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Gary Tinterow

Director · The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

Director at The Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

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Ambiguous identity This name matches 5 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$1.5M
Others who share this name
5

Who this is

Profile

The filed facts are verified from the IRS filings. The biography is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
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Reported as Director of The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, based in Houston, TX.
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Received $1.5M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Also listed as Director of Endowment for the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Gary Tinterow is the Director and Margaret Alkek Williams Chair of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, a position he has held since 2012. An art historian and curator who previously served as Engelhard Chairman of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Tinterow has completed a $450-million campus expansion at MFAH including four new buildings.

Compiled from public web sources (4 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
Director since 2012
Education
  • Brandeis University - BA in American Studies1976
  • Harvard University - MA in Art History1983

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Director · $255.3M revenue · Houston, TXTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON SERVES AS A WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE PLACE FOR ALL PEOPLE, CONNECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF HOUSTON WITH DIVERSE…pay $1.1M → $1.5MFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.5Mreported comp
Endowment for the Museum of Fine Arts Houston Director · Houston, TXTO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTONFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Gary Tinterow

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Gary Tinterow 1 organization · Houston, TXGreater Houston Partnership INC
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Gary Tinterow 1 organization · Houston, TXHouston Museum District Association
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Gary Tinterow 1 organization · Essex, CTFrench American Museum Exchange INC
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Gary Tinterow 1 organization · New York, NYFriends of Masp
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Gary Tinterow 1 organization · Rhinebeck, NYMazoh Foundation

Network

Serves alongside

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Chief Financial Officer · FY2024
$789K
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Chief Development Officer · FY2024
$520K
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Managing Investment Director · FY2024
$462K
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Chief Hr & Diversity Officer · FY2024
$433K
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Chief Operating Officer · FY2024
$431K
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Chief Exhibtions Officer · FY2024
$300K
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Director, Glassell School of Art · FY2024
$298K
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Investment Director · FY2024
$254K
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Chief Technology Officer · FY2024
$241K
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Controller · FY2024
$232K
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Former Chief Operating Officer · FY2021
$225K
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Curator, Dept of Photography · FY2022
$203K

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