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← PEACH BOWL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PEACH BOWL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$29,147,217
Total expenses
$23,090,079
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$5,185,424
Program service revenue
$25,800,111
Investment income
$2,681,588
Other revenue
$665,518
Total assets, end of year
$76,241,198
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,578,087
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$68,663,111
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$20,880,715
Management and general expenses
$2,209,364
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$20,880,715

Program services were 90.4% 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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PEACH BOWL TICKET SALES

    total $14,434,910 · related or exempt $14,434,910

  • 2b · Program service revenue: KICKOFF GAME TICKET SALES

    total $7,073,485 · related or exempt $7,073,485

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PEACH BOWL SPONSORSHIPS

    total $1,848,296 · related or exempt $1,848,296

  • 2d · Program service revenue: KICKOFF GAME SPONSORSHIPS

    total $1,652,730 · related or exempt $1,652,730

  • 2e · Program service revenue: CHALLENGE SPONSORSHIP

    total $450,000 · related or exempt $450,000

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $340,690 · related or exempt $298,190 · unrelated business $42,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,011,290 · excluded $2,011,290

  • 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

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $16,129,194

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

    securities $15,458,896

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $670,298

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $670,298 · excluded $670,298

  • 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: MERCHANDISE SALES

    total $168,194 · related or exempt $168,194

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $497,324 · related or exempt $497,324

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $665,518

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,185,424 · program services $5,185,424

  • 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 $2,813,016 · program services $2,531,714 · management and general $281,302

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $388,188 · program services $349,369 · management and general $38,819

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $52,553 · program services $47,298 · management and general $5,255

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $76,380 · program services $68,742 · management and general $7,638

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $151,559 · program services $136,403 · management and general $15,156

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $64,209 · management and general $64,209

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $146,774 · management and general $146,774

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $627,071 · management and general $627,071

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $137,036 · management and general $137,036

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $74,040 · management and general $74,040

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $440,287 · management and general $440,287

  • 17 · Travel

    total $119,379 · program services $111,295 · management and general $8,084

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $127,994 · management and general $127,994

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $247,547 · program services $247,547

  • 24a · Other expenses: CHICK-FIL-A PEACH BOWL GAME

    total $8,052,591 · program services $8,052,591

  • 24b · Other expenses: AFLAC KICKOFF GAME

    total $2,144,277 · program services $2,144,277

  • 24c · Other expenses: STATE SALES TAX

    total $1,680,065 · program services $1,680,065

  • 24d · Other expenses: CHALLENGE GOLF TOURNAMENT

    total $325,990 · program services $325,990

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $235,699 · management and general $235,699

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,639,987 · end of year $5,071,860

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $281,745 · end of year $341,752

  • 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 $1,300,000 · end of year $1,005,083

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,675,486 · end of year $2,018,902

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

    $2,059,217

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

    $105,506

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $89,661 · end of year $1,953,711

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $54,585,171 · end of year $63,760,271

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 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 $286,741 · end of year $2,089,619

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $114,301 · end of year $513,273

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $4,000,000 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,262,915 · end of year $3,001,666

  • 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 $1,157,153 · end of year $4,063,148

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $57,324,422 · end of year $68,663,111

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PEACH BOWL INC.'S MISSION IS TO POSITIVELY IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES BY CELEBRATING COLLEGE ATHLETICS THROUGH BEST-IN-CLASS EVENTS THAT CREATE CHARITABLE DONATIONS, SCHOLARSHIPS, ECONOMIC IMPACT, AND MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES. PEACH BOWL INC. IS PROUD TO BE THE MOST CHARITABLE COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO POSITIVELY IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES BY CELEBRATING COLLEGE ATHLETICS THROUGH BEST-IN-CLASS EVENTS THAT CREATE CHARITABLE DONATIONS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND ECONOMIC IMPACT.

  • THE CHICK-FIL-A PEACH BOWL AND ITS CHARITABLE GIVING PLATFORM WERE CREATED TO FOSTER & PROMOTE NCAA FOOTBALL COMPETITION AND TO SUPPORT COLLEGE EDUCATION THROUGH SCHOLARSHIP DONATIONS, AND TO SUPPORT CHILDREN'S HEALTH INITIATIVES, DISASTER RELIEF, AND OTHER DESERVING CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN THE COMMUNITIES OF OUR PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES. IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MAY 31, 2024, PEACH BOWL INC DONATED $500,000 TO BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF METRO ATLANTA, $363,074 TO CHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA, $100,000 TO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF FOUNDATION, $100,000 TO GEORGIA LIONS LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION, $50,000 EACH TO THE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION AND THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, AND $79,500 TO VARIOUS OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $13,176,981 · Grants $1,242,574 · Revenue $16,623,896

  • THE AFLAC KICKOFF GAME AND ITS CHARITABLE GIVING PLATFORM WERE CREATED TO FOSTER & PROMOTE NCAA FOOTBALL COMPETITION AND TO SUPPORT COLLEGE EDUCATION THROUGH SCHOLARSHIP DONATIONS. THE AFLAC KICKOFF GAME IS A NEUTRAL SITE COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME PLAYED AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY SEASON. IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MAY 31, 2024, PEACH BOWL, INC HOSTED THE AFLAC KICKOFF GAME AND CONTRIBUTED A TOTAL OF $3,600,000 VIA GAME PARTICIPATION PAYOUTS AND SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE AND THE GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.

    Expenses $6,686,724 · Grants $3,600,000 · Revenue $9,391,733

  • THE SOUTHERN COMPANY PEACH BOWL CHALLENGE GOLF TOURNAMENT AND ITS CHARITABLE GIVING PLATFORM WERE CREATED TO FOSTER & PROMOTE NCAA COMPETITION AND TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IN THE COMMUNITIES OF THE PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES. IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MAY 31, 2024, THE SOUTHERN COMPANY PEACH BOWL CHALLENGE EVENT DONATED A TOTAL OF $342,850 TO VARIOUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AS SELECTED BY THE FOOTBALL COACHES PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT.

    Expenses $1,017,010 · Grants $342,850 · Revenue $407,500

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Gary P Stokan

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $968,903
    From this org
    $914,718
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,185
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $665,991
    Bonus
    $229,106
    Other
    $19,621
    Deferred
    $26,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,785
    Filer's total
    $968,903
  • Davis L Epps

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $466,792
    From this org
    $425,797
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,995
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $344,847
    Bonus
    $74,740
    Other
    $6,210
    Deferred
    $26,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,595
    Filer's total
    $466,792
  • A Christopher Hughes

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $353,565
    From this org
    $294,264
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,301
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $234,259
    Bonus
    $54,195
    Other
    $5,810
    Deferred
    $18,661
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,640
    Filer's total
    $353,565
  • Derek T Martin

    VICE PRESIDENT, EVENTS

    Total calculated
    $265,581
    From this org
    $231,857
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,724
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,551
    Bonus
    $27,696
    Other
    $5,610
    Deferred
    $18,549
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,175
    Filer's total
    $265,581
  • Matthew E Garvey

    VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $254,857
    From this org
    $225,056
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,801
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,958
    Bonus
    $26,488
    Other
    $5,610
    Deferred
    $14,052
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,749
    Filer's total
    $254,857
  • Benjamin S Hollis

    VICE PRESIDENT, SALES

    Total calculated
    $248,819
    From this org
    $193,325
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,494
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,252
    Bonus
    $25,103
    Other
    $4,970
    Deferred
    $14,283
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,211
    Filer's total
    $248,819
  • Dan L West Thru 73123

    VICE PRESIDENT, EVENTS

    Total calculated
    $128,221
    From this org
    $106,731
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,490
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michael D Gilbert

    DIRECTOR OF TICKETING

    Total calculated
    $126,278
    From this org
    $104,475
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,803
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bob Schuler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael K Anderson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melanie Babcock

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Garth Knutson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Levy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Murnane

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Pate

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erica Qualls-Battey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rodney Sanders

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Saracino

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Suhail Seth

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bob Somers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Terry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Percy D Vaughn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam Walker

    TRUSTEE

    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 · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A:
GARY STOKAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO RECEIVED FIRST CLASS TRAVEL AND TRAVEL FOR HIS SPOUSE. HE IS PERMITTED TO FLY FIRST CLASS ONLY WHEN THE LENGTH OF THE FLIGHT EXCEEDS 3 HOURS. THE SPOUSE OF THE CEO IS PERMITTED TO TRAVEL WITH THE CEO WHEN IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMPANY FOR HER TO ATTEND AN EVENT WITH HIM.
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 3:
PEACH BOWL INC. HAS A COMPENSATION COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWS AND APPROVES EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE USES COMPENSATION SURVEYS AND OTHER INDEPENDENT DATA TO SET COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION LEVELS.

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
2023
Filed
3 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530359349301393

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