Walnut Street Theatre’s President Made $604,474 in One Year

40 high earners in Philadelphia's nonprofit arts and culture world.

As the new Philadelphia arts season is officially under way, with the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe in full swing, here’s a look at the annual compensation packages for the people behind some of the city’s largest arts and culture nonprofits.

1 The employee listed is CEO, president or executive director of the nonprofit unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes.↩

2 In some cases, compensation includes non-salary forms of compensation, such as deferred compensation, bonuses and incentives, non-taxable benefits, and other forms of compensation reportable to the IRS. All of this information is derived from publicly available documents or was provided directly to the Philly Post by the nonprofit. ↩

3 Stepped down June 30th.↩

4 Stepping down, effective October 31st.↩

5 Chief operating officer.↩

6 Managing director.↩

7 Host and executive producer, NPR’s Fresh Air.↩

8 Music director.↩

9 Artistic director.↩