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National Collegiate Athletic Association

EIN 44-0567264 · IN · NTEE N400 · Form 990, fiscal 2023

The primary nonprofit governing body for intercollegiate athletics in the United States. Founded in 1906 as a reform organization, it comprises roughly 1,100 member colleges and universities across three divisions and oversees eligibility, rules, and championships for hundreds of thousands of student-athletes. It organizes national championship tournaments, sets academic and competitive standards, and administers revenue distribution to member schools and conferences.

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Financials, fiscal 2023

Revenue
$1.26B
Expenses
$1.18B
Total assets
$869.3M
Net assets
$565.2M
Operating margin
6.3%
1-year growth
2.5%
5-year growth (CAGR)
2.9%
Reserve (years of spending)
5.8
Contributions share
0.0%
Programme spending
95.3%
Fundraising cost
n/a
Executive pay share
0.69%
Employees
591
Revenue per employee
$2.1M
Grants paid
$695.1M
Years filing
67

NFP Health Score: 71 / 100

Financial 61 · Governance 75 · Operational 90. The score is built from Form 990 line items only. It cannot measure how well an organisation delivers its mission.

Mission

To govern competition in a fair, safe, equitable and sportsmanlike manner, and to integrate intercollegiate athletics into higher education so that the educational experience of the student-athlete is paramount.

Revenue history

YearRevenue
2019$1.12B
2020$521.0M
2021$1.11B
2022$1.22B
2023$1.26B