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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

EIN 51-0244593 IRVING, TX

Revenue 2023
$147,728,348
Expenses 2023
$137,107,826

Program services were 98.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
545 E JOHN CARPENTER FWY STE 300

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 · 2023

Mission

THE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY EDUCATION AND LEVEL OF COMPETITION. WORKING TOGETHER WITH A COLLECTIVE STRENGTH AND SPIRIT, OUR UNIVERSITIES ARE COMMITTED TO OUR STUDENTS' HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, AND TO PROVIDE THE SKILLS AND TRAINING ESSENTIAL TO EMPOWER THEM IN THEIR LIVES AND CAREERS AFTER GRADUATION. WE WILL STRIVE TO BE A LEADER IN INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE.AS AN ELITE DIVISION I CONFERENCE,WE WILL PURSUE ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR CORE VALUES OF INTEGRITY AND SPORTSMANSHIP AND IN A CULTURE OF COMPLIANCE, BY BEING INNOVATIVE IN OUR APPROACH, AND BY ENGAGING CONSTRUCTIVELY WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND WITH OUR PEERS IN THE GREATER COLLEGE COMMUNITY.

  • TO SUPERVISE AND CONTROL INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE. TO ENCOURAGE SPORTSMANSHIP AND SOUND ACADEMIC PRACTICES FOR STUDENT ATHLETES AND HIGH STANDARDS OF COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCE.

    Expenses $134,553,074 · Grants $108,925,588 · Revenue $143,891,433

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • MICHAEL L ARESCO

    COMMISSIONER,PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $2,408,470
    From this org
    $2,333,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $75,393
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $2,048,077
    Bonus
    $250,000
    Other
    $35,000
    Deferred
    $41,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,143
    Filer's total
    $2,408,470

  • DONNA DEMARCO EGAN

    SR. ASSOC. COMM.-COO

    Total calculated
    $435,634
    From this org
    $343,932
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $91,702
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $323,932
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $10,000
    Deferred
    $40,492
    Nontaxable benefits
    $51,210
    Filer's total
    $435,634

  • STACY MARTIN

    SR. ASSOC. COMM.-CFO

    Total calculated
    $376,543
    From this org
    $320,661
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,882
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,661
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $10,000
    Deferred
    $37,583
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,299
    Filer's total
    $376,543

  • ELLEN M FERRIS

    SR. ASSOC. COMM.-GOVERNANCE

    Total calculated
    $305,807
    From this org
    $256,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,140
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $246,667
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,000
    Deferred
    $30,841
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,299
    Filer's total
    $305,807

  • KARL P HICKS

    ASSOC. COMM.- BASKETBALL

    Total calculated
    $332,570
    From this org
    $251,190
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $81,380
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $241,190
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,000
    Deferred
    $30,170
    Nontaxable benefits
    $51,210
    Filer's total
    $332,570

  • JAMES R HIXSON

    ASSOC. COMM.- FOOTBALL

    Total calculated
    $293,230
    From this org
    $238,001
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,229
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,305
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $26,696
    Deferred
    $4,019
    Nontaxable benefits
    $51,210
    Filer's total
    $293,230

  • ROBERT WEYGAND

    ASSOC. COMM.-SPORTS ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $241,709
    From this org
    $170,797
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,912
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,797
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,000
    Deferred
    $20,113
    Nontaxable benefits
    $50,799
    Filer's total
    $241,709

  • KAURI BLACK

    ASSOC. COMM.- BROADCASTING & DIGITAL PROGRAMMING

    Total calculated
    $200,149
    From this org
    $163,187
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,962
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,187
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,000
    Deferred
    $19,156
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,806
    Filer's total
    $200,149

  • VADM WALTER SEAN BUCK

    BOARD MEMBER-US NAVAL ACAD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRAD CARSON

    BOARD MEMBER-UNIV OF TULSA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • REGINALD DESROCHES

    BOARD MEMBER-RICE UNIV.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR TAYLOR EIGHMY

    BOARD MEMBER-UNIV. OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JO-ANNE EPPS

    BOARD MEMBER-TEMPLE UNIVER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL A FITTS

    BOARD MEMBER-TULANE UNIVER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHARON GABER

    BOARD MEMBER-UNIV NC AT CHARLOTTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BILL HARDGRAVE

    BOARD MEMB-UNIVER. OF MEMP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RHEA LAW

    BOARD MEMBER-UNIV. OF S. F

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RICHARD MUMA

    BOARD MEMBER-WICHITA STATE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR PHILIP ROGERS

    BOARD MEMBER-EAST CAROLINA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR NEAL SMATRESK

    BOARD MEMBER-UNIV. OF NORTH TEXAS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR R GERALD TURNER

    BOARD MEMBER-S. METHODIST

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STACY VOLNICK

    BOARD MEMBER-FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIV.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RAY WATTS

    BOARD MEMBER-UNIV OF ALABAMA BIRMIGHAM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $147,728,348
    Expenses
    $137,107,826
    Contributions
    $307,201
    Grants paid
    $108,925,588
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $123,403,258
    Expenses
    $121,442,621
    Contributions
    $305,552
    Grants paid
    $100,122,494

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
    $183,247,674
    Expenses
    $114,204,129
    Assets (EOY)
    $103,011,544

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $93,996,015
    Expenses
    $106,497,198
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,647,115

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $111,278,729
    Expenses
    $85,857,175
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,662,453

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $111,278,729
    Expenses
    $85,857,175
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,662,453

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $73,203,230
    Expenses
    $70,235,105
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,206,449

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $73,203,230
    Expenses
    $75,406,112
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,206,449

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $77,793,750
    Expenses
    $87,791,517
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,203,573

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $74,477,525
    Expenses
    $83,560,987
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,327,767

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $79,297,490
    Expenses
    $88,032,385
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,611,670

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $70,751,815
    Expenses
    $81,231,545
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,099,242

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

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 SOUNK.

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.