PeerBasis
Arts, Culture & Humanities · MI

Detroit Opera

Detroit Opera reported paying Wayne S Brown, President And Ceo, $259,203 in total compensation (FY 2023).

That places Wayne S Brown at approximately the 34th percentile among 225 similarly sized arts, culture & humanities nonprofits (median $299,998).

$20,797,237Total revenue (FY 2023)
$259,203Total executive compensation
34thPercentile vs. peers

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Comparable arts, culture & humanities nonprofits

Compensation is normalized to MI cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities); each organization's reported figure is on its linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueTotal comp
Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens DC$20,775,852 $429,923
Broadway Sacramento CA$20,818,659 $253,227
Cheekwood Botanical Garden And Museum Of TN$20,743,795 $509,023
Japanese American National Museum CA$20,731,861 $192,562
Atlanta Educational Telecommunications Collab GA$20,934,565 $315,037
Arizona Aerospace Foundation AZ$20,941,065 $204,081
Grand Rapids Public Museum MI$20,611,936 $231,974
Harper House Music Foundation Inc NY$20,605,512 $40,817

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