Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1934.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
73 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
47 people listed on the 990; $5.1M paid to officers and key staff.
Damian Woetzel’s $1.1M as President is at the 78th percentile of top reported officer pay among 674 $100M+ education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damian Woetzel | $1,109,961 | $1,275,061 | $867,173 | $832,702 | $843,051 | $855,970 |
| Lesley Rosenthal | $577,731 | $646,359 | $587,439 | $516,269 | $505,003 | $498,721 |
| Stephanie Vullo | $591,619 | $274,099 | — | — | — | — |
| Cathy Nadeau | $520,065 | $549,857 | $476,357 | $428,271 | — | — |
| Alexandra Wheeler | $320,840 | $468,418 | $450,740 | $432,965 | $423,506 | $420,380 |
| Maurice Edelson | — | — | $371,453 | $445,689 | $435,889 | $431,069 |
| Joseph W Polisi | $376,271 | $363,713 | $350,469 | $342,886 | $329,601 | $423,990 |
| Ara Guzelimian | — | — | — | — | $313,175 | $414,371 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Juilliard School executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Provides world-class performing arts education and training in music, dance, and drama for gifted students from around the globe.
Questions for Juilliard School
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Juilliard's primary program service accomplishment is providing instruction in music, dance, and drama to approximately 1,200 students in its college and pre-college programs. The expenses associated with provided instruction include compensation (salaries and employment benefits) relating to the educational function of the school…
Providing financial assistance to students is a high priority of the school, so that financial circumstances will not be a barrier to entry for its talented musicians, actors, and dancers. Student assistance includes scholarships, fellowships, prizes, certain grants, and federal aid grants received and distributed to eligible students.
During 2020-2021 the school supported its mission of higher education through program services indirectly related to the education of talented musicians, actors and dancers. Such indirect program services include support of student activities and programming, auxiliary services such as the juilliard store and the student residence hall…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 1 smaller program.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 2 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 2 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY21 | FY20 | FY19 | FY18 | FY17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $1.37B | $1.05B | $1.09B | $1.10B | $1.04B |
| Given inLn 1b | $5.0M | $3.7M | $11.8M | $22.2M | $25.8M |
| SpentLn 1d–1f | $58.8M | $55.7M | $54.1M | $51.9M | $50.7M |
| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $7.4M | $16.8M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $1.08B | $1.41B |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $141.4M | $141.4M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.27B | $1.63B |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $283.9M | $280.3M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $989.7M | $1.35B |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $31.2M | $31.2M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $4.1M | $1.1M | $2.4M | $710K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $49.5M | $39.3M | $7.7M | $2.5M |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $3.2M | $2.6M | $505K | $165K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $6.4M | $5.1M | $996K | $326K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $3.9M | $2.9M | $724K | $236K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $1.1M | $308K | $791K | $8K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $182K | $182K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $7.6M | $7.6M | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $2.3M | $358K | $1.6M | $303K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $959K | $739K | $44K | $176K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $1.2M | $900K | $275K | $21K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $2.1M | $2.1M | ||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $7.8M | $7.2M | $490K | $82K |
| TravelLn 17 | $187K | $184K | $3K | $286 |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $14K | $12K | $164 | $2K |
| InterestLn 20 | $8.4M | $7.5M | $752K | $84K |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $10.2M | $9.1M | $988K | $87K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $2.2M | $2.2M | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $8.7M | $3.1M | $5.6M | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $2.6M | $1.1M | $1.4M | $62K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $153.8M | $112.7M | $36.3M | $4.8M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 13, 2026 | $231.7M | $198.6M | $33.1M | $1.5B | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 8, 2025 | $223.7M | $191.5M | $32.2M | $1.4B | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 13, 2024 | $181.2M | $182.1M | −$836K | $1.3B | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $244.6M | $159.1M | $85.5M | $1.3B | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 12, 2022 | $181.6M | $153.8M | $27.8M | $1.3B | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 17, 2021 | $140.6M | $144.2M | −$3.7M | $989.7M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $181,578,100 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 30 of 31 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $181,578,100 across 11 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $153,773,554 across 21 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,626,062,472 assets, 22 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,345,735,300 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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