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Filing year 2023

LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY

La Jolla, California·EIN 23-7148171·NTEE A6C0 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$6.3M
Total assets
$85.3M
Total expenses
$7.7M
Reported officers
37
Mission

TO ENHANCE CULTURAL LIFE AND ENGAGEMENT BY PRESENTING AND PRODUCING A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMMING OF THE HIGHEST ARTISTIC QUALITY, AND TO MAKE THE CONRAD PREBYS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER A VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE HUB.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 6 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

$333k
$370k
Base
$313k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$11k
Artistic Director
director (operational)
$148k
$164k
Director of Development
$142k
$157k
Director of Operations
$140k
$155k
Director of Finance
$137k
$152k
Director of Learning & Engagement
highest compensated employee
$112k
$124k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with San Diego-Carlsbad, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 31 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 5%
from 2022

From $318k in 2022 to $333k in 2023.

$318k
2022
$333k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Roughly flat in real terms$371k to $370k

Estimated with San Diego-Carlsbad, 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

LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$8.8M
$9.4M
2022
$6.3M
$7.7M
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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