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California performing arts organizations

There are 4,721performing arts organizations in California. Combined, these Californianperforming arts organizationsemploy 37,744 people, earn more than $3 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $6 billion.
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Types of performing arts organizations in California

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Performing arts organizations
4,721
$2,676,315,528
Music festival and event organizations
1,135
$305,668,663
Theaters
937
$458,480,531
Dance organizations
606
$118,798,008
Symphony orchestras
265
$527,258,199
Performing arts centers
180
$408,155,064
Ballet companies
151
$125,939,639
Operas
77
$166,559,197
Performing arts schools
69
$395,777,878
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Performing arts organizations by major California cities

Metro areaNonprofitsRevenues
Los Angeles
1,634
$1,289,564,764
San Francisco
946
$699,528,151
San Diego
409
$246,825,693
San Jose
291
$75,016,187
Riverside
285
$58,685,295
Sacramento
236
$60,266,718
Oxnard
121
$17,403,922
Santa Maria
80
$44,482,756
Santa Rosa
69
$36,457,586
Salinas
56
$21,986,630
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Job trends for California performing arts organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
582
1-10
347
11-25
175
26-100
211
101 to 1,000
90
1,000+
1
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Sizes of performing arts organizations in California

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
1,594
$250k to $1M
500
$1M to $5M
226
$5M to $25M
51
$25M to $100M
13
$100M+
3
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Directory of performing arts organizations in California

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San Francisco Opera

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
$88.4m
Assets
$340.7m
Employees
717
EIN
94-0836240
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Los Angeles Opera Company

LA Opera produces world-class opera, promotes diversity, and offers equitable access to programming through unique programs for students, children, and families.
Revenue
$46.2m
Assets
$101.7m
Employees
725
EIN
95-2096402
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Music Center (TMC)

The Music Center, located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, serves more than 1.3 million people annually through performances by its four resident companies - LA Opera, the LA Phil, Center Theatre Group, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.
Revenue
$72.3m
Assets
$148.4m
Employees
970
EIN
95-2217011
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Stern Grove Festival Association

Stern Grove Festival Association provides free musical concerts and education programs to the public in a natural amphitheater in San Francisco.
Revenue
$4.5m
Assets
$14.8m
Employees
120
EIN
94-6064356
IRS type
501(c)(3)

San Francisco Ballet

San Francisco Ballet's mission is to share their joy of dance with the widest possible audience in their community and around the globe and to provide the highest caliber of dance training in their School.
Revenue
$63.6m
Assets
$37.1m
Employees
677
EIN
94-1415298
IRS type
501(c)(3)

San Francisco Symphony (SFS)

SFS's mission is to maintain financial stability and gains public recognition as a means of ensuring its ability to fulfill its mission.
Revenue
$145.0m
Assets
$376.7m
Employees
651
EIN
94-1156284
IRS type
501(c)(3)

SAG-AFTRA Foundation

The Screen Actors Guild Foundation provides vital assistance and educational programming to the professionals of SAG-AFTRA while serving the public at large through its signature children's literacy programs.
Revenue
$24.4m
Assets
$44.5m
Employees
47
EIN
95-3967876
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation

The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation (mhof) keeps music alive in our schools by donating musical instruments to under-funded music programs, and vital support services to school districts nationwide, giving under-represented youth access to The many benefits....
Revenue
$5.1m
Assets
$6.4m
Employees
6
EIN
95-4604927
IRS type
501(c)(3)

San Diego Theatres

San Diego Theatres is a non-profit, public benefit corporation that operates the Civic Theatre and the Historic Balboa Theatre.
Revenue
$11.1m
Assets
$18.3m
Employees
118
EIN
14-1886373
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

The mission of Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is to create, present and celebrate unique performing arts events and educational programs that reflect the rich cultural diversity of their community.
Revenue
$12.7m
Assets
$89.0m
Employees
166
EIN
95-4467830
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Pacific Symphony

Pacific Symphony inspires and engages Orange County with exceptional music performances, education, and community programs.
Revenue
$30.9m
Assets
$53.8m
Employees
356
EIN
95-3635496
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Los Angeles Philharmonic Association (LAP)

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association presents an inspiring array of music from all genres at two of L.A.'s iconic venues- Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl- to audiences of all ages and economic backgrounds.
Revenue
$158.2m
Assets
$502.5m
Employees
1,755
EIN
95-1696734
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Colburn School

The Colburn School is a performing arts school with a focus on music and dance located in downtown Los Angeles. It consists of four divisions: the Conservatory of Music, the Music Academy, Community School of Performing Arts, and Dance Academy.
Revenue
$293.9m
Assets
$624.6m
Employees
411
EIN
95-2501387
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Old Globe

The Old Globe is a Tony Award-winning, San Diego-based theatre institution producing 15 productions per season and offering an MFA acting program.
Revenue
$34.2m
Assets
$81.7m
Employees
887
EIN
95-1543396
IRS type
501(c)(3)

La Jolla Playhouse

La Jolla Playhouses mission is to advance theatre as an art form and as a vital social, moral and political platform by providing unfettered creative opportunities for the leading artists of today and tomorrow.
Revenue
$15.8m
Assets
$96.1m
Employees
287
EIN
95-1941117
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Oakland Symphony (OEBS)

East Bay Center for the Performing Arts engages youth and young adults in imagining and creating new worlds for themselves and new visions for their communities through the inspiration and discipline of rigorous training in world performance traditions.
Revenue
$5.4m
Assets
$4.5m
Employees
174
EIN
94-3081554
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Geffen Playhouse

Geffen Playhouse is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to enriching the cultural life of Los Angeles through plays & educational programs that inform, entertain & inspire.
Revenue
$21.1m
Assets
$33.0m
Employees
182
EIN
95-4492653
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Berkeley Repertory Theatre creates ambitious theatre that entertains and challenges its audiences, provokes civic engagement, and inspires people to experience the world in new and surprising ways.
Revenue
$24.0m
Assets
$81.4m
Employees
247
EIN
94-1679756
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Berkeley Music Group

Berkeley Music Group renovates and operates UC Theatre, a 1,400-capacity non-profit music venue in Berkeley with a youth education program.
Revenue
$5.4m
Assets
$6.3m
Employees
247
EIN
46-1517597
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Paramount Theatre of the Arts

Paramount Theatre of the Arts operates and manages a historic California landmark in Oakland, providing a professionally run facility for events such as concerts and the Oakland ballet.
Revenue
$5.0m
Assets
$15.1m
Employees
77
EIN
94-2301832
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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