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US nonprofit · EIN 200622729 · Cordova, TNiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 200622729) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Cotton Research and Promotion Defense Council Inc's network

7 peoplei7 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Ted Sheely ChairChairman2020
6 yrs
Aaron BarcellosDirector2020
6 yrs
Craig ShookDirector2020
6 yrs
Dahlen HancockDirector2020
6 yrs
James SanfordDirector2020
6 yrs
Jon HardwickSecretary/Treasurer2020
6 yrs
Mike Sturdivant JRDirector2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Drew DavisAssistant Treasurersince 2020

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Ted SheelyChairman0$0
Aaron BarcellosDirector0$0
Dahlen HancockDirector0$0
Jon HardwickSecretary/Treasurer0$0
James SanfordDirector0$0
Craig ShookDirector0$0
Mike Sturdivant JrDirector0$0
Drew DavisAssistant Treasurer0$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Cotton Research and Promotion Defense Council Inc
EIN
200622729
Address
Po Box 2995, Cordova, TN, 38088-2995
State
Tennessee
Mission
To assist in research in promotion activities concerning cotton by assisting in the defense of the constitutionality of the cotton research and promotion act of 1966 and the research and promotion activities carried out in accordance with that act. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
S41 Community improvement and capacity building
IRS classification
501(c)06 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Size band
7 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2004
Principal officer
Ted Sheely (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 August 2004
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
4, latest 2024

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsTed Sheely
≥6years on the filingsAaron Barcellos
≥6years on the filingsCraig Shook
≥6years on the filingsDahlen Hancock

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$9.4m
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$9.4m
Contributions and grants received
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$369k$106k$263k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.