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Eye-watering salaries and perks that include free travel for spouses are being used to tempt academics to lead Boston's most prominent nonprofit arts and cultural institutions. Beth Healy and Sacha Pfeiffer report.

They are not only well-paid, but many receive an array of generous perks — housing allowances, home loans, club dues, and free travel for spouses. One was awarded a quarter-million dollars in retention bonuses. Another is reimbursed for his children’s college tuition.

The executives on the receiving end of these benefits are not corporate chieftains. Instead, they run some of the Boston area’s most prominent nonprofit arts and cultural institutions.

The organizations, though, say the perks are appropriate, and often key to attracting and keeping top talent... Keep reading on Boston Globe

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