Arts, culture, and humanities organizations
There are 123,745arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in the United States. Combined, these arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsemploy 546,569 people, earn more than $40 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $158 billion.
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Subcategories within arts, culture, and humanities organizations:
- Organizations supporting an arts, culture, or humanities nonprofit(3,200)
- Organizations supporting multiple arts, culture, or humanities nonprofits(2,598)
- Arts and culture promoters(27,176)
- Cultural awareness organizations(10,518)
- Arts education nonprofits(4,934)
- Arts councils(1,713)
- Media organizations(7,530)
- Film production organizations(2,017)
- Television broadcasters(845)
- Nonprofit publishers(2,780)
- Radio broadcasters(974)
- Visual arts nonprofits(2,843)
- Museums(8,759)
- Art museums(878)
- Children's museums(387)
- History museums(4,197)
- Natural history museums(526)
- Science museums(326)
- Performing arts organizations(32,194)
- Performing arts centers(1,361)
- Dance organizations(3,351)
- Ballet companies(730)
- Theaters(7,221)
- Music festivals and events(7,536)
- Symphony orchestras(1,710)
- Operas(266)
- Performing arts schools(359)
- Humanities organizations(2,422)
- Historical societies(19,528)
- Arts services organizations(1,035)
Types of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits
Nonprofit type | Number | Revenues |
---|---|---|
32,194 | $11,968,999,374 | |
27,176 | $4,297,455,403 | |
19,528 | $1,886,859,931 | |
10,518 | $1,385,205,493 | |
8,759 | $11,231,359,359 | |
7,536 | $1,380,319,912 | |
7,530 | $6,910,910,977 | |
7,221 | $2,921,008,482 | |
4,934 | $1,385,898,461 | |
4,197 | $2,967,520,587 |
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Job trends for Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits
Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
0 | 10,842 |
1-10 | 9,180 |
11-25 | 3,135 |
26-100 | 2,524 |
101 to 1,000 | 1,165 |
1,000+ | 35 |
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, art museums, and history museums.
Sizes of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 29,553 |
$250k to $1M | 8,580 |
$1M to $5M | 3,652 |
$5M to $25M | 954 |
$25M to $100M | 185 |
$100M+ | 33 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like Smithsonian Institution (SI), Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Canada Council for the Arts earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 16.3% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits with more than $100 million account for 19.9% of nonprofit earnings.
- The highest earning organizations tend to be art museums, performing arts centers, history museums, theaters, and television broadcasters.
Directory of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits
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1-20 of 123,745
Whyy
Revenue
$39.0m
Assets
$57.8m
Employees
346
EIN
23-1438083
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Brooklyn Museum
Revenue
$40.6m
Assets
$323.3m
Employees
574
EIN
11-1672743
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
$52.8m
Assets
$236.3m
Employees
504
EIN
13-5562233
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)
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Revenue
$207.7m
Assets
$838.8m
Employees
1,671
EIN
13-1847137
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Revenue
$414.7m
Assets
$4.5b
Employees
2,458
EIN
13-1624086
IRS type
501(c)(3)
New York City Ballet
Revenue
$67.5m
Assets
$301.3m
Employees
1,451
EIN
13-2947386
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Robert W Woodruff Arts Center
Revenue
$83.4m
Assets
$653.9m
Employees
1,316
EIN
58-0633971
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Museum of Science
Revenue
$50.0m
Assets
$308.6m
Employees
840
EIN
04-2103916
IRS type
501(c)(3)
92nd Street Y (92Y)
Revenue
$88.4m
Assets
$131.0m
Employees
1,616
EIN
13-1624229
IRS type
501(c)(3)
WGBH Educational Foundation
Revenue
$198.4m
Assets
$841.8m
Employees
1,515
EIN
04-2104397
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)
Joe's Pub
Revenue
$88.7m
Assets
$115.5m
Employees
1,566
EIN
13-1844852
IRS type
501(c)(3)
California Academy of Sciences
Revenue
$95.2m
Assets
$832.2m
Employees
641
EIN
94-1156258
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Sesame Workshop (SW)
Revenue
$246.1m
Assets
$433.6m
Employees
1,268
EIN
13-2655731
IRS type
501(c)(3)
SoundExchange
Revenue
$66.8m
Assets
$696.9m
Employees
194
EIN
76-0742496
IRS type
501(c)(6)
Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)
Revenue
$21.7m
Assets
$69.6m
Employees
189
EIN
45-3138892
IRS type
501(c)(3)
American Museum of Natural History
Revenue
$198.1m
Assets
$1.5b
Employees
1,547
EIN
13-6162659
IRS type
501(c)(3)