DC Jazz Festival
Donations deductibleDC Jazz Festival's network
30 people15 organisationsi30 people and 15 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (30). Violet dotted lines (15) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
30 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 in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 30 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter M Gillon Chair | Chairman | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Angie M Gates | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Carmencita Whonder | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Charles Fishman | Honorary Cha | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Claude E Bailey | Founding Cha | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| David Gorodetski | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Deborah Veney | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Elliott Ferguson | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Erik A Moses | Vice Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Felix Contreras | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Harriet Sanford | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jeffrey Freund | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jennifer Currie | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Karen Marangi | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Kevin Eubanks | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Kim Tignor | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Kimberly Basset | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Leslie Whipkey | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Meryl Chertoff | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| PAM Frazier | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Peter Bell | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Robert R Marshall | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Roger Pollak | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Ron Carter | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Ronald D Abramson | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Sunny Sumter | CEO/Presiden | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Tanner Powell | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Thomas Silverstein | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| William Kirk | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| William Lacy Clay JR | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom 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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Sumter | CEO/Presiden | 50 | $176k | $40k | |
| Ronald D Abramson | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Claude E Bailey | Founding Cha | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kimberly Basset | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Peter Bell | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ron Carter | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Meryl Chertoff | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Felix Contreras | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jennifer Currie | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kevin Eubanks | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Elliott Ferguson | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Pam Frazier | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jeffrey Freund | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Angie M Gates | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Peter M Gillon | Chairman | 1 | $0 | ||
| David Gorodetski | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| William Lacy Clay Jr | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| William Kirk | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Karen Marangi | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Robert R Marshall | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Erik A Moses | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Roger Pollak | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Tanner Powell | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Harriet Sanford | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Thomas Silverstein | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kim Tignor | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Deborah Veney | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Leslie Whipkey | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Carmencita Whonder | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- DC Jazz Festival
- EIN
- 201799842
- Address
- 1101 6th St Sw, Washington, DC, 20024-2605
- State
- District of Columbia
- Mission
- The mission of the dc jazz festival is to present internationally world- renowned and emerging artists in celebration of jazz; unify diverse communities and enable connections between artists and audience year-round; advance jazz and music education by providing exciting, adventurous and diverse music experiences for audiences of all ages and backgrounds in greater dc as well as out-of-town... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A68 Arts, culture and humanities
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2004
- Principal officer
- Sunny Sumter (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 March 2006
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsPeter M Gillon
≥8years on the filingsCarmencita Whonder
≥8years on the filingsCharles Fishman
≥8years on the filingsClaude E Bailey
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $766k
- Total liabilities
- $93k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $673k
- Contributions and grants received
- $1.7m
- Program service revenue
- $600k
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 200
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1m | $2.5m | $563k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.DC Jazz Festival likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), corporate registrations (opendata.dc.gov). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: DC DLCP. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- District of Columbia
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active - In Good Standing
- Formed
- 9 April 2004
- Registered agent
- Sunny Sumter (city and state not held)