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Boston performing arts organizations

There are 881performing arts organizations in the greater Bostonmetro area, including the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Framingham, Newton, and Waltham. Combined, these Boston metro performing arts organizationsemploy 6,572 people, earn more than $505 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $2 billion.
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Types of performing arts organizations in Boston

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Performing arts organizations
881
$505,257,711
Music festival and event organizations
230
$82,059,785
Theaters
161
$89,234,692
Dance organizations
70
$7,766,045
Symphony orchestras
62
$138,292,695
Performing arts centers
39
$85,623,642
Ballet companies
19
$46,051,381
Performing arts schools
17
$18,540,419
Operas
9
$7,581,149
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Job trends for Boston performing arts organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
73
1-10
72
11-25
27
26-100
36
101 to 1,000
18
1,000+
0
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Sizes of performing arts organizations in Boston

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
358
$250k to $1M
67
$1M to $5M
54
$5M to $25M
9
$25M to $100M
4
$100M+
1
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Directory of performing arts organizations in Boston

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American Repertory Theatre (ART)

A.R.T. actively engages more than 10,000 community members and local students annually in project-based partnerships and workshops.
Revenue
$17.3m
Assets
$27.0m
Employees
65
EIN
04-2665867
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Groton Hill Music (IHM)

Since 1985, Indian Hill Music has filled a growing need for high-quality music education and professional performances in the 40-town region of the Nashoba and Merrimack Valleys.
Revenue
$41.2m
Assets
$210.8m
Employees
106
EIN
04-2867945
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Wang Theatre

Wang Theatre is a performance arts venue in Boston, MA, which presents music, broadway, opera, dance, and comedy to the general public. The venue's mission is to provide arts programming to the public while preserving the theatre itself.
Revenue
$31.4m
Assets
$18.3m
Employees
305
EIN
04-3317597
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Boston Lyric Opera (BLO)

The mission of Boston Lyric Opera is to produce artistically excellent productions of a diverse repertoire that entertain and inspire audiences; to feature emerging operatic talent; and to engage and educate the community of all ages about opera.
Revenue
$6.4m
Assets
$20.4m
Employees
204
EIN
04-2469627
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Boch Center

Boch Center innovates and safeguards iconic Boston venues, delivering inclusive performing arts and cultural education to diverse audiences.
Revenue
$6.4m
Assets
$34.4m
Employees
88
EIN
51-0197209
IRS type
501(c)(3)

South Shore Playhouse Associates

South Shore Playhouse Associates owns venues, supports non-profits in art, recreation and education. Enriching public culture through shows at two locations.
Revenue
$8.2m
Assets
$15.1m
Employees
234
EIN
04-2312063
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Celebrity Series of Boston

The Celebrity Series of Boston brings together outstanding performing artists to inspire and enrich the community with their excellence and innovation in the performing arts.
Revenue
$6.7m
Assets
$20.8m
Employees
75
EIN
22-2958508
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Rockport Music

Present musical and other artistic performances; foster appreciation of and accessibility to Music and other performing arts through school and community education programs.
Revenue
$5.8m
Assets
$31.2m
Employees
44
EIN
22-2479696
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra (BYSO)

BYSO's mission is to encourage artistic excellence in a nurturing environment by providing the highest quality orchestral training and performance opportunities to qualified musicians, grades K-12.
Revenue
$7.3m
Assets
$11.8m
Employees
55
EIN
04-2790069
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Huntington Theatre

Huntington Theatre is a professional theatre company located in Boston, MA that is one of the region's premier cultural assets. Since its founding in 1982, it has received over 150 Elliot Norton and Independent Reviewers of New England Awards.
Revenue
$30.8m
Assets
$117.7m
Employees
149
EIN
22-2659560
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Friends of The Music Hall

Friends of The Music Hall enriches the community by supporting nonprofit venue, The Music Hall, and presenting diverse cultural performances.
Revenue
$6.1m
Assets
$11.1m
Employees
50
EIN
02-0403452
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Internationally acclaimed orchestra providing performances and educational programs consonant with the highest aspirations of the musical arts.
Revenue
$116.0m
Assets
$654.5m
Employees
794
EIN
04-2103550
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Boston Ballet

Since 1963, Boston Ballet has been one of the leading dance companies in the world on stage, in the studio and in the community.
Revenue
$41.1m
Assets
$91.7m
Employees
630
EIN
04-2312734
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Cabot

The organization provides culturally-relevant artistic entertainment to the Greater Beverly, Massachusetts community including curated live and cinema entertainment as well as educational and literary programs for all ages.
Revenue
$7.1m
Assets
$10.1m
Employees
61
EIN
47-1431634
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Seacoast Repertory Theater

Seacoast Repertory Theater showcases year-round, high-quality entertainment from classics to new works, using the best talent from New England and beyond.
Revenue
$2.6m
Assets
$1.7m
Employees
19
EIN
02-0419993
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Conservatory Lab Foundation

The Foundation's purpose is to support the dissemination of learning through music as an educational model.
Revenue
$3.3m
Assets
$26.0m
Employees
4
EIN
04-3443578
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Bostons Childrens Chorus (BCC)

The Boston Children's Chorus (BCC) harnesses the power and joy of music to unite our city's diverse communities and inspire social change.
Revenue
$2.2m
Assets
$1.3m
Employees
39
EIN
65-1188279
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Boston Philharmonic Orchestra Corporation (BMO)

Provide opportunities for an evolving community of amateur, student and professional players to perform together, to present challenging classical repertoires and to enhance the public's awareness and understanding of music.
Revenue
$3.2m
Assets
$1.6m
Employees
117
EIN
04-2678312
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Theater Offensive

To present the diversity of lesbian, gay and transgender lives in arts so bold it breaks through personal isolation, challenges the status quo and builds thriving communities.
Revenue
$2.9m
Assets
$7.5m
Employees
11
EIN
04-3039900
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Tremont Theatre

CPCS is dedicated to providing broad-based, popular entertainment & arts education programming at the Wang, Shubert, Emerson Colonial Theatres & Boston community.
Revenue
$4.1m
Assets
$4.6m
Employees
229
EIN
04-3317590
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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