Arts, culture, and humanities organizations
There are 130,644arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in the United States. Combined, these arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsemploy 580,095 people, earn more than $42 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $156 billion.
Subcategories within arts, culture, and humanities organizations:
- Organizations supporting an arts, culture, or humanities nonprofit(3,392)
- Organizations supporting multiple arts, culture, or humanities nonprofits(2,790)
- Arts and culture promoters(28,738)
- Cultural awareness organizations(11,203)
- Arts education nonprofits(5,237)
- Arts councils(1,796)
- Media organizations(7,994)
- Film production organizations(2,166)
- Television broadcasters(901)
- Nonprofit publishers(2,962)
- Radio broadcasters(1,014)
- Visual arts nonprofits(3,015)
- Museums(9,043)
- Art museums(910)
- Children's museums(405)
- History museums(4,378)
- Natural history museums(430)
- Science museums(351)
- Performing arts organizations(34,235)
- Performing arts centers(1,428)
- Dance organizations(3,567)
- Ballet companies(793)
- Theaters(7,745)
- Music festivals and events(8,047)
- Symphony orchestras(1,799)
- Operas(294)
- Performing arts schools(378)
- Humanities organizations(2,587)
- Historical societies(20,510)
- Arts services organizations(1,093)
Types of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits
Nonprofit type | Number | Revenues |
---|---|---|
34,235 | $13,131,721,929 | |
28,738 | $4,434,233,872 | |
20,512 | $1,994,974,798 | |
11,203 | $1,506,445,617 | |
9,043 | $11,609,753,453 | |
8,047 | $1,515,454,549 | |
7,994 | $7,103,414,654 | |
7,745 | $3,271,969,895 | |
5,237 | $1,443,667,039 | |
4,378 | $3,145,535,603 |
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Job trends for Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits
Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
0 | 11,662 |
1-10 | 9,335 |
11-25 | 3,183 |
26-100 | 2,613 |
101 to 1,000 | 1,250 |
1,000+ | 38 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits is driven by large organizations like Smithsonian Institution (SI), John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Los Angeles Philharmonic Association (LAP), After School Matters, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- The largest employers tend to be theaters, symphony orchestras, performing arts centers, history museums, and art museums.
Sizes of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 33,039 |
$250k to $1M | 9,028 |
$1M to $5M | 3,796 |
$5M to $25M | 1,011 |
$25M to $100M | 193 |
$100M+ | 34 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like Smithsonian Institution (SI), Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Metropolitan Museum of Art, and John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 16.4% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits with more than $100 million account for 19.5% of nonprofit earnings.
- The highest earning organizations tend to be art museums, performing arts centers, theaters, history museums, and television broadcasters.
Directory of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Revenue
$414.7m
Assets
$4.5b
Employees
2,458
EIN
13-1624086
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Museum of Modern Art
Revenue
$262.1m
Assets
$2.3b
Employees
1,365
EIN
13-1624100
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Carnegie Hall / The Carnegie Hall Corporation
Revenue
$67.7m
Assets
$655.4m
Employees
827
EIN
13-1923626
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (SRGF)
Revenue
$84.6m
Assets
$211.3m
Employees
613
EIN
13-5562233
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Brooklyn Museum
Revenue
$40.6m
Assets
$323.3m
Employees
574
EIN
11-1672743
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Whyy
Revenue
$39.0m
Assets
$57.8m
Employees
346
EIN
23-1438083
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Revenue
$207.7m
Assets
$838.8m
Employees
1,671
EIN
13-1847137
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Joe's Pub
Revenue
$88.7m
Assets
$115.5m
Employees
1,566
EIN
13-1844852
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Democracy Now Productions
Revenue
$10.8m
Assets
$32.4m
Employees
66
EIN
01-0708733
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Media Matters for America
Revenue
$14.2m
Assets
$6.4m
Employees
100
EIN
47-0928008
IRS type
501(c)(3)