Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts CEO salary and executive pay
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts paid its CEO, Henry Timms, $2,293,217 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $389,378 (20.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $234,975,826, up 36.9% from $171,655,256 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts ranks 1st of 11 arts and culture nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-1847137, New York, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,293,217
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Mariko Silver (PRESIDENT AND CEO AS OF 9/16/24), $408,069.
- Total revenue
- $234,975,826
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 85%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621329349303332.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 31st of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.98% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 9 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Henry Timms CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO THRU 8/1/24 | $2,293,217 |
| James O'HaraEVP, CFO & CAO | $904,620 |
| Shannon Shanta Thake-KriegsmannEVP, CHIEF ARTISTIC OFFICER | $749,701 |
| Lauren KleinEVP, GEN. COUNSEL & CORP. SECR. | $749,268 |
| Leah JohnsonEVP, CHF. COMM, MKTING & ADVOC. OFC. | $729,247 |
Also paid on the latest return: Melique Jones (EVP, CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER), $649,702; Adam Bair (BASIC STAGEHAND), $570,577; Robert Bellas (BASIC STAGEHAND), $536,150; Darren Robertson (SVP, PERFORMANCE & CAMPUS OPERATIONS), $501,789; Laura Colony (SVP, A&I - CORPORATE & INSTITUTIONAL GIVING), $453,929; Mariko Silver (PRESIDENT AND CEO AS OF 9/16/24), $408,069; Lawrence Sumulong (PHOTOGRAPHER), $385,554; Peter Flamm (FORMER VP, REAL ESTATE), $224,598.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Steven R Swartz (CHAIRMAN), Sheryl D Kaye (VICE CHAIR), Robert K Steel (VICE CHAIR), Clara Wu Tsai (VICE CHAIR), Adebayo Ogunlesi (VICE CHAIR & TREASURER), Ronnie Ackman (DIRECTOR), Elizabeth Alexander (DIRECTOR), Sarah Arison (DIRECTOR), Elisabeth M Armstrong (DIRECTOR AS OF 6/11/25), Jody Arnhold (DIRECTOR), Shari Aronson (DIRECTOR), Christina Baker (DIRECTOR), Renee Belfer (DIRECTOR), Frank A Bennack Jr (DIRECTOR), C Graham Berwind III (DIRECTOR AS OF 6/11/25), Cecily M Carson (DIRECTOR), Diana Chen (DIRECTOR), Kathryn Chenault (DIRECTOR), Misty Copeland (DIRECTOR), James G Dinan (DIRECTOR), Carol Domina (DIRECTOR AS OF 10/1/24), Damien Dwin (DIRECTOR), Blair W Effron (DIRECTOR THRU 6/11/25), Joel S Ehrenkranz (DIRECTOR THRU 6/11/25), Martin Escobari (DIRECTOR), and 64 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Henry Timms CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO THRU 8/1/24 | $2,293,217 | $234,975,826 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Henry Timms CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $1,903,839 | $171,655,256 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Henry Timms CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $2,686,845 | $235,064,233 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Henry Timms CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $1,509,099 | $182,748,154 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621329349303332.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Henry TimmsPRESIDENT AND CEO THRU 8/1/24 | $2,247,343 | $45,874 | $910,240 | $1,336,667 | $436 | $13,575 | $32,299 | $2,293,217 |
| James O'HaraEVP, CFO & CAO | $853,302 | $51,318 | $631,017 | $219,300 | $2,985 | $16,858 | $34,460 | $904,620 |
| Shannon Shanta Thake-KriegsmannEVP, CHIEF ARTISTIC OFFICER | $696,545 | $53,156 | $429,142 | $266,700 | $703 | $21,521 | $31,635 | $749,701 |
| Lauren KleinEVP, GEN. COUNSEL & CORP. SECR. | $688,950 | $60,318 | $570,155 | $116,850 | $1,945 | $16,846 | $43,472 | $749,268 |
| Leah JohnsonEVP, CHF. COMM, MKTING & ADVOC. OFC. | $687,910 | $41,337 | $504,925 | $180,000 | $2,985 | $17,222 | $24,115 | $729,247 |
These figures come from Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts' Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts compares
Ranked 1st of 11 arts and culture nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Next in this ranking: 2nd, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, $2,056,119
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art$2,056,119 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
YMCA of Greater New York$2,132,309 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette$889,712 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
U.S. Chamber of Commerce$8,391,682 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
GRAND Mental Health$1,661,437 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Henry Timms (PRESIDENT AND CEO THRU 8/1/24) was paid $2,293,217 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $2,247,343 from Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and $45,874 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Henry Timms, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,293,217.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts paid its CEO, Henry Timms, $2,293,217 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $389,378 (20.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Henry Timms, paid $1,509,099. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,509,099 (Henry Timms); June 2023, $2,686,845; June 2024, $1,903,839; June 2025, $2,293,217.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts' return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $231,660,857 and total revenue of $234,975,826 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $3,314,969. Expenses were $219,982,780 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 5.3%. The CEO's pay of $2,293,217 equals 0.99% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 12, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.