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Massachusetts performing arts organizations

There are 1,236performing arts organizations in Massachusetts. Combined, these Massachusettsanperforming arts organizationsemploy 9,155 people, earn more than $646 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $2 billion.
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Types of performing arts organizations in Massachusetts

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Performing arts organizations
1,236
$645,760,126
Music festival and event organizations
319
$87,634,693
Theaters
244
$123,199,107
Dance organizations
88
$40,501,193
Symphony orchestras
79
$149,724,256
Performing arts centers
65
$121,304,307
Performing arts schools
29
$34,731,397
Ballet companies
26
$47,123,152
Operas
15
$9,761,191
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Performing arts organizations by major Massachusetts cities

Metro areaNonprofitsRevenues
Boston
828
$491,681,219
Springfield, MA
116
$27,077,764
Worcester
87
$26,846,038
Providence, RI
83
$15,163,357
Barnstable Town
57
$19,533,734
Pittsfield
51
$60,157,937
Showing 6 of 6metros

Job trends for Massachusetts performing arts organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
104
1-10
93
11-25
44
26-100
55
101 to 1,000
26
1,000+
0
Key takeaways for employment stats:

Sizes of performing arts organizations in Massachusetts

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
513
$250k to $1M
100
$1M to $5M
70
$5M to $25M
16
$25M to $100M
5
$100M+
1
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
  • Large organizations like Boston Symphony Orchestra, Groton Hill Music (IHM), Boston Ballet, Wang Theatre, and Huntington Theatre earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Massachusetts performing arts organizations.
  • Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 13.4% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Massachusetts performing arts organizations with more than $100 million account for 18.0% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of performing arts organizations in Massachusetts

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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)

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)

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)

South Shore Conservatory

Serving nearly 3,000 students ranging in age from 0 to 14 the South Shore Conservatory provides instruction in all genres of music, dance, drama and creative arts therapies at its two beautiful campuses in Hingham and Duxbury.
Revenue
$4.8m
Assets
$7.6m
Employees
116
EIN
04-2470761
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)

Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre

To create new ballets of excellence that are stimulating and culturally relevant to diverse audiences, to create an innovative approach to Ballet training that welcomes diversity, and ensures unanimous participation and achievement by all students.
Revenue
$2.2m
Assets
$2.3m
Employees
6
EIN
04-2773619
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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