Nonprofit · EIN 84-1638671
ACM LIFTING LIVES
Tax-exempt · NASHVILLE, TN 37210
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,785,379 | $1,487,749 | $297,630 | $6,767,280 | $521,890 | $6,245,390 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,465,108 | $1,372,376 | $92,732 | $5,694,270 | $17,745 | $5,676,525 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $475,797
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $216,177
- Royalties
- $22,197
- Net income from fundraising events
- $1,070,005
- Other revenue
- $1,093,405
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $631,103
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $98,494
- Other salaries and wages
- $129,717
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $492,655
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $7,404
- Accounting fees
- $10,108
- Travel
- $6,862
- Depreciation
- $5,030
- Program services (functional)
- $1,029,642
- Management and general (functional)
- $153,882
- Fundraising (functional)
- $304,225
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $5,694,270
- Total assets, end of year
- $6,767,280
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $521,890
- Net assets, end of year
- $6,245,390
- Publicly traded securities
- $4,737,735
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $6,245,390
- Gross receipts
- $2,864,359
- Employees
- 4
- Volunteers
- 12
- Year formed
- 2004
- State of legal domicile
- CA
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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNDSAY CRUZ | EXECUTIVE DI Former | 40 | $226,425 |
| PAUL BARNABEE | TREASURER Officer | 5 | $0 |
| FLETCHER FOSTER | CHAIRMAN Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JOHN HICKMAN | VICE PRESIDE Officer | 5 | $0 |
| SHAWN MCSPADDEN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| TAYLOR WOLF | SENIOR MANAG Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| SCOTT ADKINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| LORI BADGETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| RANDY BERNARD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| MARK BLOOM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| BRUCE BOWMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| TIFFANY BRUSH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JACKIE CAMPBELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| DEBBIE CARROLL | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| DUANE CLARK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
34 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROSS COPPERMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| BEVILLE DUNKERLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ROD ESSIG | EMERITUS DIR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| CHRIS FARREN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| KATHLEEN FLAHERTY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JULIE GORDON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| MICKEY GUYTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| MARK HARTLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JEFFREY HASSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| GREG HILL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| GAYLE HOLCOMB | EMERITUS DIR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| MICHELLE KAMMERER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| RICKY KELLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| CHAD KUDELKA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| CHANDRA LAPLUME | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ELLEN LEHMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| TOM LORD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| LORIE LYTLE | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| EBIE MCFARLAND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| DANIEL MILLER | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| DARIN MURPHY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ANNIE ORTMEIER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| TREE PAINE | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| DIANE PEARSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| RONDAL RICHARDSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ADI SHARMA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ELAINA SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| SANDI SPIKA-BORCHETTA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ZACH SUTTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| TROY VOLLHOFFER | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ED WARM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| STORME WARREN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| SALLY WILLIAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JUDEE ANN WILLIAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 42 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNDSAY RYAN CRUZ | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $196,501 |
| TAYLOR WOLF | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 |
| DEBBIE CARROLL | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| DUANE CLARK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| PAUL BARNABEE | TREASURER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JACKIE CAMPBELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ROD ESSIG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| CHRIS FARREN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| EBIE MCFARLAND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| DARIN MURPHY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| CHUCK ALY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| CHANDRA LAPLUME | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| MARK BLOOM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| RICKY KELLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| LORIE LYTLE | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| TREE PAINE | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| GAYLE HOLCOMB | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| DANIEL MILLER | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| TROY VOLLHOFFER | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| FLETCHER FOSTER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| MEREDITH SEACREST | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| MICKEY GUYTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| SHAWN MCSPADDEN | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ELLEN LEHMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JUDEE ANN WILLIAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ED WARM | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| LORI BADGETT | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ANNIE ORTMEIER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| MARK HARTLEY | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| MICHELLE KAMMERER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| SCOTT ADKINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| TIFFANY BRUSH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| KATHLEEN FLAHERTY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JOHN HICKMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| BRUCE BOWMAN | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ROSS COPPERMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JULIE GORDON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| BEVILLE DUNKERLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| GREG HILL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| SALLY WILLIAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ELAINA SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| STORME WARREN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1131 4TH AVE S STE 340, NASHVILLE, TN 37210-2732
- In care of
- % THE ORGANIZATION
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- FLETCHER FOSTER, 1131 4TH AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 340, NASHVILLE, TN 37210
- Signed the 990
- FLETCHER FOSTER, CHAIRMAN
- Phone
- (615) 564-9630
- Website
- WWW.ACMLIFTINGLIVES.ORG
- Return prepared by
- RODEFER MOSS & CO PLLC
Mission
ACM LIFTING LIVES MUSIC DEDICATED TO IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF MUSIC. ACM LIFTING LIVES FUNDS MUSIC HEALTH PROGRAMS WHILE ALSO SERVING MEMBERS OF THE MUSIC COMMUNITY WHO FACE UNEXPECTED HARDSHIPS THROUGH ITS DIANE HOLCOMB EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND. ACM LIFTING LIVES HAS FUNDED NATIONAL MUSIC THERAPY PROGRAMS SERVING VARIOUS MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS.
Program accomplishments
- ACM LIFTING LIVES IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF MUSIC. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH ARTISTS AND STRONG TIES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, ACM LIFTING LIVES FUNDS MUSIC HEALTH PROGRAMS WHILE ALSO SERVING MEMEBERS OF THE MUSIC COMMUNITY WHO FACE UNEXPECTED HARDSHIPS THROUGH ITS DIANE HOLCOMB EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND. WITH GENEROUS DONATIONS AND THE SUPPORT OF ARTISTS AND FANS, ACM LIFTING LIVES HAS FUNDED NATIONAL MUSIC THERAPY PROGRAMS SERVING VARIOUS MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS. SOME OF THE RECIPIENTS HAVE INCLUDED PATIENTS AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, RECOVERING VETERANS, PEOPLE WITH WILLIAMS SYNDROME AND INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. THE ACM LIFTING LIVES COVID- 19 RESPONSE FUND WAS CREATED IN APRIL 2020 IN RESPONSE TO THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC.Expenses $896,798 · grants $631,103
- ACM LIFTING LIVES IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF MUSIC. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH ARTISTS AND STRONG TIES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, ACM LIFTING LIVES FUNDS MUSIC HEALTH PROGRAMS WHILE ALSO SERVING MEMEBERS OF THE MUSIC COMMUNITY WHO FACE UNEXPECTED HARDSHIPS THROUGH ITS DIANE HOLCOMB EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND. WITH GENEROUS DONATIONS AND THE SUPPORT OF ARTISTS AND FANS, ACM LIFTING LIVES HAS FUNDED NATIONAL MUSIC THERAPY PROGRAMS SERVING VARIOUS MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS. SOME OF THE RECIPIENTS HAVE INCLUDED PATIENTS AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, RECOVERING VETERANS, PEOPLE WITH WILLIAMS SYNDROME AND INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. THE ACM LIFTING LIVES COVID- 19 RESPONSE FUND WAS CREATED IN APRIL 2020 IN RESPONSE TO THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC.Expenses $132,844
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | Not on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | Check at the IRS |
IRS record
- EIN
- 84-1638671
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2006
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations (T30)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $6,767,280
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,864,359
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,785,379 | $1,487,749 | $6,767,280 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,465,108 | $1,372,376 | $5,694,270 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $1,365,341 | $1,225,336 | $5,255,661 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | 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 84-1638671).
Questions about ACM LIFTING LIVES
- What is the EIN of ACM LIFTING LIVES?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ACM LIFTING LIVES is 84-1638671.
- Is ACM LIFTING LIVES tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2006.
- Are donations to ACM LIFTING LIVES tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ACM LIFTING LIVES 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 ACM LIFTING LIVES due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ACM LIFTING LIVES last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of ACM LIFTING LIVES?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names FLETCHER FOSTER.
- Who are the officers and directors of ACM LIFTING LIVES?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 49 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $226,425 (LYNDSAY CRUZ, EXECUTIVE DI).
- How much revenue does ACM LIFTING LIVES have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $1,785,379, expenses of $1,487,749 and total assets of $6,767,280 at year end.
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