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| re: Shockingly high salaries paid to "key" employees of non-profit theaters such as NYTW | |
| Posted by: 37Rubydog 11:02 pm EDT 05/13/18 | |
| In reply to: Shockingly high salaries paid to "key" employees of non-profit theaters such as NYTW - summertheater 09:40 pm EDT 05/13/18 | |
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| As a long-time financial analyst with good knowledge of non-profit salaries - reading a form 990 only gives one information on the top 5-10 salaries.....and, yes, the top few people will likely be well compensated- although nowhere near what they might earn at a commercial venue. Before you start judging - start with NYTW's overall budget -- and don't look at one year in isolation. NYTW doesn't only generate money from donors - but also subscriptions, private and government grants and ticket sales.....sometimes an organization is fortunate enough to hit upon either a particularly generous, long-term donor....or, even better, a successful production that has a life beyond its non-profit run....In NYTW's case, both Peter and the Starcatcher and Hadestown will continue to bring revenues to the organization for many years. Maybe not the Hamiltonian revenues the Public earns....or the evergreen funds that City Center gets from Chicago. It is the responsibility of the managing director and artistic director to do their best to not only seek out and mount the most interesting productions, but also to find those ever elusive funding sources. Those are big jobs and they are 24/7 365. I can't tell you how many times I have been to see something at the Public - be it in any one of its many venues - to see Oskar Eustis sitting in the audience for at least part, if not all of the performance. Now to the other 292 people - many are seasonal, part-time, or production-specific personnel....some front of the house, some back of the house, some contractors.... Many of these people likely have more than their NYTW gig. Taking a straight average is horribly misleading math... and does a disservice to non-profit organizations and perhaps demeans the 292 people who are making these productions happen. |
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| re: Shockingly high salaries paid to "key" employees of non-profit theaters such as NYTW | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 12:33 pm EDT 05/14/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Shockingly high salaries paid to "key" employees of non-profit theaters such as NYTW - 37Rubydog 11:02 pm EDT 05/13/18 | |
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| Everything you write is true and fair, and the situation at NYTW is fairly standard among NYC non-profits, in that the two highest positions earn six figure salaries, and many people on the payroll are doing seasonal, part-time labor, such as building scenery, running crew, doing phone banks, etc. At the same time, every non-profit I've known pays its full-time staff fairly low wages compared to the top salaries that go to leadership. I can't speak to what Literary or Development get paid at NYTW, but I'd be surprised if they get even a third of Jim's salary. Those jobs in their own way are intensive, working long hours and weekends, and their workis equally important to the success of the institution. While summertheater's post is motivated by their misplaced campaign against liberal theaters that hire Robert O'Hara, the post does point to the larger realities of inequities in the non-profit sector, which reflect the largest schism between workers and executives in America. Perhaps NYTW is doing a better job of fulfilling their left-wing politics than other theaters (helped by their commercial successes, although it's been a while since they had a transfer, and enhancement funds have tended to diminish long-term returns on commercial hits), but we should all be aware of how little the hardworking employees of our favorite non-profits are being paid. |
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| Very informative post - thank you nmi | |
| Posted by: Ann 07:55 am EDT 05/14/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Shockingly high salaries paid to "key" employees of non-profit theaters such as NYTW - 37Rubydog 11:02 pm EDT 05/13/18 | |
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