Museum of Fine Arts, Boston CEO salary and executive pay
The highest-paid person on Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 was Matthew Teitelbaum, at $1,192,383. That is up $134,908 (12.8%) from the fiscal year ending June 2023. Total revenue on that return was $186,630,042, up 18.4% from $157,680,166 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ranks 6th of 11 arts and culture nonprofits on this site by top pay. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 04-2103607, Boston, MA.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,192,383
No one on this filing has a chief executive title, so this shows the highest-paid person.
- Total revenue
- $186,630,042
- Top pay vs. peers
- Higher than 64%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621359349303972.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 75th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.64% 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, 3 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Matthew TeitelbaumANN & GRAHAM GUND DIRECTOR | $1,192,383 |
| Eric WoodsCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $556,599 |
| Cameran MasonCHIEF EXTERNAL RELATIONS | $514,799 |
| Catherine VandenabeeleCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $437,648 |
| Pierre TerjanianCHIEF OF CURATORIAL AFFAIR | $358,639 |
Also paid on the latest return: Emily Blumenthal (CHIEF OF STAFF), $299,618; Debra Lakind (SR DIR, IP & BUSINESS DEVE), $266,235; Jane O'Reilly-Corcoran (DIR. OF HUMAN RESOURCES), $263,801; Christopher Fox (DIR. OF TREASURY MANAGEMEN), $256,356; Edward Saywell (CHAIR, PRINTS AND DRAWINGS), $254,118; Ellen J Reynolds (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT), $248,230; Darcy-Tell Morales (CHIEF OF LEARNING & COMMUNITY EGMT), $240,228.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Marc S Plonskier (ELECTED TRUSTEE - CHAIR), Emi M Winterer (ELECTED TRUSTEE - PRESIDENT), Michele Courton Brown (ELECTED TRUSTEE - CHAIR), Tom Seeman (TREASURER), Edward E Greene (VICE PRESIDENT), Patricia Kraft (SECRETARY), Amy Abrams (ELECTED TRUSTEE), Paul G Alexander (ELECTED TRUSTEE), Carlotte Nord Berk (ELECTED TRUSTEE), Monica Chandra (ELECTED TRUSTEE), Howard Cox (ELECTED TRUSTEE), Peter Creighton (ELECTED TRUSTEE), David D Croll (ELECTED TRUSTEE), Azadeh Djazani (ELECTED TRUSTEE), Ronald M Druker (ELECTED TRUSTEE), Thomas Aj Frank (ELECTED TRUSTEE), Deborah Glasser (ELECTED TRUSTEE), Abigail Ross Goodman (ELECTED TRUSTEE), Jennifer Herman (ELECTED TRUSTEE), Barbara Hostetter (ELECTED TRUSTEE), David Howse (ELECTED TRUSTEE), Clarissa C Hunnewell (ELECTED TRUSTEE), Elizabeth L Johnson (ELECTED TRUSTEE), Yuchun Lee (ELECTED TRUSTEE), Carl J Martignetti (ELECTED TRUSTEE), and 16 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return, or the highest-paid person where no one has a chief executive title.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Matthew TeitelbaumANN & GRAHAM GUND DIRECTOR (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $1,192,383 | $186,630,042 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Marc S Plonskier CEO PRESIDENT | $0 | $157,680,166 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Matthew TeitelbaumANN & GRAHAM GUND DIRECTOR (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $1,057,475 | $99,573,924 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Matthew TeitelbaumANN & GRAHAM GUND DIRECTOR (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $1,097,767 | $148,263,439 | 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 202621359349303972.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Matthew TeitelbaumANN & GRAHAM GUND DIRECTOR | $1,144,716 | $47,667 | $962,576 | $125,000 | $57,140 | $27,600 | $20,067 | $1,192,383 |
| Eric WoodsCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $520,394 | $36,205 | $416,333 | $0 | $104,061 | $27,600 | $8,605 | $556,599 |
| Cameran MasonCHIEF EXTERNAL RELATIONS | $462,904 | $51,895 | $462,904 | $0 | $0 | $27,600 | $24,295 | $514,799 |
| Catherine VandenabeeleCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $407,796 | $29,852 | $407,796 | $0 | $0 | $27,600 | $2,252 | $437,648 |
| Pierre TerjanianCHIEF OF CURATORIAL AFFAIR | $306,767 | $51,872 | $306,767 | $0 | $0 | $30,368 | $21,504 | $358,639 |
These figures come from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston'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 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston compares
Ranked 6th of 11 arts and culture nonprofits by top pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 5th, Boston Symphony Orchestra, $1,371,354
- Next in this ranking: 7th, Art Institute of Chicago, $1,163,144
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Special Olympics$570,761 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024- National Board of Medical Examiners$2,172,839 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Goodwill of Colorado$685,733 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
DKT International$2,256,771 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Whitney Museum of American Art$999,235 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
The fiscal year ending June 2025 filing does not list anyone with a chief executive title. The highest-paid person, Matthew Teitelbaum (ANN & GRAHAM GUND DIRECTOR), was paid $1,192,383: $1,144,716 from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and $47,667 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Matthew Teitelbaum (ANN & GRAHAM GUND DIRECTOR), at $1,192,383.
The highest-paid person on Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 was Matthew Teitelbaum, at $1,192,383. That is up $134,908 (12.8%) from the fiscal year ending June 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the highest-paid person was Matthew Teitelbaum, paid $1,097,767. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,097,767 (Matthew Teitelbaum); June 2023, $1,057,475; June 2024, $0 (Marc S Plonskier); June 2025, $1,192,383 (Matthew Teitelbaum).
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $141,309,618 and total revenue of $186,630,042 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $45,320,424. Expenses were $129,852,845 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 8.8%. The highest-paid person's pay of $1,192,383 equals 0.84% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 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.