Museum of Fine Arts, Houston CEO salary and executive pay
The highest-paid person on Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 was Gary Tinterow, at $1,774,224. That is up $112,407 (6.8%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $255,296,660, up 12.6% from $226,771,106 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ranks 3rd of 11 arts and culture nonprofits on this site by top pay. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 74-1109655, Houston, TX.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,774,224
No one on this filing has a chief executive title, so this shows the highest-paid person.
- Total revenue
- $255,296,660
- Top pay vs. peers
- Higher than 71%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601359349303765.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 61st 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, 3 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Gary TinterowDIRECTOR | $1,774,224 |
| Eric AnyahCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $841,088 |
| Amy PurvisCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | $550,327 |
| Darren A BartschMANAGING INVESTMENT DIRECTOR | $488,758 |
| Christian SchornichCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $475,387 |
Also paid on the latest return: Larry Stokes (CHIEF HR & DIVERSITY OFFICER), $471,238; Paul Coffey (DIRECTOR, GLASSELL SCHOOL OF ART), $334,843; Deborah L Roldan (CHIEF EXHIBTIONS OFFICER), $323,569; Bradford Smith (INVESTMENT DIRECTOR), $293,740; Zachary Haines (CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER), $266,503; Julia R Petty (CONTROLLER), $257,487.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Mrs Anne S Duncan (LIFE TRUSTEE, CHAIRMAN), Mr Joe Hudson (LIFE TRUSTEE, VICE CHAIR), Mr Frank J Hevrdejs (LIFE TRUSTEE, TREASURER), Mr Rw Wortham III (LIFE TRUSTEE, SECRETARY), Mrs Cornelia Long (LIFE TRUSTEE, CHAIRMAN EMERITUS), Mr Richard D Kinder (LIFE TRUSTEE, CHAIRMAN EMERITUS), Ms Alice C Simkins (LIFE TRUSTEE), Dr Anne S Chao (LIFE TRUSTEE), Ms Anne Schlumberger (LIFE TRUSTEE), Mr Brad Bucher (LIFE TRUSTEE), Mrs Clare Attwell Glassell (LIFE TRUSTEE), Mrs Cyvia G Wolff (LIFE TRUSTEE), Ms Franci Neely (LIFE TRUSTEE), Mr Isaac Arnold Jr (LIFE TRUSTEE), Mrs Jeanie Kilroy Wilson (LIFE TRUSTEE), Mrs Lynn Wyatt (LIFE TRUSTEE), Mrs Margaret Alkek Williams (LIFE TRUSTEE), Mrs Sara Scholes Morgan (LIFE TRUSTEE), Mr Alfred C Glassell III (TRUSTEE), Mrs Aliyya Kombargi Stude (TRUSTEE), Mrs Ann Bookout (TRUSTEE), Mrs Barbara G Gamson (TRUSTEE), Mr Barron F Wallace (TRUSTEE), Ms Beth Robertson (TRUSTEE), Ms Bettie Cartwright (TRUSTEE), and 56 more.
Top 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 Amended | Gary TinterowDIRECTOR (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $1,774,224 | $255,296,660 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Gary TinterowDIRECTOR (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $1,661,817 | $226,771,106 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Gary TinterowDIRECTOR (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $1,414,522 | $147,981,263 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Gary TinterowDIRECTOR (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $1,511,444 | $154,547,084 | 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 202601359349303765.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Gary TinterowDIRECTOR | $1,459,728 | $314,496 | $811,380 | $570,000 | $78,348 | $301,866 | $12,630 | $1,774,224 |
| Eric AnyahCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $788,549 | $52,539 | $585,711 | $200,000 | $2,838 | $17,250 | $35,289 | $841,088 |
| Amy PurvisCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | $520,447 | $29,880 | $434,457 | $85,000 | $990 | $17,250 | $12,630 | $550,327 |
| Darren A BartschMANAGING INVESTMENT DIRECTOR | $461,839 | $26,919 | $414,790 | $45,000 | $2,049 | $17,250 | $9,669 | $488,758 |
| Christian SchornichCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $430,772 | $44,615 | $396,902 | $30,000 | $3,870 | $17,250 | $27,365 | $475,387 |
These figures come from Museum of Fine Arts, Houston'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, Houston compares
Ranked 3rd of 11 arts and culture nonprofits by top pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 2nd, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, $2,056,119
- Next in this ranking: 4th, American Museum of Natural History, $1,502,408
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
MERS Goodwill$591,461 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science$993,732 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
American Museum of Natural History$1,502,408 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
YMCA of Greater New York$2,132,309 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Los Angeles County Museum of Art$2,056,119 (CEO), 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, Gary Tinterow (DIRECTOR), was paid $1,774,224: $1,459,728 from Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and $314,496 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Gary Tinterow (DIRECTOR), at $1,774,224.
The highest-paid person on Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 was Gary Tinterow, at $1,774,224. That is up $112,407 (6.8%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the highest-paid person was Gary Tinterow, paid $1,511,444. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,511,444 (Gary Tinterow); June 2023, $1,414,522; June 2024, $1,661,817; June 2025, $1,774,224.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $138,189,140 and total revenue of $255,296,660 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $117,107,520. Expenses were $149,774,624 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they fell 7.7%. The highest-paid person's pay of $1,774,224 equals 1.28% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 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.