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Nonprofit · EIN 62-0606066

COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC

Tax-exempt · NASHVILLE, TN 37203

Financials

$68.4M$58.1M2023$78.2M$61.8M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
March 31, 2025990$78,217,001$61,787,999$16,429,002$132,698,680$17,512,015$115,186,665
March 31, 2024990$68,364,093$58,088,660$10,275,433$115,816,580$12,228,812$103,587,768
Financial details: 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$0
Program service revenue
$67,105,770
Investment income
$11,111,231
Net gain from sales of assets
$7,569,899
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$3,397,491
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$2,069,370
Other salaries and wages
$5,479,116
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$9,011,684
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$493,576
Accounting fees
$34,244
Occupancy
$1,561,171
Travel
$411,377
Depreciation
$749,022

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$115,816,580
Total assets, end of year
$132,698,680
Total liabilities, end of year
$17,512,015
Net assets, end of year
$115,186,665
Land, buildings and equipment
$1,795,725
Publicly traded securities
$98,625,941
Net assets without donor restrictions
$115,186,665
Gross unrelated business income
$447,620
Gross receipts
$99,619,467
Employees
73
Volunteers
0
Year formed
1958
State of legal domicile
TN

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
SARAH TRAHERNCEO
Officer
40$837,834$95,709
KELLY STRIEWSKISVP MARKETING & STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
Key employee
40$330,941$44,754
TODD HARTLEYSVP LEGAL & BUSINESS AFFAIRS
Highest-paid employee
40$250,417$33,734
AMY SMARTTSVP FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
Officer
40$232,507$34,620
TIFFANY KERNSVP COMMUNITY INDUSTRY RELATIONS & PHILANTHROPY
Key employee
40$230,162$31,117
MILLY OLYKANVP INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & DEVELOPMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$210,286$32,289
EMILY EVANSSVP BUSINESS STRATEGY & OPERATIONS
Key employee
40$203,213$28,513
CATHERINE FRIZZELLVP MARKETING
Highest-paid employee
40$177,057$24,539
RYAN NELSONSR. DIRECTOR, EVENT OPERATIONS
Highest-paid employee
40$159,000$19,861
MICHAEL FARRISSR. DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS STRATEGY & INSIGHTS
Highest-paid employee
40$148,328$23,421
JENNIE SMYTHECHAIRMAN
Trustee or director, Officer
1.5$0$0
JAY WILLIAMSPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1.5$0$0
TYNE PARRISHPRESIDENT-ELECT
Trustee or director, Officer
1.5$0$0
JAMIE CHEEKSECRETARY/TREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1.5$0$0
ADAM WEISERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
70 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
ANNA-SOPHIE MERTENSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
ANNIE ORTMEIERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
AUSTIN NEALDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
BEN KLINEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
BEN VAUGHNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
BRANDY CLARKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
BRENT DAUGHRITYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
BRIAN O'CONNELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
BRITTANY SCHAFFERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
CANDICE WATKINSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
CHARLIE MORGANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
CHARLIE WORSHAMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
CHRIS KAPPYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
CHRIS LISLEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
CHRIS PARRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
CHUCK ALYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
CURT JENKINSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
DAN ROGERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
DANNY RADERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
DAVID CROWDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
DAVID HASKELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
DAVID KELLSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
DEBBIE CARROLLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
DEREK WELLSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
ED WARMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
J WILLIAM DENNYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
JAY DEMARCUSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
JAY LIEPISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
JEFFREY HASSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
JENEE FLEENORDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
JIM BEAVERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
JOHN ZARLINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
JON LOBADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
JONATHAN LEVINEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
JOSH VAN VALKENBURGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
KAREN FAIRCHILDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
KATIE MCCARTNEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
KELLA FARRISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
KEN ROBOLDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
KERRI EDWARDSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
KURT JOHNSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
LINDSAY BERTELLIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
LIZ ROSEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
MARC DENNISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
MARY HILLIARD HARRINGTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
MICHELLE TIGARD KAMMERERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
MIKE HARRISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
NATALIE WALLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
PRISCILLA BLOCKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
R HORTON FRANK IIIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
RACHEL WHITNEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
RALPH PEER IIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
RHETT AKINSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
RJ CURTISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
ROD PHILLIPSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
SALLY WILLIAMSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
SCOTT BORCHETTADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
SHANNAN HATCHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
SHANNON SANDERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
SINA HALLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
STACY VEEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
STEVE BLATTERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
TERRY CALONGEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
TIM ROBERTSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
TJ OSBORNEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
TROY TOMLINSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
TROY VOLLHOFFERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
VIRGINIA BUNETTADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
WARREN COPNICKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
WES VAUSEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.5$0
990 for the year ended March 31, 2024: 94 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
SARAH TRAHERNCEO
Officer
40$846,134$93,424
KELLY STRIEWSKISVP MARKETING & STRATEGIC
Key employee
40$337,250$42,291
TODD HARTLEYSVP BUSINESS AFFAIRS
Key employee
40$254,832$32,954
MILLY OLYKANVP INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Key employee
40$240,480$32,907
TIFFANY KERNSVP COMMUNITY INDUSTRY RELATIONS
Key employee
40$229,261$30,397
AMY SMARTTSVP FINANCE AND ADMINISTRA
Officer
40$226,478$29,976
KEN SANDERSONDIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TE
Highest-paid employee
40$134,850$78,455
EMILY EVANSVP STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
Key employee
40$185,109$25,979
CATHERINE FRIZZELLVP OF MARKETING
Key employee
40$170,091$23,286
MICHAEL FARRISBUSINESS INTELLIGENCE LEAD
Key employee
40$151,158$22,319
JUSTIN RANDALLDIRECTOR INFORMATION TECHN
Highest-paid employee
40$135,553$24,405
BEN BALCHDIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING & F
Highest-paid employee
40$134,840$24,413
CATHERINE MCNELLYSR. DIRECTOR COMMUNICATION
Highest-paid employee
40$135,140$19,480
MIA MCNEALSR DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY RELATIONS & INCLUSION
Highest-paid employee
40$130,202$20,198
KELLA FARRISCHAIRMAN
Officer
1.5$0$0
JENNIE SMYTHEPRESIDENT
Officer
1.5$0$0
JAY WILLIAMSPRESIDENT-ELECT
Officer
1.5$0$0
BEN VAUGHNSECRETARY/TREASURER
Officer
1.5$0$0
ADAM WEISERDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
ANNA-SOPHIE MERTENSDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
ANNIE ORTMEIERDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
AUSTIN NEALDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
BECKY BRENNERDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
BEN KLINEDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
BRENT DAUGHRITYDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
BRIAN O'CONNELLDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
BRITTANY SCHAFFERDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
CANDICE WATKINSDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
CHARLIE MORGANDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
CHARLIE WORSHAMDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
CHRIS KAPPYDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
CHRIS LISLEDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
CHRIS PARRDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
CURT JENKINSDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
DAN ROGERSDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
DANNY RADERDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
DAVID CROWDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
DAVID HASKELLDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
DAVID KELLSDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
DEANA IVEYDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
DEBBIE CARROLLDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
DEREK WELLSDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
ED WARMDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
J WILLIAM DENNYDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
JAMIE CHEEKDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
JAY LIEPISDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
JEFFREY HASSONDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
JENEE FLEENORDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
JIM BEAVERSDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
JIM FREEDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
JOHN ESPOSITODIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
JOHN ZARLINGDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
JON LOBADIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
JONATHAN LEVINEDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
JOSH VAN VALKENBURGDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
KAREN FAIRCHILDDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
KATIE MCCARTNEYDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
KEN ROBOLDDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
KERRI EDWARDSDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
KURT JOHNSONDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
KYLE YOUNGDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
LINDSAY BERTELLIDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
LINDSAY ELLDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
LIZ ROSEDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
LON HELTONDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
MARC DENNISDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
MARY HILLIARD HARRINGTONDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
MICHELLE TIGARD KAMMERERDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
MIKE HARRISDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
NATALIE WALLERDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
R HORTON FRANK IIIDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
RACHEL WHITNEYDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
RALPH PEER IIDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
RHETT AKINSDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
RJ CURTISDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
ROD PHILLIPSDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
SALLY WILLIAMSDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
SCOTT BORCHETTADIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
SHANNAN HATCHDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
SHANNON SANDERSDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
SINA HALLDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
STACY VEEDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
STEPHEN BRYANDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
STEPHEN PARKERDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
STEVE BLATTERDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
TERRY CALONGEDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
TIM ROBERTSDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
TJ OSBORNEDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
TROY TOMLINSONDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
TROY VOLLHOFFERDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
TYNE PARRISHDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
VIRGINIA BUNETTADIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
WARREN COPNICKDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
WES VAUSEDIRECTOR AT LARGE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
35 MUSIC SQ E STE 201, NASHVILLE, TN 37203-4516
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
SARAH TRAHERN, 35 MUSIC SQUARE EAST 201, NASHVILLE, TN 37203
Signed the 990
SARAH TRAHERN, CEO
Phone
(615) 244-2840
Return prepared by
LBMC PC

Mission

1. HEIGHTEN AWARENESS AND GROW THE BUSINESS OF COUNTRY MUSIC.2. SERVE AS THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION CENTER FOR INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER TRENDS.3. PROVIDE A FORUM FOR INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP TO ADVANCE COUNTRY MUSIC.4. RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN THE INDUSTRY.5. DEVELOP ONGOING INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER RESEARCH WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION WITH COUNTRY MUSIC STAKEHOLDERS.

990 for the year ended March 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • THE ASSOCIATION PRODUCES THE ANNUAL CMA AWARDS, AN INDUSTRY VOTED EVENT, CELEBRATING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY WHILE SHOWCASING THEIR TALENTS TO A GLOBAL AUDIENCE.
  • CMA FEST IS AN ANNUAL FOUR-DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL THAT HOSTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FANS PROVIDING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO AND DISCOVER HUNDREDS OF COUNTRY MUSIC ACTS WHILE RAISING MONEY FOR THE CMA FOUNDATION.
  • THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES ITS MEMBERS ACCESS TO BENEFITS INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH CARE RESOURCES, INDUSTRY VOTING PRIVILEGES, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, RESEARCH, ETC.

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in March, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025March 31, 2026August 17, 2026Not on file
2024March 31, 2025August 15, 2025990 on file
2023March 31, 2024August 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
62-0606066
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
Donations deductible
No
Exempt since
1970
Accounting year ends
March
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$132,698,680
Income (IRS master file)
$99,619,467

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990March 2025$78,217,001$61,787,999$132,698,680XML
990March 2024$68,364,093$58,088,660$115,816,580XML
990March 2023$57,892,251$55,527,054$104,081,996IRS
990March 2022–––IRS
990March 2021–––IRS
990March 2020–––IRS
990March 2019–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 62-0606066).

Questions about COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC

What is the EIN of COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC is 62-0606066.
Is COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 1970.
Are donations to COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC tax-deductible?
No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
Which annual return does COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending March 31, 2026) is due August 17, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended March 2025.
Who is the principal officer of COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC?
The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 names SARAH TRAHERN.
Who are the officers and directors of COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC?
The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 lists 85 people; 10 received compensation from the organization, the highest $837,834 (SARAH TRAHERN, CEO).
How much revenue does COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $78,217,001, expenses of $61,787,999 and total assets of $132,698,680 at year end.

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