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US nonprofit · EIN 631265205 · Tuscaloosa, ALiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 631265205) - 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 tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Alabama Blues Project

Donations deductible
Revenue
$85k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$85k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$4k
$3k liabilities
Net assets
$1k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
11
8.2y av
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
7
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Alabama Blues Project's network

11 people1 organisationi11 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (11). Violet dotted lines (1) 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

11 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 0 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 11 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Allison Cunningham GeddieBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Art DunningBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Brenda C Reed (also filed as Brenda Reed)Director School Prog2019
7 yrs
Carroline Shines-EdwardsBoard Member2019
7 yrs
David BedsoleBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Denny SchwartzBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Elizabeth LaryBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Ken McGuireBoard Member2018
8 yrs
KIP TynerBoard Member2018
8 yrs
PJ EnglishBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Rick GeddieBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 11 →

Officers and senior leadership

7 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Ashley R WheatExecutive Directorsince 2019
Charles NashCompany secretarysince 2019
James P WhitehurstPresidentsince 2019
Paula S DemonbreunExecutive Director2018
Rosa JohnsonVice Presidentsince 2019
Shannon McCueExecutive Director2018
Steve BallardTreasurersince 2019

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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Art DunningBoard Member0$0
Allison Cunningham GeddieBoard Member0$0
Rick GeddieBoard Member0$0
Ken McGuireBoard Member0$0
Carroline Shines-EdwardsBoard Member0$0
Kip TynerBoard Member0$0
David BedsoleBoard Member0$0
Denny SchwartzBoard Member0$0
Pj EnglishBoard Member0$0
Elizabeth LaryBoard Member0$0
Brenda C Reed HadnottDirector School Prog0$0
James P WhitehurstPresident0$0
Rosa JohnsonVice President0$0
Steve BallardTreasurer0$0
Charles NashSecretary0$0

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

About

Legal name
Alabama Blues Project
EIN
631265205
Address
620 Greensboro Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35401-1750
State
Alabama
Mission
ABP's mission is to promote and preserve Blues music. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
P30 Human services
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Human Services
Size band
1 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2002
Principal officer
Ashley R Wheat (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 February 2002
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsAllison Cunningham Geddie
≥8years on the filingsArt Dunning
≥8years on the filingsDavid Bedsole
≥8years on the filingsDenny Schwartz

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
$4k
Total liabilities
$3k
Net assets or fund balances
$1k
Contributions and grants received
$73k
Program service revenue
$13k
Employees
0