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New York City performing arts organizations

There are 3,370 performing arts organizations in the greater New York City metro area, including the cities of New York, Jersey City, Lakewood, Newark, New Brunswick, and White Plains within the states of New York and New Jersey. Combined, these New York City metro performing arts organizations employ 49,295 people, earn more than $3 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $9 billion.
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Types of performing arts organizations in New York City

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Performing arts organizations
 
3,370
 
$2,765,155,119
Theaters
 
867
 
$670,203,271
Music festival and event organizations
 
782
 
$223,976,777
Dance organizations
 
468
 
$142,210,570
Symphony orchestras
 
156
 
$155,681,298
Performing arts centers
 
115
 
$906,418,306
Ballet companies
 
85
 
$159,278,605
Operas
 
65
 
$321,438,420
Performing arts schools
 
50
 
$92,899,275
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Job trends for New York City performing arts organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
413
1-10
 
280
11-25
 
143
26-100
 
166
101 to 1,000
 
98
1,000+
 
5
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Sizes of performing arts organizations in New York City

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
1,261
$250k to $1M
 
385
$1M to $5M
 
194
$5M to $25M
 
57
$25M to $100M
 
14
$100M+
 
4
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Directory of performing arts organizations in New York City

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1-20 of 3,370

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
$235.1m
Assets
$1.3b
Employees
1,555
EIN
13-1847137
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Carnegie Hall Corporation

Carnegie Hall presents music to wide audiences, with education programs and a Weill Music Institute for accessible musical interaction.
Revenue
$72.8m
Assets
$618.7m
Employees
825
EIN
13-1923626
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
$50.4m
Assets
$147.7m
Employees
1,374
EIN
13-1844852
IRS type
501(c)(3)

New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet performs and promotes classical ballet, while preserving the dance aesthetic created by its founders. Located in NY.
Revenue
$77.4m
Assets
$316.7m
Employees
1,339
EIN
13-2947386
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Metropolitan Opera Association

The Metropolitan Opera Association is an organization that provides live performances of opera to the public, makes audio and video recordings of these performances, and also presents performances at the Metropolitan Opera house.
Revenue
$303.1m
Assets
$506.5m
Employees
5,128
EIN
13-1624087
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Brooklyn Academy of Music

BAM provides a platform for adventurous artists and audiences, showcasing diverse performances from both local and international talent.
Revenue
$46.6m
Assets
$151.0m
Employees
976
EIN
11-2201344
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
$6.2m
Assets
$11.7m
Employees
41
EIN
23-7300636
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
$96.9m
Assets
$591.9m
Employees
791
EIN
13-1664054
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
$69.9m
Assets
$172.5m
Employees
1,376
EIN
13-6192346
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Paper Mill Playhouse

Paper Mill Playhouse produces high-quality musical theater, fosters creativity and inclusion, and engages young people in live theater.
Revenue
$32.5m
Assets
$53.4m
Employees
832
EIN
22-1550515
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Ballet Theatre (ABT)

American Ballet Theatre (ABT) remains committed to maintaining the Company's vast repertoire and bringing the magic of dance theater to over 400,000 people each year.
Revenue
$37.4m
Assets
$74.9m
Employees
734
EIN
13-1882106
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Third Street Music School Settlement

Third Street Music School Settlement provides high-quality music and dance education through on-site, public-school and community programs, as well as an arts-infused preschool, to New Yorkers of all ages, regardless of background.
Revenue
$12.2m
Assets
$23.6m
Employees
219
EIN
13-5596825
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP)

To support and develop world-class dancers, ages 9-19, of all ethnic, economic, and geographic backgrounds by providing scholarship auditions, performance and education opportunities, and serving as the global network of dance.
Revenue
$6.5m
Assets
$4.7m
Employees
26
EIN
13-4146047
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Paul Taylor Dance Company

The Paul Taylor Dance Company, established in 1954, has long been one of the world's most highly regarded performing arts companies formed by Paul Taylor, an American choreographer of the 20th century.
Revenue
$5.8m
Assets
$10.1m
Employees
105
EIN
13-2665475
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Fellowship for Performing Arts (FPA)

Founded by award-winning actor Max McLean, Fellowship for Performing Arts (FPA) is a not-for-profit New York City-based production company producing theatre from a Christian worldview to engage a diverse audience.
Revenue
$10.8m
Assets
$19.9m
Employees
10
EIN
52-1739276
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)

Playwrights Horizons

Playwrights Horizons is dedicated to cultivating the most important American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, as well as developing and producing their bold new plays and musicals.
Revenue
$10.6m
Assets
$44.0m
Employees
468
EIN
13-2805131
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
$34.6m
Assets
$242.0m
Employees
546
EIN
13-3888641
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Opera America

Opera America supports and expands the art of opera through programs, grants, and a state-of-the-art facility located in New York City.
Revenue
$6.9m
Assets
$24.6m
Employees
32
EIN
20-3520577
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Apollo Theater

We are dedicated to the preservation and development of the legendary Apollo theater through the Apollo experience, including world class performances and education programs.
Revenue
$17.8m
Assets
$71.7m
Employees
497
EIN
13-3630066
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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