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St. Louis performing arts organizations

There are 335 performing arts organizations in the greater St. Louis metro area, including the cities of St. Louis and St. Charles. Combined, these St. Louis metro performing arts organizations employ 3,214 people, earn more than $188 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $745 million.
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Types of performing arts organizations in St. Louis

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Performing arts organizations
 
335
 
$187,696,505
Music festival and event organizations
 
71
 
$8,103,860
Theaters
 
67
 
$46,470,272
Dance organizations
 
47
 
$5,004,274
Symphony orchestras
 
23
 
$72,997,922
Performing arts centers
 
11
 
$22,744,194
Ballet companies
 
6
 
$2,004,200
Operas
 
4
 
$12,947,468
Performing arts schools
 
1
 
$0
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Job trends for St. Louis performing arts organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
27
1-10
 
28
11-25
 
3
26-100
 
9
101 to 1,000
 
7
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of performing arts organizations in St. Louis

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
99
$250k to $1M
 
24
$1M to $5M
 
10
$5M to $25M
 
6
$25M to $100M
 
2
$100M+
 
0
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Directory of performing arts organizations in St. Louis

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Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

SL Symphony Orchestra enriches lives with music. Providing concerts, programs, and education resources for St. Louis community and beyond.
Revenue
$52.2m
Assets
$186.7m
Employees
556
EIN
43-0666769
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Muny's Second Century Campaign

Enriching lives through accessible musical theatre in St. Louis, with free seating options and concessions for patrons.
Revenue
$27.8m
Assets
$117.0m
Employees
995
EIN
43-0662485
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis is an organization dedicated to shaping the future of opera, connecting diverse audiences with its power and beauty. It produces world-class opera festivals, champions new works, builds new audiences, educates and engages...
Revenue
$11.9m
Assets
$99.9m
Employees
302
EIN
43-0821958
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Stages St. Louis

Stages St. Louis is the region's foremost not-for-profit company committed to preserving and advancing the art form of Musical Theatre through excellence in performance and education.
Revenue
$5.9m
Assets
$5.8m
Employees
187
EIN
43-1434156
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Better Family Life

Better Family Life promotes community involvement and youth development through cultural, workforce, housing, and educational programs in St. Louis.
Revenue
$8.5m
Assets
$14.1m
Employees
152
EIN
43-1346617
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation

The Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation promotes and enriches the performing arts in the St. Louis region by sponsoring events to encourage youth participation and presenting stage productions to promote the performing arts to the community.
Revenue
$13.3m
Assets
$4.9m
Employees
3
EIN
33-1012791
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Saint Louis Chess Club

It is the mission of the Saint Louis Chess Club, an educational organization, to maintain a formal program of instruction to teach the game of chess and to promote and support its educational program.
Revenue
$15.1m
Assets
$17.9m
Employees
97
EIN
26-0844268
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Repertory Theatre of St Louis

St. Louis' Repertory Theatre creates theatrical experiences that bridge people, offers youth theatre through ITC, and promotes learning & community engagement via L.A.C.E.
Revenue
$9.1m
Assets
$4.2m
Employees
308
EIN
43-0970273
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Sheldon Arts Foundation

The Sheldon Arts Foundation is dedicated to enriching the greater St. Louis region and beyond with a wide range of music, visual arts and educational programs of the highest quality, diversity and educational impact; and to the preservation and operation ....
Revenue
$3.3m
Assets
$17.7m
Employees
62
EIN
43-1489756
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Metro Theater Company

Metro Theater Company creates professional theater inspired by young people, fostering inclusive community and meaningful learning through the arts.
Revenue
$2.0m
Assets
$1.4m
Employees
51
EIN
23-7309552
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Association of American Voices

Association of American Voices engages American ensembles with international audiences including underserved youth through cross-cultural exchange via music and dance.
Revenue
$3.5m
Assets
$696.7k
Employees
11
EIN
30-0222175
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Jazz St Louis

Jazz St Louis advances jazz through concerts, education, and community engagement as a nonprofit organization in Saint Louis, MO.
Revenue
$2.9m
Assets
$6.6m
Employees
25
EIN
43-1761629
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Big Muddy Dance Company

The Big Muddy Dance Company's mission is to invigorate life through dance. We achieve this mission through the presentation of high quality Main Stage productions, educational programs, and our Senior Embrace outreach program.
Revenue
$846.9k
Assets
$442.9k
Employees
37
EIN
27-2706005
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Saint Louis Symphony Endowment Trust

Manage and administer the endowment investment assets of the St Louis Symphony and to provide it with periodic distributions to support its operations.
Revenue
$4.3m
Assets
$237.7m
Employees
0
EIN
43-6863846
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Karah Academy of Dance and Performing Arts

Inspire, uplift and empower youth and adults to reach their fullest potential in life and learn lessons through the Arts. We assure that healthy meals will aid children with their brain function and growth to be healthy individuals.
Revenue
$947.9k
Assets
$161.7k
Employees
14
EIN
27-4768799
IRS type
501(c)(3)

St Louis Shakespeare Festival

Shakespeare Festival St Louis produces professional Shakespeare theatre, culminating in a free production in Forest Park, and to celebrate both Shakespeare's language and the artists he has inspired.
Revenue
$1.7m
Assets
$1.6m
Employees
131
EIN
43-1815139
IRS type
501(c)(3)

St Louis Black Repertory Company

St Louis Black Repertory Company showcases African American perspectives in theatre, dance & arts education. A platform for cultural enrichment in Saint Louis, MO.
Revenue
$1.2m
Assets
$873.2k
Employees
72
EIN
43-1220180
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Stray Dog Theatre

Stray Dog Theatre unleashes theatre, education, and community in Saint Louis through partnerships with city departments and after-school programs.
Revenue
$802.6k
Assets
$952.9k
Employees
26
EIN
26-0059867
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The St Louis Children's Choirs

Shaping young lives through musical excellence. The goal of The St. Louis Children's Choirs is to empower the youth of St. Louis through a rich choral program that helps each young singer realize their full potential - as a musician and as a person.
Revenue
$1.1m
Assets
$1.1m
Employees
32
EIN
43-1145808
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Saint Louis Ballet Company

Saint Louis Ballet is a professional and innovative ballet company under the direction of former New York City Ballet principal dancer Gen Horiuchi.
Revenue
$1.6m
Assets
$732.3k
Employees
38
EIN
23-7424849
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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