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← UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WRESTLING ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WRESTLING ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$24,341,764
Total expenses
$20,433,146
Contributions and grants received
$4,578,836
Grants paid
$1,638,350
Program service revenue
$18,477,338
Investment income
$860,533
Other revenue
$425,057
Total assets, end of year
$24,568,704
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,556,110
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,012,594
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$18,563,220
Management and general expenses
$896,461
Fundraising expenses
$973,465
Program service expenses (Part III)
$18,563,220

Program services were 90.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,578,836

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $507,119

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP REVENUE

    total $10,975,867 · related or exempt $10,975,867

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EVENTS & EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

    total $5,517,757 · related or exempt $5,517,757

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS

    total $901,066 · related or exempt $901,066

  • 2d · Program service revenue: TOUR & PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $654,518 · related or exempt $654,518

  • 2e · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $227,571 · related or exempt $227,571

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $200,559 · related or exempt $200,559

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $535,652 · excluded $535,652

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $406,270 · related or exempt $406,270

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,896,794

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,571,913

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $324,881

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $324,881 · excluded $324,881

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $22,755

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $3,968

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $18,787 · excluded $18,787

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,638,350 · program services $1,638,350

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $787,269 · program services $669,179 · management and general $39,363 · fundraising $78,727

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,490,684 · program services $3,891,033 · management and general $169,683 · fundraising $429,968

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $235,924 · program services $214,090 · management and general $4,637 · fundraising $17,197

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,135,172 · program services $974,253 · management and general $40,416 · fundraising $120,503

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $380,400 · program services $328,502 · management and general $12,895 · fundraising $39,003

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $158,000 · program services $114,208 · management and general $25,024 · fundraising $18,768

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,926 · program services $11,467 · management and general $2,548 · fundraising $1,911

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $29,579 · management and general $29,579

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,136,656 · program services $917,174 · management and general $158,579 · fundraising $60,903

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $78,098 · program services $75,547 · fundraising $2,551

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $815,879 · program services $764,308 · management and general $22,621 · fundraising $28,950

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $205,748 · program services $188,797 · management and general $9,844 · fundraising $7,107

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $54,221 · program services $39,039 · management and general $8,675 · fundraising $6,507

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,150,414 · program services $3,862,748 · management and general $236,372 · fundraising $51,294

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $147,994 · program services $112,789 · management and general $20,117 · fundraising $15,088

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,365,018 · program services $2,273,160 · management and general $87,268 · fundraising $4,590

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $810,879 · program services $810,879

  • 24b · Other expenses: SITE COSTS

    total $433,429 · program services $428,274 · management and general $5,155

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT

    total $341,328 · program services $339,317 · fundraising $2,011

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $326,150 · program services $293,753 · management and general $17,815 · fundraising $14,582

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $696,028 · program services $616,353 · management and general $5,870 · fundraising $73,805

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,028,172 · end of year $1,679,582

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,920,077 · end of year $545,754

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $383,214 · end of year $650,009

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $326,476 · end of year $937,979

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $210,774 · end of year $222,872

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $554,649 · end of year $576,251

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,784,864

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,224,133

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $520,685 · end of year $560,731

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,693,972 · end of year $13,464,994

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $4,289,282 · end of year $5,930,532

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,703,323 · end of year $3,530,792

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $977,173 · end of year $1,025,318

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,073,457 · end of year $11,625,612

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,173,348 · end of year $8,386,982

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

USA WRESTLING, GUIDED BY THE OLYMPIC SPIRIT, PROVIDES QUALITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITS MEMBERS TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL HUMAN AND ATHLETIC POTENTIAL.

  • NATIONAL TEAMS PROGRAMS:PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY ATHLETES, ON THE U15, U17, U20, U23, VETERANS AND OLYMPIC LEVELS, PLUS SUPPORT STAFF, TO PARTICIPATE IN APPROXIMATELY NINETY PLUS INTERNATIONAL TOURS, TRAINING CAMPS, AND/OR TOURNAMENTS. ASSISTED WITH THE TRAINING EXPENSES FOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED WRESTLERS ON THE SENIOR LEVEL NATIONAL TEAMS AND AN ADDITIONAL FIFTY PLUS HIGHLY RANKED SENIOR LEVEL WRESTLERS WHO PERFORMED WELL IN VARIOUS COMPETITIONS.

    Expenses $8,838,073 · Grants $1,633,350 · Revenue $1,585,564

  • MEMBERSHIP/STATE SERVICES:PROVIDED MEDICAL AND LIABILITY INSURANCE TO COVER APPROXIMATELY 292,000 WRESTLERS, 51,680 WRESTLING LEADERS, 5,500 WRESTLING CLUBS AND 2,481 WRESTLING EVENTS. PROVIDED FUNDS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL TO STATE ORGANIZATIONS AND MEMBER CLUBS. PROVIDED ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION VIA THE WEBSITE AND NEWSLETTERS TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE OF AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SPORT.

    Expenses $5,912,677 · Revenue $11,464,936

  • EVENTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS:PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR 292,000 MEMBERS OF 14U (UWW U15), 16U (UWW U17), JUNIORS (UWW U20), UWW U23S, VETERANS AND OLYMPIC LEVEL TO COMPETE IN APPROXIMATELY FORTY INTERNATIONAL-, NATIONAL-, AND REGIONAL-LEVEL EVENTS. ALSO COORDINATED SPORTS SCIENCE RESEARCH REGARDING WRESTLING AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO OUR 51,680 WRESTLING LEADERS.

    Expenses $2,612,153 · Grants $5,000 · Revenue $5,733,823

  • PROMOTIONS/SPORT DEVELOPMENT/BROADCASTING:PROVIDED SERVICES, PRODUCTION, PROMOTION, COORDINATION AND OTHER EXPENSES TO INCREASE MEDIA AND PUBLIC EXPOSURE AND FAMILIARITY WITH THE SPORT OF WRESTLING AND TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION. PROMOTED THE SPORT BY PLANNING AND PROMOTING TRAVEL FOR WRESTLING FANS AND WRESTLER FAMILIES TO THE BELGRADE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SEPTEMBER 2023, AND TO THE PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES IN JULY-AUGUST 2024.

    Expenses $1,200,317 · Revenue $99,285

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jay Antonelli

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Veronica Carlson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Robert Cate

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Zac Dominguez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • James Considine

    BOARD MEMBER - PART-YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Anthony Holman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Elliot Hopkins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Craig Lamont

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Adeline Gray

    BOARD MEMBER *SEE SCH O

    Total calculated
    $23,000
    From this org
    $23,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Pat Culp

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Nate Engel

    SECRETARY *SEE SCH O

    Total calculated
    $1,500
    From this org
    $1,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Macey Kilty

    BOARD MEMBER *SEE SCH O

    Total calculated
    $26,750
    From this org
    $26,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Scott Kluever

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Heather Lawrence

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sara McMann

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Toccara Montgomery

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Hardell Moore

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Michael Moyer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Max Nowry

    BOARD MEMBER PART-YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Patrick Ream

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sally Roberts

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Corey Ruff

    BOARD MEMBER - PART-YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jonny Ruggiano

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Iris Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lee Roy Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Robert Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Angie Taylor

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Steve Thorpe

    BOARD MEMBER - PART-YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Rick Tucci

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Michelle Meadows

    BOARD MEMBER PART-YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Vitali Arujau

    BOARD MEMBER PART-YEAR *SEE SCH O

    Total calculated
    $49,200
    From this org
    $49,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Michael Macchiavello

    BOARD MEMBER *SEE SCH O

    Total calculated
    $13,300
    From this org
    $13,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Joseph McKenna

    BOARD MEMBER *SEE SCH O

    Total calculated
    $12,700
    From this org
    $12,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Katherine Shai

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • John Stefanowicz

    BOARD MEMBER *SEE SCH O

    Total calculated
    $2,000
    From this org
    $2,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mallory Velte

    BOARD MEMBER *SEE SCH O

    Total calculated
    $12,200
    From this org
    $12,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lori Ayres

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jason Christenson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Bruce Baumgartner

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Don Reynolds

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Van Stokes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Kerry McCoy

    SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Joan Fulp

    FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • James Ravannack

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Nick Gwiazdowski

    BOARD MEMBER *SEE SCH O

    Total calculated
    $12,585
    From this org
    $12,585
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Xavier Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER *SEE SCH O

    Total calculated
    $5,500
    From this org
    $5,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sam Julian

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jamill Kelly

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Brett Monaghan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Thomas Pompei

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Danny Struck

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Richard S Bender

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $545,118
    From this org
    $473,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $71,468
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $446,000
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $2,650
    Deferred
    $23,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,918
    Filer's total
    $545,118
  • Gregory Dana

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $182,069
    From this org
    $125,317
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,752
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,317
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,266
    Nontaxable benefits
    $50,486
    Filer's total
    $182,069
  • William Zadick

    MEN'S FREESTYLE HEAD COACH

    Total calculated
    $376,936
    From this org
    $313,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,586
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,200
    Bonus
    $126,150
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,668
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,918
    Filer's total
    $376,936
  • Terry L Steiner

    WOMEN'S FREESTYLE HEAD COA

    Total calculated
    $345,726
    From this org
    $283,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,326
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,250
    Bonus
    $117,150
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,408
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,918
    Filer's total
    $345,726
  • Laura Peeters

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $254,768
    From this org
    $197,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,768
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    $22,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,850
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,918
    Filer's total
    $254,768
  • Pete Isais

    DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL EVENT

    Total calculated
    $224,131
    From this org
    $167,730
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,401
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,080
    Bonus
    $7,650
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,483
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,918
    Filer's total
    $224,131
  • Gary Abbott

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $196,278
    From this org
    $154,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,878
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,250
    Bonus
    $4,150
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,008
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,870
    Filer's total
    $196,278

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE ORGANIZATION PAYS MONTHLY DUES FOR A CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP ON BEHALF OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. ANY PERSONAL CHARGES ARE REIMBURSED TO THE ORGANIZATION. THE MONTHLY DUES ARE REPORTED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S W-2.
PART I, LINE 1B
MONTHLY STATEMENTS ARE RECEIVED BY THE ORGANIZATION AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEWS THE CHARGES AND DOCUMENTS WHICH ITEMS ARE BUSINESS EXPENSES AND THE NATURE OF THE EXPENSE. ANY PERSONAL EXPENSES ARE REIMBURSED.
PART I, LINE 7
ALL EMPLOYEES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DISCRETIONARY BONUSES BASED UPON A VARIETY OF SUBJECTIVE CRITERIA. ANY BONUSES RECEIVED ARE REPORTED IN COLUMN B(III) OF SCHEDULE J PART II.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511969349303261

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