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JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MEMPHIS AND THE MID-SOUTH

EIN 62-0549549 CORDOVA, TN

Largest nonprofits in Tennessee

Revenue 2024
$3,126,747
Expenses 2024
$3,244,473

Program services were 74.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q320
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 1015

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA (EIN 84-1267604). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SINCE MAY 4, 1955, JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MEMPHIS AND THE MID-SOUTH HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO INSPIRE AND PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE TO SUCCEED IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY. WE EMPOWER CHILDREN TO LEAD INDEPENDENT LIVES AS THEY WORK TO ATTAIN THEIR DREAMS THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT TEACH FINANCIAL LITERACY, WORK READINESS, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. OUR WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED IN CLASSROOMS, THE WANG EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CENTER AT JA, AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH. WE HAVE A GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE FOOTPRINT OF 71 COUNTIES IN ARKANSAS, MISSISSIPPI, AND TENNESSEE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH PREPARES YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE SKILL SETS AND MINDSETS TO BUILD THRIVING COMMUNITIES AND EXCEL IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY.

  • JA BIZTOWN COMBINES IN-CLASS LEARNING WITH A DAY-LONG VISIT TO A SIMULATED TOWN IN THE WANG EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CENTER. THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO OPERATE BANKS, MANAGE BUSINESSES, WRITE CHECKS, AND VOTE FOR MAYOR. THE PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS CONNECT THE DOTS TO WHAT THEY LEARN IN SCHOOL AND THE REAL WORLD. JA BIZTOWN HAS BEEN SERVING THE MID-SOUTH SINCE 2003.

    Expenses $790,728 · Revenue $72,536

  • JA FINANCE PARK: IMAGINE YOU'RE A 27-YEAR-OLD SINGLE PARENT EARNING $25,000 A YEAR AS AN OFFICE ASSISTANT, OR PERHAPS YOU'RE A 35-YEAR-OLD REGIONAL MANAGER MAKING $65,000 ANNUALLY. HOW WILL YOU MANAGE YOUR MONEY? AT JA FINANCE PARK, WHATEVER ROLE STUDENTS ARE ASSIGNED, THEYDEVELOP LIFELONG FINANCIAL SKILLS THROUGH THE PROGRAM'S SIMULATED EXPERIENCES. JA FINANCE PARK IS OFFERED VIRTUALLY, ON SITE AT SCHOOLS, OR IN OUR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CENTER.

    Expenses $684,665

  • JA INSPIRE IS A UNIQUE CAREER EXPLORATION FAIR FOR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS ACROSS MEMPHIS AND THE MID-SOUTH. THIS EDUCATIONAL EVENT ISDESIGNED FOR STUDENTS TO RECEIVE HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES FROMINDUSTRY EXPERTS THAT HIGHLIGHT FAST-GROWING CAREERS AND EMERGINGTECHNOLOGIES IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. JA INSPIRE WILL BRING TOGETHER AVARIETY OF EMPLOYERS AND THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS TO CREATE AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE THAT EXPOSES STUDENTS TO DIFFERENT CAREERS AND THE SKILLSNEEDED TO PURSUE A FUTURE IN THESE INDUSTRIES. JA INSPIRE IS BOTH AVIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLSTUDENTS.

    Expenses $734,325 · Revenue $25,300

  • Expenses $213,843 · Revenue $12,813

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Brandon Cooper

    INVESTMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Karen Koplon

    CORPORATE SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jason Campbell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Adam King

    AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Pearson Crutcher

    COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kelly Lomax

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Brenda Duckett

    DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Dr Sha Fanion

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rick Fogelman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Cassie Lynn Foote

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Justin Gentry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Henry Gordon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Sheleah Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Scotty Hendricks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Charlie House

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Darryl Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Casey King

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Samuel King

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Dr Mary McDonald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kevin McEniry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kimberly Moore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Brittney Murray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Alana Hu Perkovic

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Alex Pina

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Brad Phillips

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,126,747
    Expenses
    $3,244,473
    Contributions
    $2,768,054
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,391,536
    Expenses
    $2,895,024
    Contributions
    $3,051,000
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,786,090
    Expenses
    $2,467,971
    Contributions
    $3,649,308
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,925,302
    Expenses
    $1,734,138
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,171,864
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,243,762
    Expenses
    $1,278,655
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,986,445
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,276,738
    Expenses
    $1,121,421
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,997,871
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $773,610
    Expenses
    $969,498
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,866,559
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $945,428
    Expenses
    $935,156
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,121,248
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $945,428
    Expenses
    $935,156
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,121,248
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $885,321
    Expenses
    $913,364
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,074,006
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,104,405
    Expenses
    $872,016
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,138,522
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,068,236
    Expenses
    $839,190
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,149,432
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $704,088
    Expenses
    $804,734
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,954,880

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.