Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2026. IRS ruling in Mar 1998.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
9 people listed on the 990; $689K paid to officers and key staff.
Rebekah Ray’s $331K as Commissioner is at the 53rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 290 $10–100M recreation & sports nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Thornton | — | $125,333 | $416,500 | $325,000 | $39,584 | — |
| Rebekah Ray | $330,729 | $119,000 | $96,292 | — | — | — |
| Jeff Hurd | — | — | — | — | $289,065 | $289,245 |
| Russell Warren | $133,093 | $114,000 | $46,833 | — | — | — |
| Ron Loghry | — | — | — | — | $125,915 | $131,000 |
| Drew Speraw | $122,704 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patrick Colbert | — | — | — | $120,000 | $6,385 | — |
| Dave Chaffin | $102,325 | $85,925 | $80,000 | — | $90,815 | $94,500 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Organizes intercollegiate football competition for NCAA Division 1 FCS member universities.
Questions for Western Athletic Conference
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The purpose of the conference is to form an athletics conference, the members of which shall incorporate programs and shall place and maintain such athletics under the same administrative and academic control as exists in their other educational programs.
As part of the ncaa structure, each conference receives a student assistance fund and academic enhancement fund that are distributed to all members and are intended to provide benefits to student athletes, or their families, in the meeting financial needs that arise in conjunction with participation in inercollegiate athletics…
The united athletic conference (uac) is an intercollegiate athletic conference formed for the sport of football. Its members compete in the ncaa division 1 football championship subdivision (FCS). The uac originated as a merger of the existing football leagues of the wac and atlantic sun conference (asun).
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2026 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY26 | End FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $3.9M | $751K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $7.1M | $4.6M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $120K | $100K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $11.8M | $7.0M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $580K | $245K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $11.2M | $6.7M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $2.9M | $2.9M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $650K | $278K | $372K | |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $714K | $671K | $43K | |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $48K | $41K | $7K | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $120K | $92K | $28K | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $82K | $58K | $24K | |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $566K | $566K | ||
| Lobbying feesLn 11d | $24K | $24K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $20K | $20K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $281K | $197K | $84K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $94K | $94K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $419K | $296K | $123K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $98K | $69K | $29K | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $21K | $21K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $20K | $17K | $2K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $9.6M | $9.6M | $2K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $15.7M | $14.3M | $1.4M | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 Latest Viewing | $10.7M | $15.7M | −$5.0M | $6.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2025 | $15.1M | $18.9M | −$3.8M | $11.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $13.8M | $10.6M | $3.2M | $14.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $12.0M | $9.5M | $2.5M | $10.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $9.1M | $8.0M | $1.1M | $8.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $5.8M | $5.2M | $623K | $7.8M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2026 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $10,720,554 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $10,720,554 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $15,727,298 across 16 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $6,967,773 assets, 14 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,723,143 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2026 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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