The Colburn School
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-2501387 · Arts, culture and humanities · Rank 7,338 by total revenue
A school with acclaimed faculty providing students the highest quality performing arts education.
Money, Form 990 for tax year 2024
- Total revenue
- $69,730,013
- Total expenses
- $56,857,229
- Total assets
- $761,530,405
- Salary base (all salaries and wages)
- $20,942,767
- Salaries, other pay and benefits
- $24,975,236
- Employees
- 527
- Salary base per employee
- $39,740
"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 (39)
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sel Kardan | PRESIDENT & CEO | Officer | 40 | $876,270 |
| Maeesha Merchant | EVP, CFO/COO/TREASURER | Officer | 40 | $493,941 |
| Mira Wolff | VP, HR/GENERAL COUNSEL/BOD SECRETARY | Officer | 40 | $280,876 |
| Andrew Millstein | CHAIRMAN | Board, Officer | 1 | None reported |
| Carol Colburn Grigor | LIFE CHAIRMAN EMERITUS | Board, Officer | 1 | None reported |
| David D Colburn | VICE CHAIRMAN | Board, Officer | 1 | None reported |
| Diane Naegele | VICE CHAIRMAN | Board, Officer | 1 | None reported |
| Annie E Wickert - Svp Of | PHILANTHROPY/DIRECTOR, CAP CAMPAIGN | Key employee | 40 | $400,173 |
| Nathaniel Zeisler | PROVOST | Key employee | 40 | $369,048 |
| Daniel L Avchen | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Henry Choi | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Bethany Coffee | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Richard W Colburn | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Alice Coulombe | DIRECTOR (THRU 09/24) | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Linda Curtis | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Jennifer F Diener | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Jerry Eberhardt | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Darren Edwards | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Juan Carlos Gonzalez | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Terry Robert Greene | DIRECTOR (AS OF 09/24) | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Greg Guyett | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Carol F Henry | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Catherine Colburn Hogel | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| William T Kennedy | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Molly Kirk | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Aliza Lesser | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Robert Lewis | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Allan T Marks | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Beverly C Marksbury | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Worthy McCartney | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Greg McWilliams | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Ann Moore | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Mahnaz Newman | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Sean Rourke | DIRECTOR (AS OF 04/25) | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Heinrich Schelbert MD PHD | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Harry B Suh | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Keith Terasaki | DIRECTOR (THRU 12/24) | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Dylan Yolles | DIRECTOR | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Emma Zhu | DIRECTOR (AS OF 04/25) | Board | 1 | None reported |
Top 10 paid people listed
These 10 people received $4,400,432, which is 21.0% of the $20,942,767 salary base shared by 527 employees.
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | From this org | From related orgs | Other pay | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sel Kardan | PRESIDENT & CEO | Officer | 40 | $745,808 | $0 | $130,462 | $876,270 |
| Robert Lipsett | PROFESSOR | Highly paid employee | 40 | $490,440 | $0 | $34,200 | $524,640 |
| Maeesha Merchant | EVP, CFO/COO/TREASURER | Officer | 40 | $461,017 | $0 | $32,924 | $493,941 |
| Fabio Bidini | PROFESSOR | Highly paid employee | 40 | $421,765 | $0 | $31,598 | $453,363 |
| Annie E Wickert - Svp Of | PHILANTHROPY/DIRECTOR, CAP CAMPAIGN | Key employee | 40 | $375,460 | $0 | $24,713 | $400,173 |
| Clive Greensmith | PROFESSOR | Highly paid employee | 40 | $333,355 | $0 | $41,854 | $375,209 |
| Nathaniel Zeisler | PROVOST | Key employee | 40 | $324,244 | $0 | $44,804 | $369,048 |
| Martin Beaver | FACULTY | Highly paid employee | 40 | $285,343 | $0 | $39,109 | $324,452 |
| Jennifer Kallend | VP, COMMUNICATIONS | Highly paid employee | 40 | $277,174 | $0 | $25,286 | $302,460 |
| Mira Wolff | VP, HR/GENERAL COUNSEL/BOD SECRETARY | Officer | 40 | $254,771 | $0 | $26,105 | $280,876 |
Sources
- IRS e-file return 202631329349306683 (Form 990, period ending 2025-06-30): readable copy at ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 95-2501387
- Organization website (as filed): www.colburnschool.edu