Stadium Events Organizing Committee

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371662252
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Arlington, TX, USA
Phone
8178924860
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Business and Industry

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,246,791
Expenses
$1,236,749
Assets
$16,466
Liabilities
$4,386

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rick Baker (Trustee / President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Rick Baker (Trustee / President): $1,063,347 total reported compensation
  • Marty MacInnis (Trustee / Assist. Secretary): $745,700 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

1. To assist the city of arlington and surrounding municipalities in the north Texas region with efforts to be awarded, through highly competitive selection processes involving sites not located in Texas, the right to host sporting and non-sporting events; 2. To assist with the organization, administration, management, promotion and operations of such events; 3. To promote the common economic interest of arlington, Texas and the north Texas region and local businesses.

What it reported doing in 2025

The SEOC is the Local Organizing Committee for the Big 12 Championship game on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at AT&T Stadium. The game featured Texas Tech University versus BYU. SEOC assist the City of Arlington and surrounding municipalities in the North Texas Region with efforts to be awarded, through highly competitive selection process involving sites located outside the State of Texas, the right to host professional, collegiate, international, and community sporting events, and non-sporting events, which may include concerts, exhibitions, conventions and other special events (collectively, the "Events"). Also, SEOC assist with the organization, administration, management, promotion, and operations of the events to stimulate and promote the common economic interest of the North Texas Region, including local businesses, through the increased demand for goods, services, and facilities by hosting of local, state, national and international events. These events attract new businesses, additional workforce, and tourism. SEOC engages in all lawful activities necessary, incidental, or convenient to carry on the organization's purposes, except as otherwise restricted in the certificate of Formation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 52
  • Accountability: 80
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.8%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -13.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 9 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.1M · 11 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 3 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.