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Performing arts organizations

There are 41,129 performing arts organizations in the United States. Combined, these performing arts organizations employ 490,680 people, earn more than $19 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $50 billion.
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Types of performing arts organizations

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Performing arts organizations
 
41,129
 
$19,370,940,178
Music festival and event organizations
 
9,947
 
$2,125,982,304
Theaters
 
8,608
 
$4,321,897,399
Dance organizations
 
4,663
 
$791,114,862
Symphony orchestras
 
2,503
 
$2,655,009,371
Performing arts centers
 
1,788
 
$5,651,016,714
Ballet companies
 
1,319
 
$1,105,931,504
Performing arts schools
 
887
 
$777,712,188
Operas
 
622
 
$1,005,798,196
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Job trends for Performing arts organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
4,306
1-10
 
3,152
11-25
 
1,217
26-100
 
1,255
101 to 1,000
 
758
1,000+
 
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Sizes of performing arts organizations

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
12,026
$250k to $1M
 
4,058
$1M to $5M
 
1,742
$5M to $25M
 
482
$25M to $100M
 
117
$100M+
 
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Directory of performing arts organizations

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1-20 of 41,129

The Carnegie Hall Corporation

Carnegie Hall presents music to wide audiences, with education programs and a Weill Music Institute for accessible musical interaction.
Revenue
$101.8m
Assets
$663.5m
Employees
957
EIN
13-1923626
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Center sustains performing arts, educates the public, and maintains a complex with multiple venues in New York.
Revenue
$235.0m
Assets
$1.2b
Employees
1,825
EIN
13-1847137
IRS type
501(c)(3)

New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet engages audiences with a diverse repertory and new works, promoting accessibility and fostering a love for dance in the community.
Revenue
$102.4m
Assets
$342.8m
Employees
1,444
EIN
13-2947386
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Robert W Woodruff Arts Center

Robert W Woodruff Arts Center transforms lives through arts, fostering community connections and access while providing diverse educational programs in a collaborative environment.
Revenue
$135.1m
Assets
$768.3m
Employees
1,581
EIN
58-0633971
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
$71.9m
Assets
$211.1m
Employees
884
EIN
13-1844852
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Brooklyn Academy of Music champions adventurous artists and ideas, presents global performances, and expands arts access through inclusive education programs for diverse learners.
Revenue
$52.5m
Assets
$98.8m
Employees
814
EIN
11-2201344
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Metropolitan Opera Association

The Metropolitan Opera Association presents opera performances, fosters community engagement, showcases talented artists, and broadcasts events globally to millions.
Revenue
$304.1m
Assets
$437.3m
Employees
5,455
EIN
13-1624087
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Kansas City Symphony

Kansas City Symphony delivers powerful live symphonic experiences, performs diverse repertoire, supports ballet and opera, and expands community access through education and engagement.
Revenue
$21.1m
Assets
$90.6m
Employees
396
EIN
43-1297475
IRS type
501(c)(3)

San Francisco Opera Association

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
$82.8m
Assets
$365.8m
Employees
941
EIN
94-0836240
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Minnesota Opera

The Minnesota Opera advances musical storytelling through innovative productions, community engagement, and diverse programs, fostering empathy and equity in the art of opera.
Revenue
$10.5m
Assets
$42.5m
Employees
281
EIN
41-0946789
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Repertory Theatre (ART)

American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) produces groundbreaking theater, engages communities, fosters artistic talent, and serves as a vital cultural resource both locally and internationally.
Revenue
$25.9m
Assets
$40.4m
Employees
270
EIN
04-2665867
IRS type
501(c)(3)

League of American Orchestras

League of American Orchestras' mission is to advance the experience of orchestral music, support the people and organizations that create it, and champion the contributions they make to the health and vibrancy of communities.
Revenue
$8.3m
Assets
$10.9m
Employees
29
EIN
23-7300636
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
$16.3m
Assets
$95.9m
Employees
263
EIN
52-6073157
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Los Angeles Opera Company

Los Angeles Opera Company produces world-class opera and engages 140,000+ Angelenos through equitable education, community ensembles, partnerships, and artist training programs.
Revenue
$50.3m
Assets
$108.6m
Employees
891
EIN
95-2096402
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
$84.6m
Assets
$195.4m
Employees
1,126
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
$11.1m
Assets
$6.4m
Employees
287
EIN
23-1504706
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
$22.2m
Assets
$70.0m
Employees
597
EIN
91-0760426
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Houston Ballet Foundation

Houston Ballet Foundation inspires dance through excellent performances, education programs and academy. Professional dancers perform locally and internationally.
Revenue
$42.0m
Assets
$185.0m
Employees
602
EIN
74-1394920
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra engages audiences through diverse concerts, educational programs, and community initiatives, showcasing artistic excellence and transforming lives through music.
Revenue
$125.9m
Assets
$647.0m
Employees
1,141
EIN
36-2167823
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Seattle Theatre Group

Seattle Theatre Group presents diverse performances, stewards historic theatres, and advances inclusive arts education and community engagement through camps, workshops, and professional development.
Revenue
$86.5m
Assets
$83.7m
Employees
769
EIN
94-3130227
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 "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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