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MEMPHIS IN MAY INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL INC

EIN 23-7308001 MEMPHIS, TN

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Revenue 2024
$2,393,357
Expenses 2024
$3,047,407

Program services were 83.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A200
Classification
1200
Street
56 S FRONT ST

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING RECREATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES, FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE CITY OF MEMPHIS, PEOPLE OF MEMPHIS, AND THE PEOPLE OF OTHER CULTURES AND COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD BY INTRODUCING MEMPHIS TO THE WORLD AND THE WORLD TO MEMPHIS THROUGH THESE ANNUAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT HONOR A SELECTED COUNTRY OF THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MEMPHIS IN MAY INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, INC. WAS ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING RECREATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES, FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE CITY OF MEMPHIS, PEOPLE OF MEMPHIS, AND THE PEOPLE OF OTHER CULTURES AND COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD BY INTRODUCING MEMPHIS TO THE WORLD AND THE WORLD TO MEMPHIS THROUGH THESE ANNUAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT HONOR A SELECTED COUNTRY OF THE WORLD.

  • PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE BEALE STREET MUSIC FESTIVAL (BSMF); PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BARBEQUE COOKING CONTEST (WCBCC); PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE SHELBY COUNTY CELEBRATION (SC) AND THE GREAT AMERICAN RIVER RUN (GARR); PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL AND DIPLOMAT EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT HONOR THE SELECTED COUNTRY (INTL)AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES (ED), INCLUDING YEAR LONG SUPPORT FOR THE BSMF, WCBCC, GARR, INTL, EDUCATION AND VOLUNTEER EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $2,527,920 · Revenue $1,111,215

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.

  • Al Gossett

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Russell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brett Mullis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charles Ewing

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Doug Browne

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Lasonya Hall

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ernest Strickland

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Howard Robertson

    CHAIR ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Richardson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Leigh Shockey

    FORMER CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mickell Lowery

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mina Becton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pat Tiggrett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ron Coleman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shawn Danko

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ted Townsend

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Velvet Graham

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vicki Buck

    VOLUNTEER REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wayne Tabor

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Yolanda Cooper-Sutton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Floyd Benson

    VICE PRESIDENT OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • James L Holt

    PAST PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $221,807
    From this org
    $215,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,757
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,050
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,157
    Filer's total
    $221,807
  • Kevin Grothe

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $138,579
    From this org
    $125,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,856
    Hours/week
    40
  • Mack Weaver

    CEO & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $172,226
    From this org
    $157,979
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,247
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,979
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,452
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,795
    Filer's total
    $172,226
  • Randy M Blevins

    PAST VP OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $115,370
    From this org
    $106,797
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,573
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $2,393,357
    Expenses
    $3,047,407
    Contributions
    $1,258,230
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,461,409
    Expenses
    $3,177,653
    Contributions
    $979,000
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,286,107
    Expenses
    $11,713,819
    Contributions
    $3,035,890
    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

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,594,261
    Expenses
    $12,838,313
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,347,595
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,273,583
    Expenses
    $2,491,786
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,677,503
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $757,377
    Expenses
    $2,563,206
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,963,175
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,810,662
    Expenses
    $11,214,467
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,818,350
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,482,631
    Expenses
    $10,042,308
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,352,617
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,481,603
    Expenses
    $9,428,394
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,376,883
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,328,399
    Expenses
    $8,661,341
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,223,842

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

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

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

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.