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Seattle Symphony Foundation

Seattle Symphony Foundation's latest filing in the PeerBasis snapshot reports a Part VII D + F figure of $47,922 for Krishna Thiagarajan, President & Ceo (FY 2024). Column F can include amounts from the filing and related organizations.

After indexing supported filing years to 2025 comparison dollars, the subject figure is $49,183. It is higher than the D + F figure for 0 of 35 peer organizations selected under the disclosed tier Same NTEE sector (A69), nationwide + size band 0.71–1.4× revenue (approximately 0%; median $180,278). This is descriptive, not a reasonableness conclusion.

$4,890,345Total revenue (FY 2024)
$47,922Reported Part VII D + F figure
0 / 35Selected peers with a strictly lower 2025-dollar figure (approximately 0%)

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Actual selection tier: Same NTEE sector (A69), nationwide + size band 0.71–1.4× revenue. Displayed D + F figures from supported filing years are indexed to 2025 comparison dollars with BLS CPI-U; a nationwide tier also uses 2024 BEA RPP as a consumer price-level proxy when both the subject and peer have supported state codes. Unsupported state codes receive no interstate adjustment. Comparison values can differ from the raw filing. Column F may include related-organization amounts.

OrganizationStateRevenueD + F (2025 dollars)
Philharmonic Society Of Orange County CA$4,937,720 $243,985
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc NJ$4,801,679 $238,288
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra HI$5,107,537 $199,261
The Pasadena Symphony Association CA$5,111,761 $180,278
Charleston Symphony Orchestra SC$5,120,173 $205,647
Arizona Musicfest Inc AZ$5,235,819 $222,811
Knoxville Symphony Society TN$5,301,138 $171,670
Oklahoma Philharmonic Society Inc OK$5,389,137 $206,811

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