Florida · Nonprofit
Gator Bowl Sports Inc
Gator Bowl Sports Inc (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $208,033 to it, the largest being Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc ($175,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.9M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $208k
- Net assets
- $9.4M
What Gator Bowl Sports Inc does
Mission
Gator Bowl Sports Inc's mission is to provide northeast florida with the very best in college athletics and related activities in order to maximize positive impact on the area's economy, national image, and community pride and to foster and encourage collegiate education. The organization receives its revenues primarily from the sale of tickets to its games and events and from membership income.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Tradition: the gator bowl game and events are an 81-year-old northeast florida family tradition. The gator bowl is the sixth oldest college bowl game and was the first to be televised nationally coast-to-coast. It is the home of legendary coaches; heisman, outland, vince lombardi and maxwell award winners; and more than 175 first-team all-americans. Gator bowl sports, inc. Is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization whose primary charitable activities focus on national exposure and economic impact for the city of jacksonville, florida - average television ratings of 5,032,217; 31,290 attendees; of those 42% were out-of-town visitors; $4,419,927 in direct spending for the local economy; $7.5 million overall economic impact to northeast florida. Gator bowl sports, inc. Had one major program for the fiscal year ended march 31, 2025, the taxslayer gator bowl. The taxslayer gator bowl was a post-season college football game matching duke university against the university of mississippi. It included a week-long celebration with activities, parties and events for the fans and universities.
$7,730,147 spentof which $5,200,000 as grants$8,152,372 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $7,730,147.
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 2022 to 2023, from $8.0M to $12M (+45%).
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.
2% of Gator Bowl Sports Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $26k → $25k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Gator Bowl Sports Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 94%; 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: 2018 100% · 2020 77% · 2021 83% · 2022 84% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
98% of Gator Bowl Sports Inc's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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 Inc's revenue fell 45% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Gator Bowl Sports Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 Charities Inc · exempt
- Gator Bowl Sports Events Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Gator Bowl Sports 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 Inc?
- Gator Bowl Sports Inc (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $208,033 to it, the largest being Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc ($175,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Gator Bowl Sports Inc have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $208,033 in grants to Gator Bowl Sports Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Gator Bowl Sports Inc?
- Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $175,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Gator Bowl Sports 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