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Music festival and event organizations

There are 8,979music festivals and events in the United States. Combined, these music festivals and eventsemploy 20,837 people, earn more than $2 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $4 billion.
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Job trends for Music festivals and events

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
1,054
1-10
638
11-25
150
26-100
118
101 to 1,000
34
1,000+
1
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Sizes of music festivals and events

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
2,916
$250k to $1M
703
$1M to $5M
237
$5M to $25M
41
$25M to $100M
9
$100M+
0
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Directory of music festivals and events

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1-20 of 8,979

Stern Grove Festival Association

The Stern Grove Festival Association provides free live music and educational programs in San Francisco, uniting the community through accessible musical experiences.
Revenue
$3.5m
Assets
$16.2m
Employees
175
EIN
94-6064356
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Oregon Symphony Association

Inspiring musical experiences that move music forward and prioritize community health and wellbeing in Portland, Oregon.
Revenue
$16.9m
Assets
$25.3m
Employees
412
EIN
93-0446527
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Jazz at Lincoln Center

Jazz at Lincoln Center entertains, educates, and advocates for jazz through performances, outreach programs, and media events in New York.
Revenue
$44.0m
Assets
$237.7m
Employees
551
EIN
13-3888641
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

CMS presents chamber music concerts and educational programs in NYC to stimulate appreciation, performance, and composition of the genre.
Revenue
$7.9m
Assets
$78.4m
Employees
34
EIN
13-2628036
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Groton Hill Music (IHM)

Since 1985, Indian Hill Music has filled a growing need for high-quality music education and professional performances in the 40-town region of the Nashoba and Merrimack Valleys.
Revenue
$30.9m
Assets
$244.8m
Employees
158
EIN
04-2867945
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Performing Arts Consultants (PAC)

Performing Arts Consultants (PAC), established in 1984, is a non-profit educational foundation dedicated to students of the performing arts.
Revenue
$6.9m
Assets
$2.4m
Employees
11
EIN
22-2523052
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Berkeley Music Group

Berkeley Music Group renovates and operates UC Theatre, a 1,400-capacity non-profit music venue in Berkeley with a youth education program.
Revenue
$5.6m
Assets
$5.8m
Employees
231
EIN
46-1517597
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Music For All

Music for All's mission is to create, provide and expand positively life-changing(cont'd on sch o) experiences through Music for all.the vision of Music for All is to be a catalyst to ensure that every child across America has access and opportunity to pa....
Revenue
$12.8m
Assets
$15.3m
Employees
43
EIN
36-3413042
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Capital Concerts

To seek creative solutions for educational and cultural problems through the use of the arts, public television, and collaborative activity by providing educational programs and cultural events for the country.
Revenue
$14.8m
Assets
$5.2m
Employees
283
EIN
52-2019014
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Texas Music Educators Association

Texas Music Educators Association is a music festival or event organization in Austin, TX whose mission is: Advancement of Music education in Texas.
Revenue
$7.0m
Assets
$12.2m
Employees
12
EIN
75-1039291
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Music Performance Trust Fund

Music Performance Trust Fund provides free live concerts across the US and Canada, enriching lives through professional musicians' performances.
Revenue
$5.9m
Assets
$10.7m
Employees
6
EIN
13-6295168
IRS type
501(c)(3)

San Francisco Jazz Organization

As a 501c3 non-profit organization, SFJAZZ works to develop the audience for jazz in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. SFJAZZ celebrates jazz as a living art form, built on a constantly evolving tradition.
Revenue
$16.6m
Assets
$70.4m
Employees
212
EIN
94-2990335
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Harmony Project

Harmony Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that promotes positive youth development to high need areas through year-round music lessons and orchestra participation.
Revenue
$6.8m
Assets
$5.3m
Employees
51
EIN
95-4856236
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sphinx Organization

Sphinx Organization empowers young musicians of color through artist development and education programs, with a focus on diversity in the arts.
Revenue
$7.6m
Assets
$24.3m
Employees
14
EIN
38-3283759
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Boston Early Music Festival

Boston Early Music Festival promotes public interest in music written and recorded before 1800 through international early music series concerts, exhibitions, and recordings of concerts. The festival is located in Cambridge, MA.
Revenue
$5.2m
Assets
$1.4m
Employees
9
EIN
04-2704827
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Milwaukee World Festival

A 501(c)(3) organization, Milwaukee World Festival hosts a variety of festivals and other events, and manages Summerfest, The World's Largest Music Festival, an annual 11-day music celebration which averages 900,000 attendees and began in 1968.
Revenue
$75.4m
Assets
$110.2m
Employees
2,003
EIN
39-1049688
IRS type
501(c)(3)

National Sawdust

National Sawdust is a non-profit artist-led venue in Brooklyn providing resources and residencies for musicians to create and share music.
Revenue
$12.0m
Assets
$23.3m
Employees
61
EIN
27-2974840
IRS type
501(c)(3)

HOUSE OF BLUES MUSIC FORWARD FOUNDATION Doing business as MUSIC FORWARD

The House of Blues Music Forward Foundation engages in music-related activities, operates out of Beverly Hills, CA, and generated total revenues amounting to $16,004,064 last year.
Revenue
$7.1m
Assets
$7.1m
Employees
63
EIN
47-4907184
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts inspires community engagement through exceptional music performances, mentorship for emerging artists, and immersive educational experiences.
Revenue
$6.2m
Assets
$46.8m
Employees
155
EIN
13-5643627
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Grant Park Music Festival

The Grant Park Music Festival was founded by the Chicago Park District in 1935, and remains the nation's only free, outdoor, municipally-supported classical music festival.
Revenue
$12.3m
Assets
$23.1m
Employees
370
EIN
32-0005884
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 "A68: Music" 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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