Country Music Foundation Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$73.3m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$58.2m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$175.8m
$28.8m liabilities
Net assets
$147m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
10
7.8 years on average
Staff
506
132 volunteers
Chair observed
≥5 yrs
Mary Ann McCready
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Country Music Foundation Inc's network
10 people9 organisationsi10 people and 9 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Violet dotted lines (10) 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
10 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.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.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Ann McCready Chair | Board Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Al Giombetti | Executive Vice President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| David Conrad | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| David Ross | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Ernest Williams III | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| J William Denny | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jody Williams | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Ken Levitan | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Mark Bloom | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Rod Essig | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
14 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Hall | VP Development | 2023 |
| Brenda Colladay | VP of Museum Services | since 2019 |
| Hernando Rodriguez | Sr. Director of Events and Culinary | since 2018 |
| Johnny Cunningham | Sr. Director of Information | since 2022 |
| Kyle Young | CEO | since 2018 |
| Lisa Davis | VP of Development, Edu & Community | since 2018 |
| Mark De Lelys | VP Revenue | since 2018 |
| Martina Burghard | Sr. VP Financial Services & Operations | 2020 |
| Michael Gray | VP Museum Services | 2023 |
| Nina Burghard | Sr. VP Financial Services A | since 2018 |
| Sharon Brawner | Sr. VP Sales and Marketing | since 2018 |
| Tori Tarvin | Sr Director of Marketing | 2022 |
| Warren Denney | VP Creative | 2020 |
| Warren Denny | VP Creative | since 2022 |
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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Young | CEO | 40 | $882k | $13k | |
| Nina Burghard | Exec VP Finances & Operati | 40 | $356k | $14k | |
| Lisa Davis | Exec VP External Affairs | 40 | $265k | $9k | |
| Mark de Lelys | VP Revenue | 40 | $229k | $11k | |
| Johnny Cunningham | Sr Dir of Information & Technology | 40 | $208k | $6k | |
| Ben Hall | VP Development | 40 | $157k | $9k | |
| Warren Denny | VP Creative | 40 | $154k | $7k | |
| Brad Henton | Sr Dir Culinary, Events and Museum Sales | 40 | $141k | $5k | |
| Jeremy Rush | Sr Dir Public Relations | 40 | $134k | $6k | |
| Jody Williams | Board Chair | 8 | $0 | ||
| Al Giombetti | Executive Vice President | 2 | $0 | ||
| David Ross | Secretary | 2 | $0 | ||
| Ernest Williams III | Treasurer | 2 | $0 | ||
| Mark Bloom | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| David Conrad | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| J William Denny | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rod Essig | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ken Levitan | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Mary Ann McCready | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Country Music Foundation Inc
- EIN
- 620753887
- Address
- 222 Rep John Lewis Way S, Nashville, TN, 37203-4206
- State
- Tennessee
- Mission
- The mission of the country music foundation, inc. (cmf) is to identify and preserve the evolving history and traditions of country music and to educate its audiences. Functioning as a local history museum and as an international arts organization, the cmf serves visiting and non-visiting audiences including families, students, scholars, members of the music industry, and the general public... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A500 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
- 9 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1964
- Principal officer
- Kyle Young (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 December 1964
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsMary Ann McCready
≥8years on the filingsDavid Conrad
≥8years on the filingsDavid Ross
≥8years on the filingsErnest Williams III
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
- $175.8m
- Total liabilities
- $28.8m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $147m
- Contributions and grants received
- $15.8m
- Program service revenue
- $48.2m
- Employees
- 506
- Volunteers
- 132