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Filing year 2023

THE PASADENA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION

Pasadena, California·EIN 95-6002375·NTEE A690 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$5.1M
Total assets
$10.1M
Total expenses
$6.8M
Reported officers
29
Mission

THE MISSION OF THE PASADENA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION (PSA) IS TO PROVIDE MUSICAL CONCERTS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY RANING FROM ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCES TO WORLD-RENOWNED ARTISTS IN RECITAL, AND TO PROVIDE THE BROADEST ACCESS TO YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND THE PERFORMING ARTS THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND DIGITAL INNOVATION. IN THE BELIEF THAT MUSIC ENRICHES AND TRANSFORMS THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY, THE PASADENA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION SERVCES AS A CURATOR OF CLASSICAL, POPULAR AND NEW MUSIC WITH AN UNWAVERING PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE AND INCLUSION.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2023

Chief Executive Officer
$182k
$201k
Base
$182k
Bonus
Other
Benefits

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 28 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 34%
from 2022

From $136k in 2022 to $182k in 2023.

$136k
2022
$182k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 29% in real terms$156k to $201k

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

THE PASADENA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$5.4M
$5.8M
2022
$5.1M
$6.8M
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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