philanthropy.org | 990 Resource | FAQ Verify yourself Sign in
LG
Person · officer / director

Lisa Gugenheim

Dir. of the Mus. (end 6/30/24) · American Museum of Natural History

Dir. of the Mus. (end 6/30/24) at American Museum of Natural History. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

This is me
Ambiguous identity This name matches 1 other individual 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
1
Roles reported
1
Reported compensation
$1.7M
Others who share this name
1

Who this is

Profile

Everything on the left is verified from the IRS filings. The biography on the right is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
●
Reported as Dir. of the Mus. (end 6/30/24) of American Museum of Natural History, based in New York, NY.
●
Received $1.7M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Lisa Gugenheim served as Director of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, having joined the museum in 1996 and advancing through multiple leadership roles. She was promoted to Senior Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Strategic Planning and Education in 2009, where she led strategic planning and raised over one billion dollars during major endowment campaigns.

She later became CEO and President of the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI).

Compiled from public web sources (6 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

Real tenure, career, and education — from public web sources, what you need to vet a founder or leader beyond the filing window.

Tenure here
1996-present
Education
  • Oberlin College (Bachelor of Arts)

Affiliations

Organizations

American Museum of Natural History Dir. of the Mus. (end 6/30/24) · $246.8M revenue · New York, NYTHE MUSEUM'S MISSION STATEMENT IS: "TO DISCOVER, INTERPRET, AND DISSEMINATE - THROUGH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION - KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HUMAN…pay $860K → $1.7MFiled FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.7Mreported comp

Disambiguation

Other people named Lisa Gugenheim

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.

L
Lisa Gugenheim 1 organization · Corona, NYNew York Hall of Science

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

S
President & Ex Officio Trustee · FY2024
$1.2M
E
President-End 03/15/23 · FY2023
$937K
E
Special Advisor-End 02/15/22 · FY2022
$865K
M
Curator (fmr Sr VP & Provost) · FY2024
$789K
A
Sr VP Ops & Cap-End 6/30/23 · FY2023
$542K
W
Curator · FY2024
$536K
D
Curator · FY2020
$487K
R
Sr VP & CFO-(end 3/3/25) · FY2024
$485K
D
Acting Sr VP CFO & CIO · FY2024
$480K
C
Sr VP & Provost · FY2024
$478K
A
Sr VP Communications,Marketing · FY2024
$461K
J
Dean of Grad School & Curator · FY2024
$456K

Network

Recommendations

Written by other verified members of the network — visible once you're a verified person yourself.

Loading…

Explore

Similar organizations

Nonprofits working in the same field — explore who else operates in this space.

Field Museum of Natural History$114.8M revenue · Chicago, IL
California Academy of Sciences$89.4M revenue · San Francisco, CA
The Colorado Museum of Natural History$57.2M revenue · Denver, CO
Houston Museum of Natural Science$48.4M revenue · Houston, TX
Science Museum of Minnesota$40.1M revenue · St Paul, MN
Perot Museum of Nature and Science$36.6M revenue · Dallas, TX

People like this

Similar leaders

Leaders at organizations in the same field, by reported compensation.

E
President & Ex Officio Trustee · American Museum of Natural History
$11.7M
G
Music & Artistic Director · Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
$4.0M
D
President - Non Voting · Milwaukee World Festival INC
$3.3M
D
President and CEO to 6/30/23 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
$3.2M
A
Alice Pratt Brown Dir.(thru 10/2023) · Whitney Museum of American Art
$2.9M
C
Executive & Artistic Director · The Carnegie Hall Corporation
$2.6M
Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org