NationalAssociationof Music Merchants
NAMM's mission is to strengthen the music products industry and promote the pleasures and benefits of making music.
NationalAssociationof Music Merchants at a glance
- Total assets
- $43,240,093
- +0.8% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $20,709,751
- -2.3% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $2,125,822
- -52.4% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $21,252,600
- +3.0% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who NationalAssociationof Music Merchants funds
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
In 2019 it made 1 grant totaling $2.0M.
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $43,240,093 | $20,709,751 | $21,252,600 | — | — | $2,125,822 |
| 2024 | $42,876,526 | $21,207,880 | $20,628,192 | — | — | $4,464,167 |
| 2023 | $39,539,422 | $16,842,924 | $17,462,547 | — | — | $3,466,467 |
| 2022 | $38,472,951 | $7,155,207 | $18,308,554 | — | — | $-4,274,157 |
| 2021 | $52,493,146 | $10,387,910 | $13,215,293 | — | — | $6,913,629 |
| 2020 | $51,318,289 | $27,186,802 | $21,428,381 | — | — | $2,620,672 |
| 2019 | $55,386,509 | $26,213,575 | $25,295,034 | $2,000,000 | 1 | $1,256,823 |
About NationalAssociationof Music Merchants
Based on IRS filings
NationalAssociationof Music Merchants is a public charity, based in Carlsbad, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $43.2M in total assets. Net investment income was $2.1M.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
NationalAssociationof Music Merchants is led by John Mlynczak, President & CEO on every filing since 2023; 7 of 35 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
John Mlynczak
President & CEO
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$460K (2023) → $832K (2025)
Julia Rubio
Executive Director Fdn
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$184K (2025)
Chris White
Chairman
Treasurer → Vice Chair, 2023
Vice Chair → Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cindy Sample
Director of Trade Shows
Director Trade Shows Op → Director of Trade Shows, 2023
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$149K (2019) → $179K (2025)
Daniel Moylan
Director Tr Show Sales
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$171K (2019) → $211K (2025)
AJ Zane
Director of It
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$174K (2024) → $194K (2025)
Albert Chauvet
Director
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
David Angress
Director
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Jamie Deering
Director
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Jerry Goldenson
Director
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Lillian Werbin
Director
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Michael Risko
Director
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Nick Averwater
Director
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Steve Long
Director
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Antonio Ferranti
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Chris Hutnick
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Erin Kessler
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Hans Thomann
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Jeff Bertrand
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Jenna Day
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Jeremiah Manriquez
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
John Stephens
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Jonathon Breen
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Mayumi Allison
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Ryan Richman
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Stacey Ryan
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Thomas Ripsam
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Tim Pratt
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Tom Tedesco
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Whitney McGuire McNicol
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Joseph M Lamond
Former CEO
President & CEO → Former CEO, 2024
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$933K (2019) → $180K (2025)
Derek Murphy
CFO
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$174K (2023) → $204K (2025)
Whitney Brown-Grisaffi
Treasurer
Secretary → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2023
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joe Castronovo
Vice Chairman
Treasurer → Vice Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2024
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jake Connolly
Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (57)
- Former: Bryan Ottens (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Tom Sumner (2019–2024) — Chairman
- Former: Adam Levin (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: DeDe Heid (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Lana Negrete (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Paul Tobias (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Roger Hart (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Stephen Zapf (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Elizabeth Heidt (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Francois Kloc (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Josh Faust (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Kimberly Koch (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Lance Day (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Michael Santander (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Ray Williams (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Stacey Montgomery-Clark (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Robin Muller (2024) — Director of Administrator
- Former: Daniel Kessler (2019–2023) — Director of It
- Former: Mary Luehrsen (2019–2023) — Director of Pub Affairs
- Former: Abby Kaplan (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Chris Tso (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: David Via (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Helen Culleton (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: John Hopkins (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Saul Friedgood (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Shawna Rood (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Tim Spicer (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Ben Ash (2023) — Director
- Former: Marcus Myers (2023) — Director
- Former: Barbara Wright (2019–2022) — Secretary
- Former: Brian Ball (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Brian Douglas (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Dana Hofseth (2019–2022) — Director of Hr & Administrator
- Former: Doug Lady (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Gary Winder (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Joel Menchey (2019–2022) — Chairman
- Former: Kimberly Deverell (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Robert Baker (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Tristann Rieck (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Jeremy Payne (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: JC Curleigh (2022) — Director
- Former: Bob Yerby (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Christie Carter (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: David Kalt (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Jimmy Edwards (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Mark Hebert (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Mark Terry (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Tim Miklaucic (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Chris Martin (2019–2020) — Chairman
- Former: Jeremy McQueary (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Alun Hughes (2019) — Director
- Former: Bryan Bradley (2019) — Director
- Former: Chris Syllaba (2019) — Director
- Former: Eric Matzat (2019) — Director
- Former: Lauren Haas Amanfoh (2019) — Director
- Former: Philip Cajka (2019) — Director
- Former: Scott Mandeville (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $832K, to John Mlynczak (President & CEO). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about NationalAssociationof Music Merchants
How large is NationalAssociationof Music Merchants?
NationalAssociationof Music Merchants reported $43.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $20.7M.
Where does NationalAssociationof Music Merchants operate?
NationalAssociationof Music Merchants has awarded grants in California.
What is NationalAssociationof Music Merchants's EIN?
NationalAssociationof Music Merchants's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-2026009. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(2)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 24, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 13, 2026)
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