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COUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INC

EIN 62-0753887 NASHVILLE, TN

Revenue 2024
$73,334,385
Expenses 2024
$58,168,842

Program services were 90.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A500
Classification
1200
Street
222 REP JOHN LEWIS WAY S

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.

  • JODY WILLIAMS

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • AL GIOMBETTI

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID ROSS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERNEST WILLIAMS III

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARK BLOOM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID CONRAD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • J WILLIAM DENNY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROD ESSIG

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEN LEVITAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY ANN MCCREADY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KYLE YOUNG

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $894,960
    From this org
    $881,776
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,184
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $848,701
    Bonus
    $33,075
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,834
    Filer's total
    $894,960

  • NINA BURGHARD

    EXEC VP FINANCES & OPERATI

    Total calculated
    $370,342
    From this org
    $356,377
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,965
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $342,839
    Bonus
    $13,538
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,944
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,021
    Filer's total
    $370,342

  • LISA DAVIS

    EXEC VP EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $274,020
    From this org
    $265,297
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,723
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $254,937
    Bonus
    $10,360
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,716
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,007
    Filer's total
    $274,020

  • MARK DE LELYS

    VP REVENUE

    Total calculated
    $239,844
    From this org
    $229,066
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,778
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,447
    Bonus
    $8,619
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,679
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,099
    Filer's total
    $239,844

  • JOHNNY CUNNINGHAM

    SR DIR OF INFORMATION & TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $214,786
    From this org
    $208,433
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,353
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,664
    Bonus
    $7,769
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,020
    Nontaxable benefits
    $333
    Filer's total
    $214,786

  • BEN HALL

    VP DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $165,443
    From this org
    $156,879
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,564
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,917
    Bonus
    $5,962
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,555
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,009
    Filer's total
    $165,443

  • WARREN DENNY

    VP CREATIVE

    Total calculated
    $161,286
    From this org
    $153,873
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,413
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,006
    Bonus
    $5,867
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,579
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,834
    Filer's total
    $161,286

  • BRAD HENTON

    SR DIR CULINARY, EVENTS AND MUSEUM SALES

    Total calculated
    $146,210
    From this org
    $141,059
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,151
    Hours/week
    40

  • JEREMY RUSH

    SR DIR PUBLIC RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $140,298
    From this org
    $134,043
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,255
    Hours/week
    40

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 — 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
    $73,334,385
    Expenses
    $58,168,842
    Contributions
    $15,776,540
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $57,143,980
    Expenses
    $43,095,448
    Contributions
    $3,935,579
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $56,037,888
    Expenses
    $39,718,258
    Contributions
    $8,464,370
    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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 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

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. 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.

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

Listed as of 10 September 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.