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Filing year 2023

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC

Boston, Massachusetts·EIN 04-2103550·NTEE A690 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$117.1M
Total assets
$680.3M
Total expenses
$0
Reported officers
55
Mission

The mission of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is to foster and maintain an organization dedicated to making music consonant with the highest aspirations of the musical art, creating performances and providing educational and training programs at the highest level of excellence.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 11 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Former President and CEO
former officer/director/trustee
$1.7M
Former President & CEO
former officer/director/trustee
$601k
Chief Development Officer
$452k
President & Chief Executive Officer
$375k
Principal Oboe
highest compensated employee
$372k
Associate Concertmaster
highest compensated employee
$370k
Principal Trombone
highest compensated employee
$361k
Principal Horn
highest compensated employee
$354k
Timpani
highest compensated employee
$348k
Clerk of the Board (until April 2024)
officer (unspecified)
$232k
Chief Financial Officer
$82k

Plus 44 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 69%
from 2022

From $1M in 2022 to $1.7M in 2023.

$1M
2022
$1.7M
2023
Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.

Among peers

Revenue and top compensation, plotted against similar organizations. This organization is highlighted in cyan.

1
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC2023
$1.7M
2
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS2022
$1.1M
3
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE2022
$476k
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