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Largest arts and culture nonprofits
Ranked by total revenue for most recent fiscal year available
Nonprofit Total revenue Total assets
Fiscal year end
date
No. local
employees Type of organization
Top executive/
year founded
1
Walnut Hill Center for the Arts
12 Highland St., Natick 01760
508-653-4312 • walnuthillarts.org
$24,034,781 $70,288,735 June 30, 2023 151 Arts education
Eric Barber
head of school
1893
2
Groton Hill Music Center
122 Old Ayer Road, Groton 01450
978-486-9524 • grotonhill.org
$22,723,664 $224,041,401 June 30, 2023 100
Music performance
and education
Lisa Fiorentino
CEO
1985
3
Collings Foundation
American Heritage Museum
568 Main St., Hudson 01749
978-562-9182 • americanheritagemuseum.org
$17,834,761 $90,808,753 Nov. 30, 2022 10
History museum and
living history events
Robert Collings Jr.
president
1979
4
Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury St., Worcester 01609
508-793-4330 • worcesterart.org
$15,255,766 $158,424,796 Aug. 31, 2023 130 Art museum
Matthias Waschek
director
1896
5
Old Sturbridge Village
1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge 01566
800-733-1830 • osv.org
$14,423,241 $28,299,483 Jan. 31, 2023 150
Historical village and
museum
James E. Donahue
president & CEO
1946
6
Hanover Theatre & Conservatory for the Performing Arts
2 Southbridge St., Worcester 01608
877-571-7469 • thehanovertheatre.org
$12,615,565 $10,134,844 June 30, 2023 100
Performing arts and
education
Troy Siebels
(1)
president & CEO
2008
7
American Antiquarian Society
185 Salisbury St., Worcester 01609
508-755-5221 • americanantiquarian.org
$10,974,880 $109,089,778 Aug. 31, 2023 50
American history and
research society
Scott E. Casper
president
1812
8
New England Botanical Garden at Tower Hill
11 French Drive, P.O. Box 598, Boylston 01505
508-869-6111 • nebg.org
$8,106,342 $52,393,106 March 31, 2023 60 Botanical garden
Grace Chapman Elton
executive director
1842
9
EcoTarium
222 Harrington Way, Worcester 01604
508-929-2700 • ecotarium.org
$5,566,765 $21,458,004 Dec. 31, 2022 50 Science museum
Noreen Johnson Smith
president & CEO
1825
10
Discovery Museum
177 Main St., Acton 01720
978-264-4200 • discoveryacton.org
$4,561,122 $12,781,455 Dec. 31, 2023 75
STEAM museum
(2)
Marie Beam
CEO
1982
11
Mechanics Hall
321 Main St., Worcester 01608
508-752-5608 • mechanicshall.org
$2,837,428 $9,800,605 June 30, 2023 40
Historic concert and
events hall
Kathleen Gagne
executive director
1857
12
Music Worcester
319 Main St., Worcester 01608
508-754-3231 • musicworcester.org
$2,726,328 $12,785,783 June 30, 2023 8
Music and performing
arts
Adrien C. Finlay
executive director
1858
13
Wayside Inn
72 Wayside Inn Road, Sudbury 01776
978-443-1776 • wayside.org
$2,044,656 $3,810,239 Feb. 28, 2023
165
(3)
Historic site,
education and
innkeeping
Steve Pickford
innkeeper & GM
1944
14
Worcester Historical Museum
30 Elm St., Worcester 01609
508-753-8278 • worcesterhistory.org
$2,022,289 $18,267,013 June 30, 2023 18 History museum
William D. Wallace
executive director
1875
15
Southborough Historical Society
25 Common St., Southborough 01772
508-624-7640 • southboroughhistory.org
$1,808,126 $1,804,526 April 30, 2023
0
(3)
Historical
preservation
Michael Weishan
president
1965
Sources: GuideStar by Candid and individual nonprofits
(1) Troy Siebels will step down as president and CEO and be succeeded by Alan Seiffert on Jan. 1.
(2) STEAM=science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics
(3) As reported in fiscal year 2023 990 tax filing
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