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RECORD INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC

EIN 13-1669037 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2024
$37,137,460
Expenses 2024
$37,294,841

As filed

Subsection
06
Classification
2000
Street
1000 F ST NW 2ND FLOOR

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SUPPORTS AND PROMOTES THE CREATIVE AND FINANCIAL VITALITY OF THE MAJOR MUSIC COMPANIES. THE RIAA WORKS TO PROTECT THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF ARTISTS AND MUSIC LABELS; CONDUCT CONSUMER, INDUSTRY AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH; AND MONITOR AND REVIEW STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS, REGULATIONS AND POLICIES. THE RIAA(R) ALSO CERTIFIES GOLD(R), PLATINUM(R), MULTI-PLATINUM(TM) AND DIAMOND SALES AWARDS AS WELL AS LOS PREMIOS DE ORO Y PLATINO(TM), AN AWARD CELEBRATING LATIN MUSIC SALES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ADVOCATES FOR RECORDED MUSIC AND THE PEOPLE AND COMPANIES THAT CREATE IT IN THE UNITED STATES. RIAA'S SEVERAL HUNDRED MEMBERS RANGING FROM MAJOR AMERICAN MUSIC GROUPS WITH GLOBAL REACH TO ARTIST OWNED LABELS AND SMALL BUSINESSES MAKE UP THE WORLD'S MOST VIBRANT AND INNOVATIVE MUSIC COMMUNITY, WORKING TO HELP ARTISTS REACH THEIR POTENTIAL AND CONNECT WITH FANS WHILE SUPPORTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN JOBS.

  • Legal affairs and content protection encompasses both the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights for record companies and copyright owners. Content protection and enforcement operations include online and physical measures to combat music piracy, addressing unauthorized distribution and the manufacture and sale of counterfeit sound recordings. The majority of expenditures in this area are related to litigation costs incurred by RIAA in representing members and pursuing enforcement actions in civil court. In addition, legal affairs provide counsel to RIAA members, lead statutory license negotiations for the industry, and support the integration of technology objectives through specialized projects, analyses, and studies, ensuring the continued protection and advancement of the recording industry's interests.

  • PUBLIC POLICY AND INDUSTRY RELATIONS: PUBLIC POLICY AND INDUSTRY RELATIONS ENGAGE IN LEGISLATIVE, REGULATORY AND LEGAL ADVOCACY FOR THE RECORDING INDUSTRY.

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Michele Ballantyne

    COO

    Total calculated
    $989,270
    From this org
    $909,868
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $79,402
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $805,961
    Bonus
    $80,000
    Other
    $23,907
    Deferred
    $41,735
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,667
    Filer's total
    $989,270

  • Mitch Glazier

    CHAIRMAN & CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,468,883
    From this org
    $1,381,874
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $87,009
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $971,621
    Bonus
    $380,000
    Other
    $30,253
    Deferred
    $41,735
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,274
    Filer's total
    $1,468,883

  • Alisa Coleman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Annie Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Camille Hackney

    DIRECTOR (THRU 01/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Cris Lacy

    DIRECTOR (as of 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • David Bither

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Deirdre McDonald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Eric Berman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Glen Barros

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • James Steven

    DIRECTOR (as of 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Jeff Harleston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Jeff Walker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Julian Petty

    DIRECTOR (as of 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Julie Swidler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Katie Alberts

    DIRECTOR (as of 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Ken Bunt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Ken Robold

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Kevin Liles

    DIRECTOR (THRU 01/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Margo Scott

    DIRECTOR (THRU 01/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Mark Baker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Melissa Thomas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Michele Anthony

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Paul Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Rosie Lopez

    DIRECTOR (THRU 01/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $37,137,460
    Expenses
    $37,294,841
    Contributions
    $102,469
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $33,603,082
    Expenses
    $33,668,105
    Contributions
    $57,469
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $36,810,854
    Expenses
    $36,894,029
    Contributions
    $25,000
    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
    $32,644,739
    Expenses
    $32,744,712
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,777,741

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $26,713,851
    Expenses
    $27,743,904
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,118,520

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $28,132,459
    Expenses
    $27,427,384
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,112,033

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,650,199
    Expenses
    $30,441,619
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,447,375

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,709,847
    Expenses
    $29,286,277
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,915,812

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,709,847
    Expenses
    $29,286,277
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,915,812

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $26,743,818
    Expenses
    $26,494,247
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,055,643

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $26,340,052
    Expenses
    $26,324,510
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,619,600

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,400,885
    Expenses
    $25,638,560
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,806,963

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,171,291
    Expenses
    $24,497,226
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,162,067

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOC OF AMER CA PAC

    527 · POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · CA · controlled entity

  • RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOC OF AMER FED PAC

    527 · POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · DC · controlled entity

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.