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NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION AND COLLEGE HALL OF FAME INC

EIN 22-1508812 IRVING, TX

Revenue 2024
$4,606,770
Expenses 2024
$5,578,143

Program services were 69.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
433 LAS COLINAS BLVD E STE 1130

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).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 2679), covering 40 subordinate organizations. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

All 40 subordinates →

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FOUNDATION WAS ORGANIZED TO HONOR THE GREAT PLAYERS AND COACHES IN THE HISTORY OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND TO INSPIRE OUR NATION'S YOUTH TO COMPETE ON THE ATHLETIC FIELDS AND IN THE CLASSROOM AND TO ASSUME LEADERSHIP ROLES ON HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CAMPUSES. THE ORGANIZATION PARTLY ACCOMPLISHES THIS BY AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS BASED UPON ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, ATHLETIC ABILITY, AND LEADERSHIP QUALITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP THE POWER OF AMATEUR FOOTBALL IN DEVELOPING THE QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP, SPORTSMANSHIP, COMPETITIVE ZEAL AND THE DRIVE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN AMERICA'S YOUNG PEOPLE.

  • 22 COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMERS SELECTED AND HONORED. 16 NATIONAL SCHOLAR ATHLETES SELECTED AND HONORED. HALL OF FAME ON-CAMPUS SALUTES. NATIONAL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES WHERE NFF CURRENTLY DISTRIBUTES MORE THAN $1.3 MILLION EACH YEAR IN SCHOLARSHIPS, INCLUDING $300,000 AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND MORE THAN $1 MILLION THROUGH ITS CHAPTER NETWORK AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL. NFF CHAPTER NETWORK WHICH INCLUDES 120 OUTPOST IN 47 STATES AND ENCOURAGES LEADERSHIP, SPORTSMANSHIP AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AMONG AMERICA'S YOUNG FOOTBALL PLAYERS. MORE THAN 12,000 MEMBERS HOST OVER 300 EVENTS EACH YEAR, REACHING MORE THAN 600,000 FOOTBALL PLAYERS AT 6,000 HIGH SCHOOLS. NFF HIGH SCHOOL SHOWCASES; HAMPSHIRE HONOR SOCIETY, HONORING COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS FROM ALL DIVISIONS OF PLAY WHO EACH MAINTAINED A CUMULATIVE GPA OF 3.2 OR BETTER THROUGHOUT THEIR COLLEGE CAREERS. 2,016 PLAYERS FROM 343 SCHOOLS QUALIFIED FOR MEMBERSHIP.

    Expenses $3,718,654 · Grants $171,274 · Revenue $638,106

  • CROSS-PLATFORM MIXED MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO CELEBRATE THE POSITIVE IMPACT THE GAME HAS MADE ON MILLIONS OF PLAYERS, ADMINISTRATORS, VOLUNTEERS AND FANS ALIKE. HIGHLIGHTS LEAGUES AND PLAYERS AROUND THE COUNTRY, THE MANY WAYS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE GAME ON AND OFF THE FIELD. THE CAMPAIGN HAS PRODUCED OVER 1,500 ORIGINAL CONTENT PIECES WITH MORE THAN 10 MILLION MINUTES OF VIDEO VIEWED.

    Expenses $117,406 · Revenue $128,070

  • COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUPPORTING THE HALL OF FAME OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION AND COLLEGE HALL OF FAME, INC.

    Expenses $23,426 · Revenue $259,556

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

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.

  • ARCHIE MANNING

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • STEVEN J HATCHELL

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $515,885
    From this org
    $442,090
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,795
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $442,090
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $41,294
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,501
    Filer's total
    $515,885

  • CLAYTON I BENNETT

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • JACK FORD

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • WILLIAM H MCRAVEN

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • KATHLEEN A MURPHY

    VICE CHAIRWOMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • TROY AIKMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • CARL S ALLEGRETTI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • HARRIS S BARTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • MICHAEL J BIDWILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • ROBERT A BOWLSBY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • GREG BROWN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • SUSAN A CAHOON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • JOSEPH R CASTIGLIONE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • RICHARD L CHINEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • KEVIN G CLIFFORD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • TIMOTHY D COOK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • GENE DEFILIPPO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • PAT FITZGERALD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • TOM GARFINKEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • RICK GEORGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • GARY GERTZOG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • ROGER GOODELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • ARCHIE GRIFFIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • JASON HANOLD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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
    $4,606,770
    Expenses
    $5,578,143
    Contributions
    $1,026,622
    Grants paid
    $171,274
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,609,840
    Expenses
    $5,372,178
    Contributions
    $1,256,869
    Grants paid
    $100,392
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,297,856
    Expenses
    $5,351,037
    Contributions
    $1,441,398
    Grants paid
    $152,137

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
    $4,218,908
    Expenses
    $3,731,079
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,836,791

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,071,178
    Expenses
    $3,473,410
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,706,745

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,853,434
    Expenses
    $3,869,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,261,923

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,382,891
    Expenses
    $3,397,564
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,833,498

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,662,726
    Expenses
    $2,998,369
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,421,619

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,628,009
    Expenses
    $3,117,017
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,550,273

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,835,451
    Expenses
    $3,279,107
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,656,364

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,669,837
    Expenses
    $3,037,164
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,695,543

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,079,713
    Expenses
    $3,325,485
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,423,469

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,249,972
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,065,019

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2020

Tax period
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
Principal officer
Robert Bacewicz
Mailing address
10 North Wind CircleLedyard CT 06339

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

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 GROUP.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.