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MUSIC CITY INC

EIN 34-2064764 NASHVILLE, TN

Revenue 2024
$11,095,223
Expenses 2024
$11,046,265

Program services were 98.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A20
Classification
1000
Street
500 11TH AVE N STE 650

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).

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.

  • Deana Ivey

    Board Member/CEO

    Total calculated
    $819,761
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $776,436
    Other
    $43,325
    Hours/week
    8 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $416,000 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $351,400 related
    Other
    $0 + $9,036 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,700 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,625 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $819,761 related

  • Jeff Mefford

    Board Member/CFO

    Total calculated
    $390,170
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $347,100
    Other
    $43,070
    Hours/week
    8 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $262,600 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $79,400 related
    Other
    $0 + $5,100 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,700 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,370 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $390,170 related

  • Mary Arnold

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $295,327
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $254,417
    Other
    $40,910
    Hours/week
    8 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $188,894 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $61,400 related
    Other
    $0 + $4,123 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,666 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $28,244 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $295,327 related

  • Bonna Johnson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $218,742
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $185,603
    Other
    $33,139
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $153,444 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $31,400 related
    Other
    $0 + $759 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,832 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,307 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $218,742 related

  • Doug Kreulen

    Board Member/Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Laura Hollingsworth

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hugh Anderson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mignon Francois

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Seamus Ross

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shawn McSpadden

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Olin

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Courtney Ross

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ellen Pryor

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Seigenthaler Pierce

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $11,095,223
    Expenses
    $11,046,265
    Contributions
    $10,832,293
    Grants paid
    $37,944
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $11,312,683
    Expenses
    $11,276,158
    Contributions
    $11,070,920
    Grants paid
    $55,809
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,378,368
    Expenses
    $9,365,323
    Contributions
    $9,168,616
    Grants paid
    $10,796

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
    $7,930,504
    Expenses
    $7,819,041
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,837,848

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $910,030
    Expenses
    $694,661
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,706,208

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,343,705
    Expenses
    $9,619,340
    Assets (EOY)
    $441,553

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,102,915
    Expenses
    $7,994,799
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,124,311

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,177,320
    Expenses
    $6,158,170
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,287,333

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,387,680
    Expenses
    $6,440,486
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,586,532

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,530,220
    Expenses
    $6,393,916
    Assets (EOY)
    $910,773

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,579,181
    Expenses
    $3,616,612
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,272,135

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,358,854
    Expenses
    $2,330,866
    Assets (EOY)
    $795,978

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,496,221
    Assets (EOY)
    $619,861

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

  • Pride of Tenn Elks Lodge #1102

    $21,444

    2024 To create a maintenance fund for the current owners of the building which housed the historic Club Baron in the mid-20th century. The building is one of the last remaining structures that housed music venues that were a part of the Chitlin Circuit where many famous minority musicians such as Etta James and Jimi Hendrix began their careers. The building had fallen into disrepair and was in danger of being lost.

  • Uniciycle

    $10,000

    2023 To support the HERO program of the Nashville Public School System, which provides assistance to homeless children in the school system.

  • Big Table

    $6,500

    2024 To support the work of caring for hospitality industry workers who are in crisis. These workers are the backbone of the 2nd largest industry in Nashville.

  • Children of Restaurant Employees Ltd (CORE)

    $6,500

    2024 To support the recipient's mission of caring for Nashville's food and beverage service employees who are experiencing times of primarily medical crisis. These employees form the backbone of Nashville's 2nd largest industry.

  • Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County

    no cash amount reported

    2023 To assist the city's first-responders in performing their work

Where these grants went next →

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

Declared as related by

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 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.