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Filing year 2023

SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania·EIN 23-1352676·NTEE A6E0 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$13.5M
Total assets
$34.2M
Total expenses
$14.2M
Reported officers
32
Mission

SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC AND THE RELATED ARTS TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS, WITHOUT REGARD TO AGE, RACE OR FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. SETTLEMENT'S BROAD RANGE OF PROGRAMS, TAUGHT BY HIGHLY CREDENTIALED AND DEDICATED FACULTY, HELP STUDENTS OF ALL AGES ACHIEVE ARTISTIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND SOCIAL GOALS. SETTLEMENT OFFERS MORE THAN 12,000 WEEKLY SERVICES OF MUSIC AND ARTS INSTRUCTION IN MORE THAN 20 INSTRUMENTS, GROUP CLASSES, CHOIRS, CHAMBER GROUPS, JAZZ ENSEMBLES, ORCHESTRA, ARTS THERAPY, DANCE, AND CREATIVE MOVEMENT, BOTH ONSITE AND ONLINE AT FIVE COMMUNITY BRANCHES AND ONLINE, AND WITH MORE THAN 70 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. WE ARE LEADING THE NATION IN INCREASING ACCESS TO MUSIC EDUCATION AND PIONEERING TOOLS TO EDUCATE TOMORROW'S CHILDREN.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 4 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Chief Executive Officer
$269k
$300k
Base
$249k
Bonus
Other
$8k
Benefits
$12k
Cfo/coo (thru Dec 2023)
officer (unspecified)
$165k
$184k
Base
$138k
Bonus
$10k
Other
$4k
Benefits
$12k
Chief Information Officer
chief information officer
$156k
$174k
Base
$156k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Chief Advancement Officer
highest compensated employee
$129k
$144k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 28 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Climbed 6%
over 2 years

From $254k in 2021 to $269k in 2023.

$254k
2021
$249k
2022
$269k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 6% in real terms$318k to $300k

Estimated with Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 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

SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA reported revenue and expenses across 3 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$11.3M
$12.4M
2021
$15M
$13.7M
2022
$13.5M
$14.2M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in Pennsylvania

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in Pennsylvania pay their highest-earning executive a median of $70,000.

25th percentile
$31k
Median
$70,000
75th percentile
$109k
90th percentile
$180k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 178 organizations across 178 filings (2022 – 2023).

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