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GAMECOCK CLUB

EIN 93-3994323 COLUMBIA, SC

Largest nonprofits in South Carolina

Revenue 2024
$56,433,366
Expenses 2024
$42,296,144

Program services were 85.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B99
Classification
1280
Street
1304 HEYWARD ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE GAMECOCK CLUB IS TO CREATE A PROUD COMMUNITY OF GAMECOCKS THAT PROVIDES STUDENT-ATHLETES AND COACHES WITH THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED.

  • THE GAMECOCK CLUB PROVIDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE STUDENT ATHLETES REPRESENTING THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS AID INCLUDED TUITION FEES, MEAL COSTS, HOUSING COSTS, MEDICAL COSTS, INJURY ASSISTANCE AND OTHER EDUCATION NEEDS.

    Expenses $8,544,475 · Grants $7,500,000

  • THE GAMECOCK CLUB MADE CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO GAMECOCK MARKETING LLC TOTALING 27,425,202. THESE CONTRIBUTIONS SUPPORTED STUDENT ATHLETES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN PURSUIT OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC, PROFESSIONAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL GOALS, INCLUDING THE LICENSING AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS. THESE EFFORTS CONNECTED SUCH STUDENT ATHLETES WITH OPPORTUNITIES ARISING OUT OF THE SUPPORT AND INTEREST IN AND OF THE STUDENTS, ALUMNI, FANS AND COLLECTIVE SUPPORTERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

    Expenses $27,425,202

  • THE GAMECOCK CLUB TRANSFERRED A TOTAL OF 82,174 TO THE USC ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT IN SUPPORT OF VARIOUS ENHANCEMENTS FOR MULTIPLE ATHLETICS PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $82,174 · Grants $82,174

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Wayne Hiott

    CEO/SEN. ASS

    Total calculated
    $247,452
    From this org
    $226,631
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,821
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,631
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,071
    Filer's total
    $247,452
  • C Dan Adams

    USC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Bell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meredith Blackwell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Branden Conrad

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank Davis

    DIRECTOR EME

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeremiah Donati

    USC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sharon Eden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Fulmer

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harry Gregory

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Gunter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tommy Hickman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leena Holt

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alton Hyatt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryon Jeffcoat

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wayne Lorick

    DIRECTOR EME

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas McDonald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Price

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Reardon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kyle Rodgers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Scaturro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lindsay Sprague

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lee Thornton

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thad Westbrook

    USC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cheryl Wingard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $56,433,366
    Expenses
    $42,296,144
    Contributions
    $54,677,830
    Grants paid
    $7,582,174
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,509,464
    Expenses
    $0
    Contributions
    $1,500,000
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Grants made

  • USC ATHLETICS DEPT

    $82,174

    2024 GENERAL SUPPORT

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

    115 · UNIVERSITY · SC

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SO.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.