President & CEO at The National World War II Museum INC. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 5 organizations on the Form 990 record.
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Organizations
5
Roles reported
5
Reported compensation
$778K
Others who share this name
1
Who this is
Profile
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Also listed as President & CEO of Chalk #17 INC, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced
President and CEO of The National WWII Museum in New Orleans since 2017, overseeing the institution's growth to 160,000 members (the largest museum membership in the U.S.) and $400 million in development projects. A Scottish-born naturalized U.S.
citizen (2015) and grandson of a WWII Royal Air Force pilot, Watson launched a highly successful membership campaign that transformed the museum.
Compiled from public web sources (5 cited), grounded to the filed record.
Track record
Career & tenure
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Tenure here
Museum role: 2002-present; CEO: 2017-present
Education
Nicholls State University (BS)
Nicholls State University (MBA)
Affiliations
Organizations
Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.
The National World War II Museum INCPresident & CEO · $95.2M revenue · New Orleans, LATHE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM TELLS THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN THE WAR THAT CHANGED THE WORLD-WHY IT WAS FOUGHT, HOW IT WAS WON, AND WHAT IT…pay $549K → $778KFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$778Kreported comp
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World War II Pavilions INCPresident & CEO · New Orleans, LATO SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM, INC. GENERALLY, AND WITHOUT LIMITATION SPECIFICALLY TO…Filed FY2024, FY2023 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
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Chalk #17 INCPresident & CEO · New Orleans, LAFURTHER THE CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM BY AQUIRING AND PRESERVING THE PATROL-TORPEDO (PT) BOAT, PT-305.Filed FY2024, FY2023 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
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World War II Campaigns INCPresident & CEO · New Orleans, LATO SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM GENERALLY, AND WITHOUT LIMITATION, SPECIFICALLY TO CONSTRUCT…Filed FY2024, FY2023 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
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World War II Theatre INCPresident · $8.0M revenue · Atlanta, GATHIS CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED, AND IT SHALL BE OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR, CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATIONAL WORLD…Filed FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Disambiguation
Other people named Stephen J Watson
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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Stephen J Watson1 organization · Key Largo, FLOrc for Orphans INC
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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
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