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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NORTHEAST CONFERENCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,466,879
Total expenses
$13,239,662
Contributions and grants received
$8,269,531
Grants paid
$8,884,152
Program service revenue
$4,547,665
Investment income
$243,304
Other revenue
$406,379
Total assets, end of year
$8,525,458
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,358,357
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,167,101
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,689,197
Management and general expenses
$550,465
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,689,197

Program services were 95.8% 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

    $8,269,531

  • 2a · Program service revenue: NCAA BASKETBALL REVENUES

    total $2,926,937 · related or exempt $2,926,937

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $1,415,500 · related or exempt $1,415,500

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

    total $131,361 · related or exempt $131,361

  • 2d · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIP REVENUE

    total $68,692 · related or exempt $68,692

  • 2e · Program service revenue: MERCHANDISE REVENUE

    total $5,175 · related or exempt $5,175

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $243,304 · excluded $243,304

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: FORGIVENESS OF DEBT

    total $385,000 · related or exempt $385,000

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $21,379 · related or exempt $21,379

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $406,379

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $8,884,152 · program services $8,884,152

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $576,213 · program services $345,728 · management and general $230,485 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,006,350 · program services $909,465 · management and general $96,885

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $93,080 · program services $84,430 · management and general $8,650

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $29,869 · program services $27,720 · management and general $2,149

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $131,270 · program services $105,242 · management and general $26,028

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,430 · management and general $25,430

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,893 · management and general $30,893

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $98 · management and general $98

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $100,873 · program services $91,873 · management and general $9,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $116,661 · program services $93,565 · management and general $23,096

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $78,864 · program services $63,312 · management and general $15,552

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,808 · program services $15,808

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $32,973 · program services $32,973

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,849 · program services $7,094 · management and general $1,755

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $74,003 · program services $15,832 · management and general $58,171

  • 24a · Other expenses: CHAMPIONSHIPS

    total $1,076,628 · program services $1,076,628

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROMOTIONS & PUBLICITY

    total $453,666 · program services $453,666

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEVISION RIGHTS

    total $207,017 · program services $207,017

  • 24d · Other expenses: OFFICIALS

    total $216,939 · program services $216,939

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $80,026 · program services $57,753 · management and general $22,273

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year -$3,227,545 · end of year $5,141,719

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $9,646,401 · end of year $692,683

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $54,792 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $464,741 · end of year $264,322

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $122,633

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

    $91,446

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $40,036 · end of year $31,187

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $727,598 · end of year $1,200,533

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,547,507 · end of year $1,195,014

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $869,201 · end of year $321,040

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,195,250 · end of year $1,859,375

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $250,542 · end of year $177,942

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,085,659 · end of year $5,642,117

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $852,878 · end of year $524,984

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CONFERENCE IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING QUALITY ATHLETICS COMPETITION INTEGRAL TO AND CONSISTENT WITH ITS MEMBER INSTITUTIONS' ACADEMIC MISSIONS. THE CONFERENCE IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL IN THE CLASSROOM, IN ATHLETIC COMPETITION AND IN THE COMMUNITY. THE CONFERENCE ENSURES THAT PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ITS STUDENT-ATHLETES IS GIVEN THE HIGHEST PRIORITY AND THAT, IN DOING SO, IT SHALL UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLES OF ETHICAL CONDUCT, SPORTSMANSHIP AND EQUITY. IN PURSUING THIS MISSION, THE CONFERENCE PLEDGES TO: A. PROVIDE ITS MEMBER INSTITUTIONS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS AS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF THEIR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS; B. ENHANCE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, AND PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH INTEGRITY, LEADERSHIP, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ATHLETICS PERFORMANCE, PERSONAL GROWTH, AND SPORTSMANSHIP CAN BE DEVELOPED; C. STRIVE FOR HIGH ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDEN

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO INITIATE, PROMOTE, ORGANIZE & IMPROVE INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS COMPETITION BETWEEN MEMBER INSTITUTIONS OF THE NEC & TO ENHANCE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN

  • THE NEC SPONSORED 25 SPORTS INCLUDING BASEBALL, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, WOMEN'S BOWLING, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY, FIELD HOCKEY, FOOTBALL, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S GOLF, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S LACROSSE, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SOCCER, SOFTBALL, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TENNIS, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL. THE NEC ENJOYED AUTOMATIC QUALIFICATION OR PLAY-IN ACCESS TO 17 DIFFERENT NCAA DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIPS INCLUDING BASEBALL, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, WOMEN'S BOWLING, FIELD HOCKEY, FOOTBALL, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S GOLF, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S LACROSSE, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SOCCER, SOFTBALL, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TENNIS, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL. MORE THAN 42,000 STUDENTS ATTENDED NEC INSTITUTIONS LAST YEAR, OF WHICH APPROXIMATELY 4,000 PARTICIPATED IN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS. NEC AGAIN PERFORMED WELL IN GRADUATION SUCCESS RATE (GSR) FIGURES RELEASED BY THE NCAA. ACCORDING TO NCAA DATA, NEC STUDENT ATHLETES GRADUATED AT A 90% RATE OVER THE FOUR YEAR TIME PERIOD, JUST THREE POINTS OFF THE CONFERENCE RECORD. NEARLY 3,400 STUDENT-ATHLETES WERE NAMED TO THE NEC'S ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL, WHILE 1,273 WERE NAMED TO THE COMMISSIONER'S HONOR ROLL AFTER POSTING GPAS OF 3.75 OR HIGHER. NEC STUDENT-ATHLETES AVERAGED A 3.323 GPA LAST YEAR, A FIGURE THAT RANKS FOURTH IN LEAGUE HISTORY. THE NEC STUDENT ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SAAC) CAME TOGETHER FOR A TWO-DAY MEETING LAST FALL. AMIDST THE SHARING OF BEST PRACTICES, THE GROUP DISCUSSED LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY INITIATIVES, ONLINE LEARNING, MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND NATIONAL SAAC ISSUES. FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR, FDU WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE NEC BUILDING COMMUNITIES AWARD. THE AWARD RECOGNIZES THE INSTITUTION THAT DEMONSTRATES THE HIGHEST DEDICATION TO MAKING AN IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF ITS STUDENT-ATHLETES, COACHES AND ADMINISTRATORS. FDU ACCUMULATED A CONFERENCE-HIGH 6,963 SERVICE HOURS THROUGH THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF 353 STUDENT-ATHLETES DURING THE RECENTLY COMPLETED ACADEMIC YEAR. THE NEC HONORED 25 TEAMS - ONE FOR EACH SPORT THE NEC SPONSORS - FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO SPORTSMANSHIP LAST SEASON AS PART OF ITS ANNUAL TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS PROGRAM. THIS INITIATIVE RECOGNIZES THOSE TEAMS WHO BEST ADHERE TO THE PRINCIPLES OF SPORTSMANSHIP AND ARE RECOGNIZED FOR PURSUING VICTORY WITH HONOR IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SPORTS.

    Expenses $12,689,197 · Grants $8,884,152 · Revenue $4,954,044

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Noreen Morris

    COMMISSIONER/SECRETARY/TREAS.

    Total calculated
    $488,652
    From this org
    $421,335
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,317
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $378,535
    Bonus
    $35,000
    Other
    $7,800
    Deferred
    $48,610
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,707
    Filer's total
    $488,652

  • Ron Ratner

    ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER

    Total calculated
    $156,438
    From this org
    $142,319
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,119
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,719
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $600
    Deferred
    $14,119
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $156,438

  • Andrew Alia

    ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER

    Total calculated
    $125,527
    From this org
    $114,653
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,874
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lisa Archbald

    ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER

    Total calculated
    $113,990
    From this org
    $104,179
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,811
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ben Shove

    ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER

    Total calculated
    $111,009
    From this org
    $101,657
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,352
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dr Kimberly Cline

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Michael Avaltroni

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Zulma R Toro

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Father Malachi Van Tassell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Jeff Doggett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Linda Lemura

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Father John Denning

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Z Scott

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Kathleen Getz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 survey or study
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
HEALTH CLUB MEMBERSHIP DUES OF $600 IS INCLUDED IN THE TAXABLE INCOME OF NOREEN MORRIS AND RON RATNER ON THEIR 2024 W-2.
PART I, LINE 1B
NEC DOES NOT HAVE A FORMAL WRITTEN POLICY REGARDING HEALTH CLUB DUES; HOWEVER, FOR NOREEN MORRIS AND RON RATNER, THEIR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS DESIGNATE A YEARLY AMOUNT OF $600 THAT NEC WILL PAY ON THEIR BEHALF AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION FOR SUCH HEALTH DUES.
PART I, LINE 4B
THE CONFERENCE AND NOREEN MORRIS ARE PARTIES TO AN AGREEMENT TO A NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN IN WHICH $10,000 WAS DEPOSITED INTO THE PLAN, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN PART II, COLUMN C.
PART I, LINE 7
NEC has an employment agreement with Noreen Morris which identifies the maximum bonus she can receive depending on performance metrics. All other employees are awarded bonuses based on a review by Noreen and the board on performance reviews.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202610309349301206

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