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Houston arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits

There are 1,950 arts, culture, and humanities organizations in the greater Houston metro area, including the cities of Houston, Baytown, Conroe, Galveston, Sugar Land, and The Woodlands. Combined, these Houston metro arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits employ 9,220 people, earn more than $986 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $5 billion.
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Types of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in Houston

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Arts and culture promoting and producing organizations
 
585
 
$80,513,085
Performing arts organizations
 
577
 
$402,880,294
Cultural and ethnic awareness organizations
 
285
 
$30,116,103
Historical societies and organizations
 
182
 
$17,368,500
Music festival and event organizations
 
138
 
$41,630,583
Museums
 
114
 
$420,370,639
Theaters
 
108
 
$80,451,398
Media production and publishing organizations
 
87
 
$31,880,788
Dance organizations
 
86
 
$7,761,699
Humanities nonprofit organizations
 
75
 
$10,049,177
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Job trends for Houston arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
212
1-10
 
116
11-25
 
36
26-100
 
21
101 to 1,000
 
18
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in Houston

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
433
$250k to $1M
 
145
$1M to $5M
 
52
$5M to $25M
 
19
$25M to $100M
 
9
$100M+
 
1
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Directory of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in Houston

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Houston Ballet Foundation

Houston Ballet Foundation inspires dance through excellent performances, education programs and academy. Professional dancers perform locally and internationally.
Revenue
$46.4m
Assets
$181.5m
Employees
597
EIN
74-1394920
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Houston Arts Alliance

Houston Arts Alliance fosters arts and culture development, supports artists, and enhances resilience in the Houston community through grantmaking and disaster preparedness initiatives.
Revenue
$22.7m
Assets
$37.1m
Employees
27
EIN
74-1946756
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Houston's natural science museum offers extensive collections, interactive exhibits, films, and educational opportunities for all ages.
Revenue
$82.1m
Assets
$308.2m
Employees
984
EIN
74-1036131
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Alley Theatre

Alley Theatre inspires through diverse theatrical experiences, engages the community, and cultivates future artists, fostering empathy and discourse in Houston.
Revenue
$26.3m
Assets
$101.8m
Employees
419
EIN
74-1143076
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Asia Society Texas Center

Asia Society Texas Center is an organization that promotes education and understanding of cultural diversity between Asia and the United States.
Revenue
$7.1m
Assets
$70.6m
Employees
40
EIN
03-0433949
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

The Hobby Center Foundation coordinates events and manages premier venues for resident companies at The Hobby Center for Performing Arts.
Revenue
$34.0m
Assets
$85.5m
Employees
102
EIN
76-0428914
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is an art museum in Houston, TX whose mission is: CAMH exhibits thought-provoking contemporary art and organizes educational programs in Houston, TX.
Revenue
$6.1m
Assets
$21.7m
Employees
133
EIN
74-1093771
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Founded in 1990, The Center for the Performing Arts at The Woodlands is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization that provides diverse, high-quality performing arts events for the entertainment and enrichment of a broad regional audience.
Revenue
$55.2m
Assets
$55.3m
Employees
572
EIN
76-0276606
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Children's Museum of Houston

Houston museum provides innovative, child-centered learning through bilingual exhibits and weekly programming on parenting, literacy, STEM. Educational gift shop.
Revenue
$21.2m
Assets
$53.6m
Employees
232
EIN
74-2178563
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Menil Foundation

The Menil Foundation supports and runs the Menil Collection, a free art museum in Houston, with rotating exhibitions and over 17,000 collected works.
Revenue
$30.5m
Assets
$482.1m
Employees
173
EIN
74-6045327
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Space Center Houston

The Manned Space Flight Education Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational foundation offering extensive science education programs and a space museum.
Revenue
$61.8m
Assets
$108.9m
Employees
527
EIN
76-0217152
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston welcomes and connects Houston communities with diverse histories of art spanning 5,000 years and six continents. Its programs cover accessions, curatorial and exhibit expenses, education, and public programs.
Revenue
$148.0m
Assets
$2.2b
Employees
792
EIN
74-1109655
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Foundation for Jones Hall

Jones Hall's foundation refurbishes the city-owned performing arts center in Houston, TX, preserving its history and architectural design.
Revenue
$7.9m
Assets
$11.0m
Employees
2
EIN
76-0202646
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Performing Arts Houston

SPA connects audiences with diverse performances and learning experiences. It offers culturally diverse programming in Houston, TX.
Revenue
$6.4m
Assets
$8.6m
Employees
18
EIN
74-6077505
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Houston Grand Opera Association

Houston Grand Opera: Inspiring opera's future, producing great works, and serving young artists as a bridge to full-fledged operatic careers.
Revenue
$30.4m
Assets
$26.9m
Employees
872
EIN
74-6016764
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Battleship Texas Foundation

Foundation restoring Battleship Texas to preserve history, repair leaks, reinforce structure, update flooring and air conditioning. Located in Houston.
Revenue
$23.2m
Assets
$11.6m
Employees
14
EIN
76-0449761
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Stages

The mission of Stages repertory theatre is to advance theatre and enliven our community to make a more vibrant houston.
Revenue
$6.3m
Assets
$31.9m
Employees
180
EIN
74-2090278
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Houston Symphony Society

Houston Symphony Society inspires and engages a diverse audience in Greater Houston and beyond by providing exceptional orchestral performances, educational programs, and community activities. John Mangum runs the organization.
Revenue
$38.8m
Assets
$13.1m
Employees
631
EIN
74-1157373
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Epochtimes Media Group Texas

Epochtimes Media Group Texas prints and publishes accurate information to provide their readers and audience with reliable news.
Revenue
$5.2m
Assets
$328.5k
Employees
9
EIN
36-4601188
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Theatre Under the Stars

Houston's TUTS enriches lives through quality musical theatre and innovative education, but had to move classes online due to COVID-19.
Revenue
$16.9m
Assets
$11.2m
Employees
487
EIN
74-1621647
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "A00: Arts, Culture, and Humanities: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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