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Filing year 2023

GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC

Los Angeles, California·EIN 95-4492653·NTEE A650 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$13.8M
Total assets
$23.5M
Total expenses
$16.9M
Reported officers
34
Mission

GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE, INC. IS AN ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO PROVIDING QUALITY THEATER THROUGH A SERIES OF PRODUCTIONS, WORKSHOPS, SEMINAR, PLAY READINGS & LECTURES TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES & THE STUDENTS OF UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM & TELEVISION.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

CFO (thru 09/23)
$340k
$376k
Base
$139k
Bonus
$160k
Other
$28k
Benefits
$12k
Executive Director
$284k
$314k
Base
$241k
Bonus
Other
$31k
Benefits
$12k
Chief Development Officer
$158k
$174k
Base
$151k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$7k
Director of Marketing
director (operational)
$144k
$159k
Artistic Associate/literary Director
highest compensated employee
$136k
$151k
Dieector of Communications
highest compensated employee
$135k
$149k
Artistic Director (as of 09/23)
officer (unspecified)
$128k
$142k
Producer
highest compensated employee
$125k
$138k
Artistic Director (thru 01/23)
officer (unspecified)
$26k
$29k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 25 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 17%
from 2022

From $291k in 2022 to $340k in 2023.

$291k
2022
$340k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 13% in real terms$333k to $376k

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 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

GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$13.6M
$19.6M
2022
$13.8M
$16.9M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in California

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $66,860.

25th percentile
$28k
Median
$66,860
75th percentile
$120k
90th percentile
$221k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 630 organizations across 630 filings (2021 – 2023).

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