington Library CEO salary and executive pay
Huntington Library paid its CEO, Karen Lawrence, $1,102,364 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $191,956 (21.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $160,592,538, down 11.1% from $180,717,178 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Huntington Library ranks 9th of 11 arts and culture nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. Huntington Library has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 95-1644589, San Marino, CA.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,102,364
- Total revenue
- $160,592,538
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 69%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641359349315164.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 64th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.69% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 2 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Karen Lawrence CEO PRESIDENT | $1,102,364 |
| Janet AlbertiSVP & CFO | $520,393 |
| Randy ShulmanSVP - ADV & EXT RELATIONS | $415,050 |
| Nicole CavenderDIRECTOR - BOTANICAL GARDE | $382,147 |
| Susan JusterDIRECTOR - RESEARCH | $365,528 |
Also paid on the latest return: Sandra Brooke Gordan (DIRECTOR - LIBRARY), $328,242; Ronald Galles (AVP & CONTROLLER), $327,221; Christina Nielsen (DIRECTOR - ART MUSEUM), $325,572; Misty Bennett (CHRO), $302,373; Heather Hart (VP - DIGITAL & TECHNOLOGY), $265,356; Thomas Polansky Thru Feb 2025 (VP - OPERATIONS & FACILITI), $265,319.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Gregory A Pieschala (CHAIRMAN), Christine Bender (TRUSTEE), Simon Kc Li (TRUSTEE), J Mario Molina (TRUSTEE), Mei-Lee Ney (TRUSTEE), Allen Shay (TRUSTEE), Scott Jordan (TRUSTEE).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Karen Lawrence CEO PRESIDENT | $1,102,364 | $160,592,538 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Karen Lawrence CEO PRESIDENT | $910,408 | $180,717,178 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Karen Lawrence CEO PRESIDENT | $695,172 | $167,958,682 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Karen Lawrence CEO PRESIDENT | $656,502 | $128,861,733 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641359349315164.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Karen LawrencePRESIDENT | $704,183 | $398,181 | $704,183 | $0 | $0 | $285,777 | $112,404 | $1,102,364 |
| Janet AlbertiSVP & CFO | $470,147 | $50,246 | $470,147 | $0 | $0 | $31,050 | $19,196 | $520,393 |
| Randy ShulmanSVP - ADV & EXT RELATIONS | $374,456 | $40,594 | $374,456 | $0 | $0 | $31,050 | $9,544 | $415,050 |
| Nicole CavenderDIRECTOR - BOTANICAL GARDE | $244,286 | $137,861 | $244,286 | $0 | $0 | $24,566 | $113,295 | $382,147 |
| Susan JusterDIRECTOR - RESEARCH | $325,478 | $40,050 | $325,478 | $0 | $0 | $29,130 | $10,920 | $365,528 |
These figures come from Huntington Library's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Huntington Library compares
Ranked 9th of 11 arts and culture nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 8th, Sesame Workshop, $1,136,265
- Next in this ranking: 10th, Smithsonian Institution, $1,038,055
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Woods System of Care$1,531,144 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Boston Symphony Orchestra$1,371,354 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Community Home Health Care$1,530,005 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Sierra Club$524,826 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
American Diabetes Association$1,287,811 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Karen Lawrence (PRESIDENT) was paid $1,102,364 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $704,183 from Huntington Library and $398,181 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Karen Lawrence, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,102,364.
Huntington Library paid its CEO, Karen Lawrence, $1,102,364 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $191,956 (21.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Karen Lawrence, paid $656,502. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $656,502 (Karen Lawrence); June 2023, $695,172; June 2024, $910,408; June 2025, $1,102,364.
Huntington Library's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $100,491,464 and total revenue of $160,592,538 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $60,101,074. Expenses were $102,423,338 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they fell 1.9%. The CEO's pay of $1,102,364 equals 1.10% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Huntington Library filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.