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New York arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits

There are 10,422arts, culture, and humanities organizations in New York. Combined, these New Yorkerarts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsemploy 90,254 people, earn more than $7 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $28 billion.
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Types of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in New York

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Performing arts organizations
3,145
$2,321,581,746
Arts and culture promoting and producing organizations
2,627
$667,056,979
Historical societies and organizations
1,282
$181,502,436
Cultural and ethnic awareness organizations
1,082
$209,199,151
Theaters
855
$562,615,920
Music festival and event organizations
782
$245,137,189
Media production and publishing organizations
745
$968,750,741
Museums
551
$1,819,858,616
Arts education organizations
447
$311,153,501
Dance organizations
392
$226,084,706
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Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits by major New York cities

Metro areaNonprofitsRevenues
New York City
7,070
$5,794,369,400
Rochester, NY
474
$118,537,126
Buffalo
439
$129,661,887
Albany, NY
439
$107,490,762
Poughkeepsie
331
$81,657,020
Syracuse
298
$54,513,569
Kingston
177
$27,834,680
Utica
110
$31,616,679
Ithaca
108
$18,634,305
Glens Falls
98
$17,359,745
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Job trends for New York arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
1,138
1-10
922
11-25
351
26-100
345
101 to 1,000
177
1,000+
12
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Sizes of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in New York

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
3,185
$250k to $1M
903
$1M to $5M
482
$5M to $25M
152
$25M to $100M
29
$100M+
10
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Directory of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in New York

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Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City. The museum is New York City's third largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.
Revenue
$40.6m
Assets
$323.3m
Employees
574
EIN
11-1672743
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Carnegie Hall / The Carnegie Hall Corporation

TO PRESENT MUSIC & MUSICIANS, BRING THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MUSIC TO THE PUBLIC, PROVIDE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, and provide new works, artists & audiences. To present music & musicians, bring The transformative power of music to The public, provide edu...
Revenue
$67.7m
Assets
$655.4m
Employees
827
EIN
13-1923626
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The mission of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and stimulate appreciation for and advance knowledge of works of Art that collectively represent the broadest spectrum of human achievement at the highest level of qual...
Revenue
$414.7m
Assets
$4.5b
Employees
2,458
EIN
13-1624086
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art establishes, preserves, and documents a permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, presents exhibitions and educational programs, sustains a library, archives, and conservation laboratory and supports scholarship and pub...
Revenue
$262.1m
Assets
$2.3b
Employees
1,365
EIN
13-1624100
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

To sustain, encourage, and promote the Performing Arts. See sch. O for continuation.and part iii, line 1, description of organization mission:to sustain, encourage, and promote the Performing Arts and to educate the public with relation thereto. In additi...
Revenue
$207.7m
Assets
$838.8m
Employees
1,671
EIN
13-1847137
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (SRGF)

Committed to innovation, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation collects, preserves, and interprets modern and contemporary art, and explores ideas across cultures through dynamic curatorial and educational initiatives and collaborations.
Revenue
$52.8m
Assets
$236.3m
Employees
504
EIN
13-5562233
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sesame Workshop (SW)

Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street and so much more. Sesame Workshop's mission is to help kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder.
Revenue
$246.1m
Assets
$433.6m
Employees
1,268
EIN
13-2655731
IRS type
501(c)(3)

New York City Ballet

Perform the ballets and preserve the dance aesthetic and standards of excellence created and established by its founders; and to develop New work that draws on the creative talents of contemporary choreographers and composers, and speaks to the time in ...
Revenue
$67.5m
Assets
$301.3m
Employees
1,451
EIN
13-2947386
IRS type
501(c)(3)

92nd Street Y (92Y)

92nd Street Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association is a world-class cultural and community center where people all over the world connect through culture, arts, entertainment and conversation.
Revenue
$88.4m
Assets
$131.0m
Employees
1,616
EIN
13-1624229
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Democracy Now Productions

DEMOCRACY NOW! PRODUCTIONS, INC PRODUCES A DAILY, NATIONAL, LISTENER-SPONSORED / o ooo e NON-COMMERCIAL PUBLIC RADIO AND TELEVISION NEWS SHOW DEMOCRACY NOW! PRODUCTIONS, ING 2s "FULFILLS ITS MISSION BY TRAINING JOURNALIST INTERNS AND COMMUNITY VIDEO PR...
Revenue
$10.8m
Assets
$32.4m
Employees
66
EIN
01-0708733
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Joe's Pub

Joe's Pub, one of the six performance spaces within The Public Theater, is a music venue and restaurant that hosts live performances across genres and arts, ranging from cabaret to modern dance to world music.
Revenue
$88.7m
Assets
$115.5m
Employees
1,566
EIN
13-1844852
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Museum of Natural History

The Museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the Natural world, and the universe.". Nat History Museum, exhibitions, library, collections, conse...
Revenue
$198.1m
Assets
$1.5b
Employees
1,547
EIN
13-6162659
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Bam's mission is to be the home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas. Bam is the home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas.
Revenue
$52.1m
Assets
$147.0m
Employees
1,212
EIN
11-2201344
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Roundabout Theatre Company

Roundabout Theatre Company is committed to producing the highest-quality theatre with the finest artists, sharing stories that endure and providing accessibility to all audiences.
Revenue
$37.0m
Assets
$142.3m
Employees
1,419
EIN
13-6192346
IRS type
501(c)(3)

New York Philharmonic

The New York Philharmonic plays a leading cultural role in New York City, the United States, and the world. Each season the Philharmonic connects with up to 50 million music lovers through live concerts in New York City and on its worldwide tours.
Revenue
$108.4m
Assets
$387.3m
Employees
803
EIN
13-1664054
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Morgan Library & Museum

The mission of the Morgan Library & Museum is to preserve, build, study, present, and interpret a collection of extraordinary quality, in order to stimulate enjoyment, excite the imagination, advance learning, and nurture creativity.
Revenue
$30.7m
Assets
$345.6m
Employees
269
EIN
13-1624146
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Ballet Theatre (ABT)

American Ballet Theatre (ABT) remains committed to maintaining the Company's vast repertoire and bringing the magic of dance theater to over 400,000 people each year.
Revenue
$28.0m
Assets
$65.0m
Employees
493
EIN
13-1882106
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Paul Taylor American Modern Dance

The Paul Taylor Dance Company, established in 1954, has long been one of the world's most highly regarded performing arts companies formed by Paul Taylor, an American choreographer of the 20th century.
Revenue
$6.3m
Assets
$8.9m
Employees
93
EIN
13-2665475
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation

Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation was established to support the preservation of the grounds & remnants of the former concentration camp kl auschwitz i and it birkenau.
Revenue
$7.3m
Assets
$5.9m
Employees
6
EIN
46-1411164
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN)

Founded in 1992, Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) is Manhattan's free, public access cable network. We operate two media production and education facilities in Manhattan and run five cablecast channels reaching over 600,000 cable subscribers.
Revenue
$8.7m
Assets
$30.6m
Employees
56
EIN
13-3625426
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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