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SUNSHINE STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INC

SUNSHINE STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,943,789 to it, the largest being National Collegiate Athletic Association ($2,943,789). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.5M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$2.9M
Net assets
$585k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 44%
01What it does

What Sunshine State Athletic Conference Inc does

Mission

Non-profit membership organization which administers to collegiate athletic activities for 11 private colleges in the state of florida. The organization oversees operating bylaws, eligibility, compliance, officiating, scheduling, awards, and special events for 21 ncaa division ii sports.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Assignment of officials: hiring of independent contractors to assign officals to varsity sporting events.

    $697,914 spent$663,415 earned by the program
    55% of program spending

  2. Other conference programs,: compliance education: supporting and assisting member institutions with adherence to organization and membership association rules and policies. Scheduling: providing athletic contest schedules to member institution's varsity sports programs. Awards: purchase and distribution of awards to recognize student-athlete accomplishments.

    $569,132 spentof which $39,480 as grants$465,794 earned by the program
    45% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,267,046.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($336k)2018 Revenue 107 ($1.4M) Expenses 107 ($1.3M) Net assets 124 ($417k)2019 Revenue 107 ($1.4M) Expenses 112 ($1.4M) Net assets 131 ($440k)2020 Revenue 90 ($1.2M) Expenses 91 ($1.1M) Net assets 145 ($488k)2021 Revenue 65 ($837k) Expenses 64 ($774k) Net assets 164 ($551k)2022 Revenue 90 ($1.2M) Expenses 95 ($1.2M) Net assets 164 ($552k)2023 Revenue 91 ($1.2M) Expenses 97 ($1.2M) Net assets 163 ($547k)2024 Revenue 118 ($1.5M) Expenses 129 ($1.6M) Net assets 154 ($517k)2025 Revenue 119 ($1.5M) Expenses 121 ($1.5M) Net assets 174 ($585k)
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Revenue (119)Expenses (121)Net assets (174)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $517k to $593k (+15%).

$470k
$427k
$440k
$488k
$551k
$552k
$547k
$517k
$593k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

26% of SUNSHINE STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$79k
’17
$81k
’18
$23k
’19
$48k
’20
$63k
’21
$510
’22
−$5k
’23
−$31k
’24
$69k
’25
4.5
months of
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.

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03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $362k → $382k.

Funder
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'22
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total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of SUNSHINE STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 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.

Where its funders are

SUNSHINE STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 1 state in all.

IN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Florida out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SUNSHINE STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INC is better cushioned than half of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin4% · below the median
Months of reserve4.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like SUNSHINE STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 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

The Sun Conference Inc85%Florida State University Athletics Association Inc83%Seminole Boosters Inc82%Florida Youth Soccer Association Inc81%Daytona State College Foundation Inc81%Florida Citrus Sports Association Inc81%South Florida State College Foundation Inc81%Junior Orange Bowl Committee Inc81%

Nationally

Southwestern Athletic Conference86%Southeastern Conference85%The Sun Conference Inc85%Southland Conference85%Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference84%Big Sky Conference Inc84%Southern Athletic Association83%Sun Belt Conference83%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 14%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

48%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SUNSHINE STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 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 SUNSHINE STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INC?
SUNSHINE STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,943,789 to it, the largest being National Collegiate Athletic Association ($2,943,789). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SUNSHINE STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,943,789 in grants to SUNSHINE STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SUNSHINE STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INC?
National Collegiate Athletic Association is the largest funder on record, with $2,943,789 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SUNSHINE STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 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 1 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