Arts, culture, and humanities organizations
There are 121,673 arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in the United States. Combined, these arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits employ 573,912 people, earn more than $45 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $158 billion.
Subcategories within arts, culture, and humanities organizations:
- Organizations supporting an arts, culture, or humanities nonprofit(3,229)
- Organizations supporting multiple arts, culture, or humanities nonprofits(2,469)
- Arts and culture promoters(25,622)
- Cultural awareness organizations (10,046)
- Arts education nonprofits (4,946)
- Arts councils (1,688)
- Media organizations(7,447)
- Film production organizations (1,965)
- Television broadcasters (875)
- Nonprofit publishers (2,928)
- Radio broadcasters (948)
- Visual arts nonprofits(2,800)
- Museums(8,457)
- Art museums (886)
- Children's museums (395)
- History museums (4,178)
- Natural history museums (233)
- Science museums (332)
- Performing arts organizations(32,307)
- Performing arts centers (1,449)
- Dance organizations (3,302)
- Ballet companies (762)
- Theaters (7,330)
- Music festivals and events (7,538)
- Symphony orchestras (1,737)
- Operas (262)
- Performing arts schools (368)
- Humanities organizations(2,436)
- Historical societies(19,883)
- Arts services organizations(892)
Types of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits
Nonprofit type | Number | Revenues |
---|---|---|
32,307 | $14,614,094,620 | |
25,622 | $4,458,677,082 | |
19,889 | $2,183,725,161 | |
10,046 | $1,425,332,683 | |
8,457 | $11,893,088,248 | |
7,538 | $1,687,057,949 | |
7,447 | $6,867,024,082 | |
7,330 | $3,619,427,328 | |
4,946 | $1,487,567,639 | |
4,178 | $3,395,761,888 |
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Job trends for Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits
Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
0 | 11,416 |
1-10 | 8,966 |
11-25 | 3,102 |
26-100 | 2,593 |
101 to 1,000 | 1,282 |
1,000+ | 36 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits is driven by large organizations like Art Institute of Chicago (AIC), John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Los Angeles Philharmonic Association (LAP), Metropolitan Museum of Art, and After School Matters.
- The largest employers tend to be theaters, symphony orchestras, performing arts centers, art museums, and history museums.
Sizes of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 32,586 |
$250k to $1M | 9,199 |
$1M to $5M | 3,930 |
$5M to $25M | 1,061 |
$25M to $100M | 232 |
$100M+ | 39 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Museum of Modern Art, and Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 15.6% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits with more than $100 million account for 17.6% 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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Museum of Modern Art
Revenue
$444.0m
Assets
$2.4b
Employees
1,284
EIN
13-1624100
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Carnegie Hall / The Carnegie Hall Corporation
Revenue
$87.2m
Assets
$658.0m
Employees
832
EIN
13-1923626
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Revenue
$152.1m
Assets
$736.5m
Employees
1,629
EIN
13-1847137
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (SRGF)
Revenue
$77.2m
Assets
$166.9m
Employees
642
EIN
13-5562233
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Revenue
$515.1m
Assets
$4.5b
Employees
2,564
EIN
13-1624086
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Art Institute of Chicago (AIC)
Revenue
$376.4m
Assets
$1.7b
Employees
4,128
EIN
36-2167725
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Brooklyn Museum
Revenue
$46.2m
Assets
$320.7m
Employees
598
EIN
11-1672743
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Whyy
Revenue
$41.7m
Assets
$54.2m
Employees
323
EIN
23-1438083
IRS type
501(c)(3)
New York City Ballet
Revenue
$91.2m
Assets
$325.4m
Employees
1,452
EIN
13-2947386
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Democracy Now!
Revenue
$11.4m
Assets
$27.3m
Employees
66
EIN
01-0708733
IRS type
501(c)(3)