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Filing year 2024

MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST

Santa Barbara, California·EIN 95-1525814·NTEE A6E0 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$8.3M
Total assets
$115.9M
Total expenses
$12.6M
Reported officers
32
Mission

THE MISSION OF THE MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST IS TO PROVIDE CLASSICALLY TRAINED MUSICIANS AND DIVERSE AUDIENCES WITH TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATIONAL AND PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCES.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 10 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

$433k
$461k
Base
$367k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$63k
Chief Advancement Officer
key employee
$254k
$271k
Base
$219k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$23k
CFO & VP of Administration
$241k
$257k
Base
$221k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$10k
Chief Artistic Officer (en
key employee
$208k
$221k
Base
$181k
Bonus
Other
$12k
Benefits
$15k
Dean
key employee
$204k
$217k
Base
$173k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$21k
Dir of Legacy Giving
highest compensated employee
$170k
$181k
Base
$152k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$10k
Director of Philanthropy, Major Gifts
highest compensated employee
$162k
$172k
Base
$147k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
VP of Marketing & Communications
vice president
$152k
$162k
Base
$139k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$13k
Sr Dir Finance & Administration
highest compensated employee
$150k
$160k
Base
$128k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$16k
Sr Dir Content Mktg & Digital Experience
highest compensated employee
$133k
$141k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 22 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Down 55%
from 2023

From $955k in 2023 to $433k in 2024.

$955k
2023
$433k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 56% in real terms$1M to $461k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, 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

MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$9.3M
$13M
2023
$8.3M
$12.6M
2024
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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