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Compensation of Top Officials at Selected Non-Profit Organizations: Arts

September 23, 1999 | Read Time: 1 minute

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Results of The Chronicle’s survey of salaries of top executives at non-profit organizations and foundations presented in a series of charts, and links to related articles.


Chief executive and other highest-paid official Compensation Benefits Expense
allowance
Organization’s
income
Top officials’
total compensation
as percentage
of organization’s
income
End of
fiscal year

Boston Symphony Orchestra Mark Volpe, Managing Director $280,768 $0 $0 $82,338,000 0.6% 8/31/98
Malcolm Lowe, Concertmaster $247,082 $0 $0

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Henry Fogel, President $300,000 $24,600 $13,100 $73,309,944 1.4% 6/30/98
Daniel Barenboim, Music Director $445,166 $17,200 $206,400

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington) Lawrence J. Wilker, President $310,295 $27,827 $52,776 $112,899,574 1.1% 9/30/98
Leonard Slatkin, Music Director, National Symphony Orchestra $829,916 $8,258 $0

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York) Nathan Leventhal, President $460,000 $65,247 $0 $70,285,026 1.1% 6/30/98
Andre Mirabelli, Senior Vice-President $192,000 $39,761 $0

Lyric Opera of Chicago William Mason, General Director $260,418 $27,372 $0 $59,369,170 0.8% 4/30/98
Richard Dowsek, Director, Finance and Administration $187,208 $23,951 $0

Chief executive and other highest-paid official Compensation Benefits Expense
allowance
Organization’s
income
Top officials’
total compensation
as percentage
of organization’s
income
End of
fiscal year

Metropolitan Opera Association (New York) Joseph Volpe, General Manager $620,000 $28,000 $0 $194,012,000 0.6% 7/31/98
Marilyn Shapiro, Executive Director, External Affairs $464,000 $21,000 $0

New York City Ballet Patricia Turk, General Manager $161,000 $0 $0 $47,698,678 0.7% 6/30/98
Arnold Goldberg, Orchestra Manager $168,000 $0 $0

San Francisco Opera Association* Lofti Mansouri, General Director $425,000 $88,516 $15,750 $48,631,834 1.4% 7/31/98
Michael Savage, Managing Director $105,060 $25,214 $0

San Francisco Symphony Peter Pastreich, Executive Director $291,579 $14,250 $67,863 $51,582,342 1.1% 8/31/98
Christopher Hest, Development Director $168,720 $0 $45

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