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Richmond arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits

There are 634 arts, culture, and humanities organizations in the greater Richmond metro area. Combined, these Richmond metro arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits employ 2,418 people, earn more than $267 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $1 billion.
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Types of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in Richmond

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Performing arts organizations
 
152
 
$41,715,718
Arts and culture promoting and producing organizations
 
145
 
$14,805,362
Historical societies and organizations
 
125
 
$38,744,863
Cultural and ethnic awareness organizations
 
54
 
$1,077,069
Museums
 
50
 
$126,134,825
History museums
 
34
 
$41,150,054
Media production and publishing organizations
 
33
 
$30,721,830
Arts education organizations
 
31
 
$2,340,649
Theaters
 
28
 
$11,391,582
Music festival and event organizations
 
24
 
$1,113,147
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Job trends for Richmond arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
72
1-10
 
36
11-25
 
15
26-100
 
13
101 to 1,000
 
9
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in Richmond

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
142
$250k to $1M
 
42
$1M to $5M
 
22
$5M to $25M
 
12
$25M to $100M
 
1
$100M+
 
0
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Directory of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in Richmond

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1-20 of 634

Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Virginia Museum of History and Culture connects people to Virginia's past through exhibitions, education, and programs, inspiring future generations with engaging state history.
Revenue
$14.9m
Assets
$176.8m
Employees
129
EIN
54-0419452
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Preservation Virginia

Preservation Virginia preserves, promotes, and advocates for Virginia's historic places. Its focus is on cultural, economic, and educational benefits.
Revenue
$6.7m
Assets
$31.3m
Employees
146
EIN
54-0568800
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Maymont Foundation

Maymont Foundation is a history museum in Richmond, VA whose mission is: The Maymont Foundation preserves and celebrates Maymont for the pleasure and education of everyone.
Revenue
$10.8m
Assets
$40.3m
Employees
157
EIN
54-6039788
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Valentine

The mission of The Valentine is to engage, educate and challenge a diverse audience by collecting, preserving and interpreting richmond's history.
Revenue
$5.4m
Assets
$40.9m
Employees
82
EIN
54-0505967
IRS type
501(c)(3)

VPM Media Corporation

VPM Media Corp educates, entertains and inspires the community in Central Virginia and operates public television/radio stations. Based in Richmond, VA.
Revenue
$19.8m
Assets
$27.5m
Employees
118
EIN
54-0735782
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation

VMFA: Art museum in Richmond, VA supported by the VMFA Foundation's comprehensive fundraising and donor cultivation programs.
Revenue
$71.2m
Assets
$346.9m
Employees
34
EIN
51-0205333
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation

Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation uncovers, preserves and shares Jamestown's history. Excavates near the memorial church and northern bulwark of 1607 fort. Located in Richmond, VA.
Revenue
$12.2m
Assets
$13.4m
Employees
0
EIN
47-2945490
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Children's Museum of Richmond

The Children's Museum of Richmond, a not-for-profit organization, exists to create innovative learning experiences for all children and those who support them that inspire the next generation of creative problem solvers.
Revenue
$7.3m
Assets
$13.3m
Employees
115
EIN
51-0220694
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Objective Standard Institute

Objective Standard Institute promotes Objectivism, enhancing personal happiness and freedom through courses, workshops, and programs that cultivate writing and speaking skills.
Revenue
$6.2m
Assets
$12.0m
Employees
10
EIN
84-3575279
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Virginia Repertory Theatre

Professional theater in Richmond, VA offering national caliber productions for adults and children with a mission to educate and uplift communities.
Revenue
$5.8m
Assets
$7.5m
Employees
233
EIN
51-0159357
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Richmond Symphony

The Richmond Symphony performs, teaches and champions music, to enrich and entertain communities throughout Virginia.
Revenue
$8.9m
Assets
$1.2m
Employees
327
EIN
54-6024033
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Richmond Ballet

Richmond Ballet uplifts human spirit through ballet performances by professional and student dancers. mim program teaches movement-based curriculum to fourth-graders.
Revenue
$7.7m
Assets
$14.7m
Employees
179
EIN
54-6049848
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Visual Arts Center of Richmond

The Visual Arts Center of Richmond engages The community in The creative process through The Visual Arts. Celebrate and support The creative life through artmaking, exhibitions, and community programs.
Revenue
$5.0m
Assets
$7.6m
Employees
52
EIN
54-0721433
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Richmond Performing Arts Alliance

RPAA advances performing arts in Richmond, VA by supporting local artists, offering world-class venues, and a comprehensive arts education program.
Revenue
$3.2m
Assets
$131.6m
Employees
12
EIN
54-2028439
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Black History Museum and CLT Center

To present the complex experience of the people of africa and the african dispora with an emphasis on virginians by collecting preserving and interpreting historical and cultural artifacts.
Revenue
$2.2m
Assets
$6.9m
Employees
7
EIN
52-1354117
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Shockoe Foundation

The Shockoe Foundation is a private foundation located in Richmond, VA, which is supported by the City of Richmond.
Revenue
$3.1m
Assets
$5.4m
Employees
3
EIN
92-3220399
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The American Civil War Museum (ACWM)

The mission of The American Civil War Museum is to be the preeminent center for the exploration of the American Civil War and its legacies from multiple perspectives: Union and Confederate, enslaved and free African Americans, soldiers and civilians.
Revenue
$2.7m
Assets
$29.3m
Employees
54
EIN
46-4685540
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Richmond Forum

The Richmond Forum brings leaders from The world's stage to our stage world's stage to our stage in Richmond to expand horizons, stimulate conversation and inspire our community. To present powerful voices so Richmond can learn.
Revenue
$3.2m
Assets
$5.9m
Employees
6
EIN
54-1382433
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Science Museum Of Virginia Foundation

SMVF supports Science Museum of Virginia's educational programming and general operations to inspire Virginians through hands-on science education.
Revenue
$4.0m
Assets
$35.6m
Employees
8
EIN
23-7185836
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen Foundation

To be the community's center for creativity and education in the performing and visual arts. To inspire creativity and stimulate the senses through music, dance, art and theatre.
Revenue
$2.0m
Assets
$3.2m
Employees
41
EIN
54-1850818
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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