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SUN BELT CONFERENCE

EIN 58-2085078 NEW ORLEANS, LA

Largest nonprofits in Louisiana

Revenue 2024
$57,213,623
Expenses 2024
$55,370,412

Program services were 99.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
N41
Classification
1000
Street
1500 SUGAR BOWL DR

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 PURPOSE OF THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE SHALL BE TO ASSIST ITS MEMBER INSTITUTIONS IN THE MAINTENANCE OF PROGRAMS OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS.

  • DISTRIBUTIONS TO MEMBER UNIVERSITIES OF FUNDS OBTAINED THROUGH NCAA & NIT TOURNAMENTS AND OTHER SOURCES TO SUPPORT COLLEGE LEVEL ATHLETICS

    Expenses $24,307,113 · Grants $24,307,113 · Revenue $308,883

  • MONIES FROM THE NCAA FOR THE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FUND AND THE ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT FUND WHICH PROVIDES AID TO PELL GRANT STUDENT ATHLETES OR STUDENT ATHLETES WHO RECEIVE A FULL GRANT-IN-AID FROM THEIR SCHOOL AND HAVE DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED

    Expenses $17,094,617 · Grants $17,094,617 · Revenue $16,880,905

  • FUNDS USED TO ENHANCE PROGRAMS IN AREAS, SUCH AS MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL OFFICIATING, DRUG EDUCATION AND AWARENESS COMPLIANCE WITH AND ENFORCEMENT OF NCAA PROGRAMS, & IMPROVEMENT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES AND WOMEN

    Expenses $13,665,218 · Revenue $20,860,006

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.

  • Dr Kelly Damphousse

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dr Kyle Marrero

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dr E Joseph Savoie

    PAST-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dr Todd Shields

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dr Michael Benson

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • M Brian Blake

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dr Ron Berry

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Brad Smith

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dr Brian Hemphill

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dr Joseph Paul

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dr Jack Hawkins

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Josiah Bonner

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Heather Norris

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • James Schmidt

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Herbert L Carter III

    A. COMMISSIONER/CFO

    Total calculated
    $241,830
    From this org
    $198,619
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,211
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,619
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,111
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,100
    Filer's total
    $241,830
  • Keith Gill

    COMMISSIONER

    Total calculated
    $973,373
    From this org
    $890,473
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,900
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $890,473
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $67,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,400
    Filer's total
    $973,373
  • Kathy Keene

    DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

    Total calculated
    $311,744
    From this org
    $262,469
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,275
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $262,469
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,175
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,100
    Filer's total
    $311,744
  • Samuel Knehans

    SENIOR ASSOCIATE COMMISSIO

    Total calculated
    $156,244
    From this org
    $122,902
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,342
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,902
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,342
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,000
    Filer's total
    $156,244
  • Travis Llewellyn

    SENIOR ASSOCIATE COMMISSIO

    Total calculated
    $168,381
    From this org
    $138,831
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,550
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,831
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,400
    Filer's total
    $168,381
  • Maura Smith

    ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER

    Total calculated
    $143,958
    From this org
    $111,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,881
    Hours/week
    50

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
    $57,213,623
    Expenses
    $55,370,412
    Contributions
    $18,514,288
    Grants paid
    $41,401,730
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $46,984,155
    Expenses
    $48,000,741
    Contributions
    $8,683,197
    Grants paid
    $31,175,864
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $40,038,199
    Expenses
    $37,794,575
    Contributions
    $7,126,151
    Grants paid
    $25,279,170

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.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $35,403,098
    Expenses
    $32,759,410
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,964,832
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $28,257,683
    Expenses
    $27,395,925
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,228,869
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,584,812
    Expenses
    $26,156,902
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,082,662
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,072,881
    Expenses
    $31,140,341
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,762,303
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $27,569,859
    Expenses
    $33,276,640
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,470,685
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,956,079
    Expenses
    $29,142,571
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,464,369
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,797,832
    Expenses
    $27,583,775
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,984,503
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,361,503
    Expenses
    $21,447,965
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,300,840
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,201,760
    Expenses
    $15,399,109
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,079,719
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $14,310,196
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,837,864

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

    $2,010,000

    2022 DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS

  • JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY

    $1,977,767

    2024 DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS

  • COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

    $1,970,000

    2022 DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS

  • TROY UNIVERSITY

    $1,970,000

    2022 DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS

  • GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

    $1,920,000

    2022 DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS

  • UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE

    $1,920,000

    2022 DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS

  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

    $1,920,000

    2022 DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS

  • UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE

    $1,899,784

    2023 DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS

  • APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY

    $1,870,000

    2022 DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS

  • ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

    $1,870,000

    2022 DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 PC.

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.