Berklee College of Music Inc
Boston, MA · EIN 04-2300472 · Education · Rank 1,446 by total revenue
The mission of berklee college of music is to educate, train, and develop students to excel in the performing arts.
Money, Form 990 for tax year 2024
- Total revenue
- $460,330,866
- Total expenses
- $464,670,221
- Total assets
- $988,069,581
- Salary base (all salaries and wages)
- $185,106,681
- Salaries, other pay and benefits
- $228,182,706
- Employees
- 5,254
- Salary base per employee
- $35,232
"Salary base" is Form 990 Part IX lines 5 to 7. "Employees" is everyone who got a W-2 that year, full or part time. Form 990-EZ and 990-PF report pay differently; see About the data.
Leadership (46)
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Bogen | INTERIM PRESIDENT & PROVOST | Officer | 40 | $644,731 |
| John Case | INTERIM CFO (END 5/25) | Officer | 40 | $475,488 |
| Kaitlin Passafaro | SECRETARY | Officer | 40 | $278,713 |
| Jim Lucchese | PRESIDENT (BEGINNING 1/25) | Board, Officer | 40 | None reported |
| Paul S Dworkis | EVP & CFO (BEGINNING 4/25) | Officer | 40 | None reported |
| Elizabeth Newman | EVP & CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER | Key employee | 40 | $591,766 |
| Deborah Cavalier | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | Key employee | 40 | $450,163 |
| Martin J Mannion | CHAIR | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Charles Anderson | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Lee Burrows | TRUSTEE (BEGINNING 4/24) | Board | 2 | None reported |
| David Clem | TRUSTEE (END 5/25) | Board | 2 | None reported |
| John Connaughton | TRUSTEE (END 5/25) | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Cynthia K Curme | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Kristy Edmunds | TRUSTEE (BEGINNING 10/24) | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Emilio Estefan | TRUSTEE (END 5/25) | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Gloria Estefan | TRUSTEE (END 5/25) | Board | 2 | None reported |
| David Friend | TRUSTEE (BEGINNING 5/25) | Board | 2 | None reported |
| David Gross | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Thomas H Hagerty | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Velina Hasu-Houston | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Marina Hatsopoulos | TRUSTEE (BEGINNING 6/24) | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Kristine Moyer Higgins | TRUSTEE (BEGINNING 5/25) | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Carletta Higginson | TRUSTEE (BEGINNING 5/25) | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Steven Holtzman | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Bill Kaiser | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Grace Kelly | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Peter Labbat | TRUSTEE (BEGINNING 4/24) | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Mie Kyung Lee | TRUSTEE (END 5/25) | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Hassell McClellan | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Frederick T Miller | TRUSTEE (END 5/25) | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Peter Muller | TRUSTEE (END 11/24) | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Robert S Murley | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Jim Pallotta | TRUSTEE (BEGINNING 5/25) | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Anthony Pangaro | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Jeff Patterson | TRUSTEE (BEGINNING 5/25) | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Jon Platt | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Snow Qin | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Darius Sidebotham | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| David Scott Sloan | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Elizabeth Carillo Thomas | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Katie Vitolins | TRUSTEE (BEGINNING 4/24) | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Paul Wachter | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Tarik Ward | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Susan Whitehead | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Andy Youniss | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Marillyn Zacharis | TRUSTEE | Board | 2 | None reported |
Top 10 paid people listed
These 10 people received $5,484,037, which is 3.0% of the $185,106,681 salary base shared by 5,254 employees.
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | From this org | From related orgs | Other pay | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erica Muhl | FORMER PRESIDENT | Former | 0 | $1,250,000 | $0 | $50,166 | $1,300,166 |
| David Bogen | INTERIM PRESIDENT & PROVOST | Officer | 40 | $577,646 | $0 | $67,085 | $644,731 |
| Elizabeth Newman | EVP & CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER | Key employee | 40 | $531,568 | $0 | $60,198 | $591,766 |
| John Case | INTERIM CFO (END 5/25) | Officer | 40 | $408,403 | $0 | $67,085 | $475,488 |
| Erin Tunnicliffe | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT (END 1/25) | Highly paid employee | 40 | $415,775 | $0 | $54,520 | $470,295 |
| Deborah Cavalier | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | Key employee | 40 | $401,380 | $0 | $48,783 | $450,163 |
| Phillip Knutel | VP & CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER | Highly paid employee | 40 | $356,028 | $0 | $59,860 | $415,888 |
| Claire Machamer | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | Highly paid employee | 40 | $342,591 | $0 | $65,644 | $408,235 |
| Eileen Alviti | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, HR | Highly paid employee | 40 | $331,559 | $0 | $42,302 | $373,861 |
| Ronald Savage | VP & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | Highly paid employee | 40 | $290,861 | $0 | $62,583 | $353,444 |
Sources
- IRS e-file return 202640989349301629 (Form 990, period ending 2025-05-31): readable copy at ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 04-2300472
- Organization website (as filed): www.berklee.edu