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Chicago performing arts organizations

There are 1,296performing arts organizations in the greater Chicagometro area, including the cities of Chicago, Bolingbrook, Des Plaines, Elgin, Evanston, Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Schaumburg, Skokie, and Gary within the states of Illinois and Indiana. Combined, these Chicago metro performing arts organizationsemploy 9,915 people, earn more than $640 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $2 billion.
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Types of performing arts organizations in Chicago

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Performing arts organizations
1,296
$640,145,763
Theaters
360
$145,264,004
Music festival and event organizations
282
$80,576,224
Dance organizations
171
$29,987,167
Symphony orchestras
47
$123,957,462
Performing arts centers
43
$69,081,579
Ballet companies
29
$34,849,069
Operas
20
$85,877,780
Performing arts schools
13
$34,951,613
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Job trends for Chicago performing arts organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
105
1-10
117
11-25
43
26-100
33
101 to 1,000
27
1,000+
0
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Sizes of performing arts organizations in Chicago

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
430
$250k to $1M
131
$1M to $5M
50
$5M to $25M
15
$25M to $100M
4
$100M+
1
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Directory of performing arts organizations in Chicago

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GiGi's Playhouse

To change the way the world views Down syndrome through national campaigns, educational programs, and by empowering individuals with Down syndrome, their families and the community.
Revenue
$6.3m
Assets
$5.8m
Employees
51
EIN
20-0058563
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra enriches lives through music and education. Presented 38 weeks of concerts during the 2021/22 season. Prestigious training program: Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
Revenue
$102.4m
Assets
$530.9m
Employees
785
EIN
36-2167823
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Harris Theater for Music and Dance

The Harris Theater is also dedicated to presenting internationally acclaimed music and dance organizations to enhance its reputation as well as to help build audiences for the Theater's resident companies.
Revenue
$8.7m
Assets
$59.4m
Employees
198
EIN
36-3930153
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC)

The mission of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is to bring artists, art, and audiences together to enrich, engage, educate, and change lives through the experience of dance.
Revenue
$6.1m
Assets
$12.6m
Employees
66
EIN
36-2950283
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Old Town School of Folk Music

Founded in 1957, the Old Town School of Folk Music provides a wide range of music, dance, theater, and visual arts courses to people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds.
Revenue
$14.4m
Assets
$26.8m
Employees
355
EIN
36-2373635
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre creates courageous and inclusive art that sparks curiosity, empathy, and joy through theatrical learning opportunities.
Revenue
$28.5m
Assets
$122.0m
Employees
252
EIN
51-0149370
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Merit School of Music

Merit School of Music transforms the lives of Chicago-area youth through removing barriers to high-quality music education.
Revenue
$6.6m
Assets
$32.4m
Employees
207
EIN
36-3028768
IRS type
501(c)(3)

TimeLine Theatre Company

TimeLine Theatre Company presents stories inspired by history that connect with today's social and political issues. Our collaborative artistic team produces provocative theatre and educational programs that engage, entertain and enlighten.
Revenue
$6.5m
Assets
$13.4m
Employees
75
EIN
36-4197407
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Friends of Genesee Theatre

Friends of the Historic Genesee Theatre serves the cultural, educational and economic needs of the community by supporting quality diverse entertainment that brings smiles, laughter, warmth and lasting memories to every patron at excellent values.
Revenue
$7.5m
Assets
$6.4m
Employees
158
EIN
36-3069113
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Lyric Opera of Chicago exists to provide a broad, deep, and relevant cultural service to the Chicago region and the nation, and to advance the development of the art form of opera.
Revenue
$78.4m
Assets
$283.6m
Employees
923
EIN
36-6008929
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University

Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, an Illinois not-for-profit organization, is committed to presenting the finest in international, cultural, community and educational programming to Chicago.
Revenue
$20.8m
Assets
$12.9m
Employees
228
EIN
36-3145476
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre: Chicago's oldest and largest not-for-profit theater, committed to producing quality, diverse works and fostering community engagement.
Revenue
$24.9m
Assets
$59.3m
Employees
412
EIN
36-2896025
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Chicago Shakespeare Theater creates artistic and educational programs to reveal the diversity, power, and mystery of the human experience, engaging audiences, artists, students and communities in a dynamic, lifelong relationship that bridges cultures, cou....
Revenue
$17.2m
Assets
$57.0m
Employees
231
EIN
36-3467607
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Grant Park Music Festival

The Grant Park Music Festival was founded by the Chicago Park District in 1935, and remains the nation's only free, outdoor, municipally-supported classical music festival.
Revenue
$11.6m
Assets
$15.5m
Employees
382
EIN
32-0005884
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Uniting Voices

The choir's mission is to inspire and change lives through music by providing choral education and performance opportunities to chicago youth from diverse backgrounds.
Revenue
$5.5m
Assets
$5.6m
Employees
54
EIN
51-0140419
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Joffrey Ballet

The Joffrey is a world-class, Chicago-based ballet company and dance education organization committed to artistic excellence and innovation, presenting a unique repertoire encompassing masterpieces of the past and cutting-edge works.
Revenue
$28.7m
Assets
$46.5m
Employees
149
EIN
36-4009741
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ravinia Festival Association

Ravinia presents world-class music, theatre, and cultural events; educates through outreach programs; and offers a professional studies program.
Revenue
$36.7m
Assets
$208.4m
Employees
685
EIN
36-6002273
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Music Institute of Chicago (MIC)

The Music Institute of Chicago is dedicated to transforming lives through music education. Founded in 1931, the Music Institute has grown to become one of the largest and most respected community music schools in the nation.
Revenue
$8.3m
Assets
$11.2m
Employees
218
EIN
36-2374224
IRS type
501(c)(3)

CircEsteem

Circus arts program fostering self-esteem and mutual respect through social workshops, academic enrichment, mentoring, and community development programming for Chicago youth.
Revenue
$6.5m
Assets
$5.4m
Employees
90
EIN
32-0050649
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lookingglass Theatre Company

We are nationwide leader in the creation and presentation of new, cutting-edge theatrical works and in sharing its ensemble-based theatrical techniques with Chicago-area students and teachers through Education and Community Programs.
Revenue
$3.9m
Assets
$2.4m
Employees
136
EIN
36-3653114
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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