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Memphis performing arts organizations

There are 119 performing arts organizations in the greater Memphis metro area. Combined, these Memphis metro performing arts organizations employ 958 people, earn more than $51 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $193 million.
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Types of performing arts organizations in Memphis

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Performing arts organizations
 
119
 
$51,333,782
Music festival and event organizations
 
42
 
$8,335,658
Theaters
 
22
 
$9,203,039
Dance organizations
 
12
 
$3,494,698
Ballet companies
 
6
 
$4,424,895
Symphony orchestras
 
5
 
$5,540,608
Performing arts centers
 
3
 
$18,174,790
Operas
 
2
 
$1,100,806
Performing arts schools
 
1
 
$101,164
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Job trends for Memphis performing arts organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
9
1-10
 
13
11-25
 
6
26-100
 
5
101 to 1,000
 
2
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of performing arts organizations in Memphis

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
35
$250k to $1M
 
9
$1M to $5M
 
12
$5M to $25M
 
1
$25M to $100M
 
0
$100M+
 
0
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Directory of performing arts organizations in Memphis

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1-20 of 119

Orpheum Theatre GROUP

Orpheum Theatre is a historical theatre that works to provide quality, diverse entertainment and education programming to the region while continuing its role in contributing to the local economy.
Revenue
$16.1m
Assets
$64.6m
Employees
420
EIN
62-0983983
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ballet Memphis Corporation

Ballet Memphis's mission is to understand and release the inspiring power found in Ballet, dance and movement for the good of all whom we touch.
Revenue
$2.7m
Assets
$34.0m
Employees
55
EIN
62-1018942
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Circuit Playhouse

Playhouse on the Square is a regional theatre company located in Memphis, Tennessee. It is owned by Circuit Playhouse Inc, which operates two other Memphis theaters.
Revenue
$2.7m
Assets
$15.8m
Employees
39
EIN
23-7185772
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Theatre Memphis

The Theatre produces plays, encourages the arts, writing of plays and uplifting dramas, it also offers and conducts educational programs and courses of instruction in the drama and allied arts field.
Revenue
$2.4m
Assets
$13.9m
Employees
37
EIN
62-0418732
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Pavilion Memphis FLPM

Pavilion Memphis FLPM restores and manages historic Overton Park Shell, presenting 50 annual free concerts in Memphis, TN.
Revenue
$2.0m
Assets
$4.6m
Employees
17
EIN
74-3145100
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Memphis Symphony Orchestra (MSO)

Memphis Symphony Orchestra's mission is to enrich the lives of our diverse community through exceptional music and dynamic programs and its vision to transform our community through the power of music.
Revenue
$4.7m
Assets
$6.8m
Employees
182
EIN
62-6015885
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Collage Dance Collective

Collage Dance Collective works to inspire the growth of ballet by showcasing a repertoire of relevant choreography and world-class dancers representative of our community.
Revenue
$3.3m
Assets
$10.7m
Employees
46
EIN
20-5888512
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Memphis Music Intiative

MMI invests in Memphis youth through transformative music engagement and creates equitable opportunities for black and brown students.
Revenue
$2.5m
Assets
$4.4m
Employees
18
EIN
81-4079426
IRS type
501(c)(3)

New Ballet Ensemble

The goals of New Ballet Ensemble, Inc. are to train community students regardless of family income to a professional or pre-professional level of dance in order to produce dancers from racially and socio-economically diverse backgrounds in the memphis are....
Revenue
$1.5m
Assets
$2.7m
Employees
33
EIN
62-1866526
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Germantown Performing Arts Center

Gpac serves the community by presenting the highest quality artistic endeavors to educate, engage, enrich, and transform. To foster and promote theatrical and musical performances to the community.
Revenue
$2.1m
Assets
$2.7m
Employees
0
EIN
58-1652763
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Blues Foundation

The Blues Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve Blues history, celebrate Blues excellence, support Blues education and ensure the future of this uniquely American art form.
Revenue
$1.2m
Assets
$3.7m
Employees
2
EIN
62-1083757
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Tennessee Shakespeare Company

Tennessee Shakespeare Company is the first and only professional, not-for- profit (501c3) theatre and education organization in memphis dedicated to live, diverse performances of william shakespeares plays, as well as works of social significance by class....
Revenue
$932.9k
Assets
$3.2m
Employees
17
EIN
26-2113887
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Hattiloo Theatre

Hattiloo Theatre is dedicated to cultivation and appreciation of the black drama arts and is established to develop a black Theatre that is accessble, reflective and relevant of the multicultural community for memphis.
Revenue
$1.7m
Assets
$6.5m
Employees
11
EIN
20-4225394
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Opera Memphis

The mission of Opera Memphis is to entertain, educate and inspire people of Memphis and the mid-south through the art of Opera. Opera Memphis' mission is to provide top quality main stage programming and educational enrichment to Memphis and the midsouth.
Revenue
$1.1m
Assets
$5.9m
Employees
17
EIN
62-0785544
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Renegade Dance Parents

Renegade Dance Parents is a dance organization in Millington, TN that was founded in 2022.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
87-3653614
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Independence Arts Conservatory and Conference Center

Independence Arts Conservatory and Conference Center is a performing arts organization in Independence, MS that was founded in 2010.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
27-2452839
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Bartlett Community Concert Band

Bartlett Community Concert Band is a performing arts organization in Bartlett, TN that was founded in 2004.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
20-1489344
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Visible Community Music School

Visible Community Music School is a music festival or event organization in Memphis, TN that was founded in 2022.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
87-4382282
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Voices of the South

Voices of the South is a memphis based non-profit theatre company that creates, produces, and tours homegrown works of theatre that give voice to the southern perspective. Theatre performance.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
31-1586900
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Tozada Enterprises

Tozada Enterprises is a dance organization in Southaven, MS that was founded in 2024.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
99-1552240
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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