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Filing year 2023

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society

St Paul, Minnesota·EIN 41-0829498·NTEE A690 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$10.5M
Total assets
$65.2M
Total expenses
$10.7M
Reported officers
67
Mission

To enrich the Twin Cities community by sharing distinctive and engaging chamber orchestra performances. We are committed to inclusivity and strive to provide all people in our community with opportunities to connect with our music.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 12 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

President & Managing Director
$318k
$348k
Base
$276k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$26k
Artistic Director/violin
key employee
$270k
$295k
Base
$254k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$311
Officio/musician(as of Nov 2023)
board member
$253k
$276k
Base
$205k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$26k
Chief Financial Officer
$213k
$233k
Base
$188k
Bonus
$4k
Other
Benefits
$11k
Musician
highest compensated employee
$170k
$186k
Base
$129k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$29k
General Manager
highest compensated employee
$136k
$149k
Musician
highest compensated employee
$136k
$148k
Ex-officio Director/musician
board member
$135k
$148k
Ex-officio/musician(thru Oct 2023)
board member
$125k
$136k
Chief People Officer
highest compensated employee
$122k
$134k
Musician
highest compensated employee
$121k
$133k
Ex-officio Director/musician
board member
$93k
$101k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 55 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Held steady
from 2022

From $316k in 2022 to $318k in 2023.

$316k
2022
$318k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 2% in real terms$355k to $348k

Estimated with Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 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 Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$10.1M
$10.8M
2022
$10.5M
$10.7M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in Minnesota

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in Minnesota pay their highest-earning executive a median of $50,000.

25th percentile
$23k
Median
$50,000
75th percentile
$94k
90th percentile
$148k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 143 organizations across 143 filings (2022 – 2023).

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