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Filing year 2023

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS

New York, New York·EIN 13-0429660·NTEE B400 · Education·3
Total revenue
$22.6M
Total assets
$85.7M
Total expenses
$22.7M
Reported officers
27
Mission

THE GOAL OF THE ACADEMY IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR ACTING CAREERS IN THEATRE, TELEVISION AND FILM AND TO PROVIDE A PRACTICAL, POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION THAT EMPHASIZES THE SKILLS NEEDED BY AN ACTOR IN TODAY'S COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

$358k
$402k
Base
$350k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$8k
Chief Financial Officer
$199k
$224k
Base
$191k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$8k
VP of Academics
vice president
$186k
$209k
Base
$186k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Director of Operations
$138k
$155k
Director of Academic Servi
highest compensated employee
$134k
$150k
Sr. Director of Operations
$133k
$150k
Faculty Administration
highest compensated employee
$129k
$144k
Senior Director of Marketing & Technology
director (operational)
$126k
$141k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 19 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 3%
from 2022

From $349k in 2022 to $358k in 2023.

$349k
2022
$358k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 1% in real terms$406k to $402k

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$24.3M
$23.4M
2022
$22.6M
$22.7M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in New York

Comparable education organizations in New York pay their highest-earning executive a median of $166,518.

25th percentile
$64k
Median
$166,518
75th percentile
$306k
90th percentile
$609k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 774 organizations across 774 filings (2021 – 2023).

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