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Filing year 2024

THE CMA FOUNDATION

Nashville, Tennessee·EIN 27-4842832·NTEE T11 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·3
Total revenue
$5.4M
Total assets
$15.8M
Total expenses
$3.2M
Reported officers
16
Mission

GUIDED BY THE GENEROSITY OF THE COUNTRY MUSIC COMMUNITY, THE CMA FOUNDATION FOCUSES ON IMPROVING AND SUSTAINING MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS EVERYWHERE WHILE SUPPORTING WORTHWHILE CAUSES IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

$96k
$102k
Secretary/treasurer
officer (unspecified)
$35k
$37k
Executive Director
$31k
$33k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 13 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking

Up 2%
from 2023

From $93k in 2023 to $96k in 2024.

$93k
2023
$96k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Roughly flat in real terms$102k to $102k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

THE CMA FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$4.3M
$2.4M
2023
$5.4M
$3.2M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in Tennessee

Comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations in Tennessee pay their highest-earning executive a median of $19,074.

25th percentile
$9k
Median
$19,074
75th percentile
$46k
90th percentile
$87k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 61 organizations across 61 filings (2022 – 2023).

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