UCF Athletics

Legal name: UCF Athletics Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562334448
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Orlando, FL, USA
Phone
4078233213
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$98,786,397
Expenses
$95,469,005
Assets
$86,355,042
Liabilities
$55,578,587

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dr Alexander Cartwright (CHAIRMAN / UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT)
  • Terry Mohajir (ATHLETIC DIRECTOR / PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • Terry Mohajir (ATHLETIC DIRECTOR / PRESIDENT): $1,378,074 total reported compensation
  • Dr Alexander Cartwright (CHAIRMAN / UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT): $1,327,633 total reported compensation
  • Addison Williams (Assistant Coach, Football): $762,455 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide opportunity to young people and develop leaders for industry, philanthropy, education and the community through the intercollegiate athletic experience.

What it reported doing in 2024

UCF completed its second season in the Big Twelve conference during the 2024-2025 academic year. Notable achievements of UCF athletic teams for the year include the women's tennis team, who made history by capturing the school's first-ever Big 12 championship. Men's tennis excelled as well, securing its first NCAA Sweet 16 appearance in program history. Rowing achieved unprecedented success with its first Big 12 championship following a clean sweep in all races, with a rower and a coach earning the titles of Big 12 Rower and Coach of the year, respectively. UCF softball also celebrated both team and player victories, with the team advancing to the finals of the NCAA tournament and its conference-leading pitcher being named First Team All-Big 12. Academic excellence remains a point of pride as student-athletes set a new departmental record with an average 3.47 GPA, marking 35 consecutive semesters above a 3.0 GPA and 12 straight semesters above a 3.3 GPA. Nearly 80% of student-athletes maintained a GPA of 3.0 or higher, with 53 individuals earning a perfect GPA of 4.0.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 76% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 83% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.7%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 76.1%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 22; 22nd 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: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.4%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.64; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 72.7% of revenue deployed · 76.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $72.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.4M · 13 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.3M reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 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: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 8 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.