Florida · Nonprofit
Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc
Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,000 to it, the largest being Enterprise Holdings Foundation ($12,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $231k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $24k
- Net assets
- $-211685
What Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc does
Mission
The purpose of gator bowl sports charities, inc is to: organize, sponsor, produce, promote and/or participate in athletic events, educational opportunities, clinics, expositions and other similar programs and projects for the benefit of the north florida community; make gifts, grants or donations for the promotion of charitable, scientific, literary and educational programs; and to act as the charitable arm of gator bowl sports, inc. And jacksonville sports council. Gator bowl sports charities, inc. Receives revenues from the general public through event sales and contributions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Gator bowl charities is the philanthropy arm of gator bowl sports and our way of giving back to the northeast florida community! We strive to directly impact local youth and individuals throughout northeast florida through unique experiences and opportunities with a focus on education, leadership and service. Through our programs we are able to provide local youth with insight into sports business, college scholarship and teacher grant opportunities, behind the scenes/once in a lifetime experiences at sporting events and more. Key programs include: send a child to the game which annually provides over 1,000 participants the opportunity to experience sporting events by providing a full game-day experience including game ticket, pre-game meal, transportation and more. The gator bowl charities award of excellence scholarship annually awards four local senior student-athletes a one-time gift of $2,500 to be used at any accredited university or community college. Additionally, the henry tuten gator bowl pro-am golf scholarship was added to provide local high school golfers scholarships to be used at any university or community college. The 5000 role models of excellence program in…
$303,538 spentof which $56,855 as grants$32,105 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $303,538.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $28k to $865k (+3032%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
86% of Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
William G McGarity
President/CEO
Board chair
Andy King
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $7k → $4k.
From the IRS filings of Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 5 of 6 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 79% · 2021 67% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc's revenue grew 63% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Gator Bowl Sports Inc · exempt
- Gator Bowl Sports Events Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc?
- Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,000 to it, the largest being Enterprise Holdings Foundation ($12,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $24,000 in grants to Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc?
- Enterprise Holdings Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $12,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing