Gator Boosters, Inc.
Legal name: Gator Boosters Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 590737883
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Gainesville, FL, USA
- Phone
- (800) 34-GATOR (42867)
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $71,031,160
- Expenses
- $61,901,561
- Assets
- $50,403,952
- Liabilities
- $41,783,912
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
90 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ALVIN COWANS (PRESIDENT)
- BILL LLOYD (PAST PRESIDENT)
- BRUCE CULPEPPER (PAST PRESIDENT)
- DON DIZNEY (PAST PRESIDENT)
- JERRY CHICONE JR (PAST PRESIDENT, DECEASED)
- JOHN FROST (PAST PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- KENT FUCHS (BOARD MEMBER): $928,124 total reported compensation
- PHILLIP PARR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $284,297 total reported compensation
- DOUGLAS BROWN (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $223,677 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of Gator Boosters, Inc. is to strengthen the University of Florida's athletic program by encouraging private giving and volunteer leadership from Gators everywhere.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provide funds to the university of Florida athletic association for capital improvements to facilities used by students enrolled at the university of Florida. There were 11 capital projects that were funded in the current year: admin office renovation, baseball stadium, basketball practice facility, ben hill griffin renovations, football in-door practice facility, football training center, hawkins center renovation, golf course, o'connell center renovation, softball stadium, and gymnastics.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 85% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.1%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 94.5%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: $31.73 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 98.8%; rating input score 99; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.9%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.83; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 83.1% of revenue deployed · 94.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 84 of 85 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $58.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $928K · 90 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $945K reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.