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Performing arts organizations

There are 32,194performing arts organizations in the United States. Combined, these performing arts organizationsemploy 266,267 people, earn more than $12 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $34 billion.
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Types of performing arts organizations

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Performing arts organizations
32,194
$11,968,999,374
Music festival and event organizations
7,536
$1,380,319,912
Theaters
7,221
$2,921,008,482
Dance organizations
3,351
$599,578,361
Symphony orchestras
1,710
$1,852,836,253
Performing arts centers
1,361
$3,182,290,530
Ballet companies
730
$685,127,188
Performing arts schools
359
$498,003,486
Operas
266
$611,110,048
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Job trends for Performing arts organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
2,593
1-10
2,582
11-25
1,054
26-100
962
101 to 1,000
666
1,000+
17
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Sizes of performing arts organizations

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
8,900
$250k to $1M
2,806
$1M to $5M
1,173
$5M to $25M
307
$25M to $100M
72
$100M+
5
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Directory of performing arts organizations

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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)

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)

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)

Robert W Woodruff Arts Center

Charitable Arts organization to inspire, create, support, and celebrate renowned Arts and education for diverse audiences through our unique model of divisions and collaborations, in an institutionally sustainable manner. Charitable Arts organization to...
Revenue
$83.4m
Assets
$653.9m
Employees
1,316
EIN
58-0633971
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)

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)

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has helped to transform a downtrodden section of Downtown into a world-class Cultural District that stands as a national model of urban revitalization through the arts.
Revenue
$30.6m
Assets
$157.2m
Employees
459
EIN
25-1469002
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Repertory Theatre (ART)

A.R.T. actively engages more than 10,000 community members and local students annually in project-based partnerships and workshops.
Revenue
$17.8m
Assets
$24.0m
Employees
276
EIN
04-2665867
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Minnesota Opera

The Minnesota Opera combines a culture of creativity and fiscal responsibility to produce Opera and Opera education programs that expand The art form, nurture artists, enrich audiences and contribute to The vitality of The community. To produce Opera an...
Revenue
$7.4m
Assets
$28.7m
Employees
300
EIN
41-0946789
IRS type
501(c)(3)

San Francisco Opera

San Francisco Opera is committed to being the most exciting force in the opera world. To present opera performances of the highest international quality available to the widest possible audiences.
Revenue
$88.3m
Assets
$288.0m
Employees
872
EIN
94-0836240
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)

Kansas City Symphony

The Kansas City Symphony is a renowned orchestra that is well-known for performing a variety of classical and pop music. It is located in Kansas City, MO and has a mission to perform great performances for greater audiences.
Revenue
$17.4m
Assets
$64.8m
Employees
359
EIN
43-1297475
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Handel and Haydn Society (H+H)

Handel and Haydn Society is dedicated to performing Baroque and Classical music at the highest level of artistic excellence.
Revenue
$6.4m
Assets
$14.6m
Employees
432
EIN
04-2126598
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)

Opera Philadelphia

Opera Philadelphia is an American opera company in Philadelphia and is the city's only company producing grand opera. The organization produces five fully staged opera productions annually, encompassing works from the 17th through the 21st century.
Revenue
$14.4m
Assets
$10.5m
Employees
421
EIN
23-1504706
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)

Ford's Theatre

A working theatre, historical monument, world-class museum and learning center, Ford's Theatre is the premier destination in Washington, DC, to explore and celebrate Abraham Lincoln's ideals and leadership principles.
Revenue
$25.9m
Assets
$73.8m
Employees
298
EIN
52-6073157
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Los Angeles Opera Company

The Los Angeles Opera Company (la Opera) is a non-profit entity organized to provide an opportunity for all to experience the rich emotional and cultural experience of Opera.
Revenue
$37.0m
Assets
$90.3m
Employees
1,044
EIN
95-2096402
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Seattle Opera

Seattle Opera strives to produce musically extraordinary, theatrically compelling operas, employing uniformly high quality casts, dramatically aware conductors, and innovative yet textually concerned directors and designers.
Revenue
$28.7m
Assets
$71.5m
Employees
620
EIN
91-0760426
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Houston Ballet Foundation

To inspire a lasting love and appreciation for dance through artistic excellence, exhilarating performances, innovative choreography and superb educational programs. The organization maintains a company of professional dancers and orchestra that gives per...
Revenue
$33.7m
Assets
$142.3m
Employees
535
EIN
74-1394920
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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This category corresponds to the "A60: Performing Arts Organizations, Activities" 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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