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BULLDOG CLUB

EIN 51-0163622 MS STATE, MS

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Revenue 2024
$94,138,122
Expenses 2024
$84,503,429

Program services were 65.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX BT

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

TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC PROGRAM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENT ATHLETES AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE MSU ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.

  • PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENT ATHLETES, PURCHASE AND CONSTRUCTION OF ATHLETIC FACILITIES, AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR THE MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC PROGRAM.

    Expenses $55,188,369 · Grants $39,294,715 · Revenue $26,094,648

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.

  • Bo McKinnis

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Brandi Long

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • David Abney

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Benji Nelson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Alvin Franklin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Golding

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Valerie Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rodger Johnson

    DIRECTOR AS OF 1/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike McDaniel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janice Nicholson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terri Russell

    DIRECTOR AS OF 7/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Craig Tatum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jerry Toney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthony Wilson

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 12/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dean Wingo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Floyd Womack

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua McCowan

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $298,784
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $239,937
    Other
    $58,847
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $232,310 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $7,627 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $42,688 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,159 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $298,784 related

  • Timothy Padgett

    CFO UNTIL 2/2025

    Total calculated
    $186,932
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $154,905
    Other
    $32,027
    Hours/week
    15 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $145,780 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $9,125 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $25,327 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,700 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $186,932 related

  • Christopher Jans

    HEAD BASKETBALL COACH

    Total calculated
    $4,213,797
    From this org
    $3,200,000
    From related orgs
    $940,462
    Other
    $73,335
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $3,200,000 + $904,376 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $36,086 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $61,755 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,580 related
    Filer's total
    $3,200,000 + $1,013,797 related

  • Jeffrey Lebby

    HEAD FOOTBALL COACH

    Total calculated
    $4,482,827
    From this org
    $3,450,000
    From related orgs
    $908,524
    Other
    $124,303
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $3,450,000 + $788,938 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $119,586 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $105,466 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,837 related
    Filer's total
    $3,450,000 + $1,032,827 related

  • Chris Lemonis

    HEAD BASEBALL COACH UNTIL 4/2025

    Total calculated
    $1,427,723
    From this org
    $485,000
    From related orgs
    $864,671
    Other
    $78,052
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $465,000 + $852,573 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $20,000 + $12,098 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $61,755 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,297 related
    Filer's total
    $485,000 + $942,723 related

  • Zachary Selmon

    ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,338,640
    From this org
    $833,333
    From related orgs
    $427,213
    Other
    $78,094
    Hours/week
    16 + 24 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $833,333 + $422,745 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $4,468 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $61,875 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,219 related
    Filer's total
    $833,333 + $505,307 related

  • Zachary Arnett

    FORMER HEAD FOOTBALL COACH

    Total calculated
    $1,426,210
    From this org
    $1,126,210
    From related orgs
    $300,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,126,210 + $300,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $1,126,210 + $300,000 related

  • Benjamin Howland

    FORMER HEAD BASKETBALL COACH

    Total calculated
    $885,000
    From this org
    $885,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $885,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $885,000

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
    $94,138,122
    Expenses
    $84,503,429
    Contributions
    $58,791,642
    Grants paid
    $39,294,715
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $50,555,260
    Expenses
    $66,650,443
    Contributions
    $23,766,777
    Grants paid
    $48,889,521
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $41,325,229
    Expenses
    $63,159,233
    Contributions
    $33,619,922
    Grants paid
    $45,773,547

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

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $39,503,157
    Expenses
    $44,443,031
    Assets (EOY)
    $46,301,128

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,892,120
    Expenses
    $20,715,638
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,977,560

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $32,567,072
    Expenses
    $40,359,459
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,986,447

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $35,137,455
    Expenses
    $48,780,756
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,682,614

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,962,065
    Expenses
    $28,660,633
    Assets (EOY)
    $51,203,842

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,962,065
    Expenses
    $28,660,633
    Assets (EOY)
    $51,203,842

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,808,969
    Expenses
    $24,916,153
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,597,661

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $27,475,373
    Expenses
    $32,961,731
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,008,713

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

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

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.