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Philadelphia performing arts organizations

There are 744 performing arts organizations in the greater Philadelphia metro area, including the cities of Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Camden within the states of New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. Combined, these Philadelphia metro performing arts organizations employ 7,190 people, earn more than $371 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $1 billion.
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Types of performing arts organizations in Philadelphia

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Performing arts organizations
 
744
 
$370,699,944
Music festival and event organizations
 
171
 
$26,039,840
Theaters
 
155
 
$90,702,956
Dance organizations
 
70
 
$7,657,807
Symphony orchestras
 
53
 
$77,445,151
Performing arts centers
 
24
 
$70,428,254
Ballet companies
 
22
 
$29,226,376
Performing arts schools
 
11
 
$23,285,879
Operas
 
8
 
$10,895,741
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Job trends for Philadelphia performing arts organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
84
1-10
 
69
11-25
 
22
26-100
 
27
101 to 1,000
 
20
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of performing arts organizations in Philadelphia

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
242
$250k to $1M
 
77
$1M to $5M
 
41
$5M to $25M
 
11
$25M to $100M
 
3
$100M+
 
0
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Directory of performing arts organizations in Philadelphia

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1-20 of 744

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
$9.5m
Assets
$9.3m
Employees
376
EIN
23-1504706
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Marlboro Music

Marlboro Music is acclaimed world-wide as an institution devoted to artistic excellence and to developing new musical leaders who illuminate all areas of music today.
Revenue
$6.4m
Assets
$96.1m
Employees
98
EIN
03-0186612
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Citizens Acting Together Can Help (CATCH)

CATCH believes that all individuals deserve a caring community, a place to call home although temporary at times - and most important, a level of personal dignity that comes from functioning as independently as possible.
Revenue
$29.2m
Assets
$21.2m
Employees
334
EIN
23-2097990
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ensemble Arts Philly

Kimmel Center: World-class performing arts center serving and engaging a diverse audience in Philadelphia, with vital community programming and arts education.
Revenue
$13.4m
Assets
$264.4m
Employees
0
EIN
23-2865855
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Settlement Music School

Settlement Music School is the leading provider of arts therapy in the Philadelphia area through the Kardon Center for Arts Therapy. The Kardon Center provides a welcoming environment for clients and their families.
Revenue
$12.1m
Assets
$33.8m
Employees
322
EIN
23-1352676
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Walnut Street Theatre Corporation

Walnut Street Theatre Corporation produces and presents professional theater, offers training and outreach programs in Philadelphia, PA.
Revenue
$10.1m
Assets
$32.1m
Employees
333
EIN
23-1715152
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Philadelphia Ballet

Philadelphia Ballet inspires appreciation for dance through world-class performances, exceptional education, and community programs while providing access to aspiring dancers.
Revenue
$21.4m
Assets
$32.4m
Employees
318
EIN
23-1629970
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Mann Center for the Performing Arts

Mann Center offers diverse programming, innovative festivals, community events, and quality performances in an outdoor summer setting in Philadelphia.
Revenue
$41.7m
Assets
$53.2m
Employees
630
EIN
23-1473884
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Arden Theatre Company

Philadelphia-based Arden Theatre Company brings great stories to life through theatre, education, and community involvement, reaching 1800 school children.
Revenue
$5.6m
Assets
$15.1m
Employees
216
EIN
23-2521993
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Rock School for Dance Education

The Rock School is dedicated to enriching the lives of all students and preparing those students who are specially gifted in dance for careers as professional artists.
Revenue
$6.1m
Assets
$5.1m
Employees
96
EIN
23-2707419
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Grand Opera House

Grand Opera House: Presents diverse live performances and educational programs, preserving one of Delaware's historic landmarks and celebrating cultural diversity.
Revenue
$6.1m
Assets
$18.2m
Employees
235
EIN
51-0116569
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Philly POPS

The Philly POPS, the largest standalone pops orchestra in the United States, delights audiences with the inspired performance of American popular music.
Revenue
$7.4m
Assets
$786.1k
Employees
208
EIN
23-2996689
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Philadelphia Orchestra Association

We are committed to excellence, innovation, and creativity, onstage and off, and serves its many communities at home and abroad by performing music, encouraging music-making, and improving the quality of life.
Revenue
$55.2m
Assets
$214.7m
Employees
463
EIN
23-1352289
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Association for the Colonial Theatre

The Colonial Theatre is a single screen, historic theatre showing independent and classic films, kids shows, live concerts and home of Blobfest.
Revenue
$2.1m
Assets
$8.1m
Employees
34
EIN
23-2846336
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Wilma Theater

The Wilma Theater produces adventurous, well-crafted theatrical productions that reflect the complexities of contemporary life in Philadelphia.
Revenue
$2.9m
Assets
$4.8m
Employees
142
EIN
23-7425668
IRS type
501(c)(3)

BalletX

BalletX produces original choreography and offers low-cost dance classes and in-school outreach programs to expand the vocabulary of classical dance.
Revenue
$3.8m
Assets
$5.9m
Employees
35
EIN
31-1784286
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Delaware Theatre Company (DTC)

The mission of Delaware Theatre Company is to create theatre of the highest professional quality in Delaware and thereby enrich the vitality of the area through artistic programming, education and community service.
Revenue
$2.3m
Assets
$3.7m
Employees
237
EIN
51-0229918
IRS type
501(c)(3)

LiveConnectionsorg

LiveConnectionsorg's mission is to open doors to music and culinary experiences that create connections, inspire learning, and celebrate who we all are. Hal Real runs this organization in Philadelphia, PA.
Revenue
$4.3m
Assets
$2.9m
Employees
114
EIN
26-2666641
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Bristol Riverside Theatrer Company (BRT)

Bristol Riverside Theatre (BRT) is a professional regional theatre in the historic district of Bristol Borough.
Revenue
$4.7m
Assets
$2.0m
Employees
227
EIN
23-2447302
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC)

Philadelphia Theatre Company produces, develops, and presents entertaining and imaginative contemporary theater focused on the American experience that ignites the intellect and touches the soul.
Revenue
$3.0m
Assets
$6.5m
Employees
165
EIN
23-1951753
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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