Arts, culture, and humanities organizations
There are 128,948arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in the United States. Combined, these arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsemploy 588,277 people, earn more than $57 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $193 billion.
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Subcategories within arts, culture, and humanities organizations:
- Organizations supporting an arts, culture, or humanities nonprofit(1,462)
- Organizations supporting multiple arts, culture, or humanities nonprofits(2,337)
- Arts and culture promoters(29,529)
- Cultural awareness organizations(11,116)
- Arts education nonprofits(4,754)
- Arts councils(1,984)
- Media organizations(8,107)
- Film production organizations(2,438)
- Television broadcasters(882)
- Nonprofit publishers(2,269)
- Radio broadcasters(1,052)
- Visual arts nonprofits(3,318)
- Museums(10,429)
- Art museums(1,133)
- Children's museums(475)
- History museums(4,460)
- Natural history museums(459)
- Science museums(424)
- Performing arts organizations(36,862)
- Performing arts centers(1,663)
- Dance organizations(3,925)
- Ballet companies(1,039)
- Theaters(7,753)
- Music festivals and events(8,467)
- Symphony orchestras(2,194)
- Operas(414)
- Performing arts schools(429)
- Humanities organizations(2,988)
- Historical societies(18,255)
- Arts services organizations(1,192)
Types of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits
Nonprofit type | Number | Revenues |
---|---|---|
36,862 | $17,508,630,674 | |
29,529 | $5,809,995,911 | |
18,255 | $2,974,477,682 | |
11,116 | $1,654,560,712 | |
10,429 | $15,649,489,669 | |
8,467 | $1,801,059,489 | |
8,107 | $9,067,054,915 | |
7,753 | $3,518,059,348 | |
4,754 | $1,431,833,580 | |
4,460 | $2,784,263,488 |
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Job trends for Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits
Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
0 | 12,828 |
1-10 | 10,288 |
11-25 | 3,691 |
26-100 | 2,841 |
101 to 1,000 | 1,164 |
1,000+ | 22 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits is driven by large organizations like Lake Courthouse Foundation, Sound Recording Special Payments Fund, Smithsonian Institution (SI), Mosaic, and Metropolitan Opera Association.
- The largest employers tend to be theaters, historical societies, performing arts centers, symphony orchestras, and art museums.
Sizes of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 34,029 |
$250k to $1M | 10,248 |
$1M to $5M | 4,737 |
$5M to $25M | 1,327 |
$25M to $100M | 283 |
$100M+ | 53 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like Smithsonian Institution (SI), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Creative Testing Solutions (CTS) earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 13.7% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits with more than $100 million account for 22.3% of nonprofit earnings.
- The highest earning organizations tend to be art museums, performing arts centers, theaters, television broadcasters, and historical societies.
Directory of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits
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Common Sense Media
Revenue
$24.6m
Assets
$40.8m
Employees
186
EIN
41-2024986
IRS type
501(c)(3)
The Obama Foundation
Revenue
$309.3m
Assets
$945.0m
Employees
251
EIN
46-4950751
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Art Institute of Chicago (AIC)
Revenue
$414.9m
Assets
$1.8b
Employees
3,261
EIN
36-2167725
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Brooklyn Museum
Revenue
$88.9m
Assets
$368.4m
Employees
524
EIN
11-1672743
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Revenue
$653.5m
Assets
$5.4b
Employees
2,079
EIN
13-1624086
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Revenue
$182.7m
Assets
$1.2b
Employees
973
EIN
13-1847137
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Carnegie Hall / The Carnegie Hall Corporation
Revenue
$90.5m
Assets
$624.7m
Employees
663
EIN
13-1923626
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Museum of Modern Art
Revenue
$265.3m
Assets
$2.5b
Employees
912
EIN
13-1624100
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Whyy
Revenue
$51.0m
Assets
$71.8m
Employees
269
EIN
23-1438083
IRS type
501(c)(3)
GiGi's Playhouse
Revenue
$6.3m
Assets
$5.8m
Employees
51
EIN
20-0058563
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (SRGF)
Revenue
$75.9m
Assets
$232.2m
Employees
536
EIN
13-5562233
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Democracy Now Productions
Revenue
$8.6m
Assets
$33.9m
Employees
44
EIN
01-0708733
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Joe's Pub
Revenue
$70.5m
Assets
$136.5m
Employees
1,374
EIN
13-1844852
IRS type
501(c)(3)
New York City Ballet
Revenue
$85.6m
Assets
$313.0m
Employees
889
EIN
13-2947386
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Museum of Science
Revenue
$71.5m
Assets
$344.8m
Employees
456
EIN
04-2103916
IRS type
501(c)(3)
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)
Revenue
$36.3m
Assets
$40.5m
Employees
140
EIN
73-0684309
IRS type
501(c)(6)
WGBH Educational Foundation
Revenue
$212.0m
Assets
$924.5m
Employees
1,450
EIN
04-2104397
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Sesame Workshop (SW)
Revenue
$271.2m
Assets
$540.2m
Employees
1,142
EIN
13-2655731
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Media Matters for America
Revenue
$16.6m
Assets
$22.1m
Employees
125
EIN
47-0928008
IRS type
501(c)(3)
California Academy of Sciences
Revenue
$71.5m
Assets
$761.1m
Employees
658
EIN
94-1156258
IRS type
501(c)(3)