West Coast Conference

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237286818
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Bruno, CA, USA
Phone
6508738622
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$33,190,187
Expenses
$10,004,015
Assets
$38,252,308
Liabilities
$6,132,411

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Stuart Jackson (Commissioner): $522,348 total reported compensation
  • Constance Hurlbut (Snr. Assoc. Comm.): $299,990 total reported compensation
  • Aaron Woliczko (Snr. Assoc. Comm.): $222,005 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 West Coast Conference is organized to promote and regulate intercollegiate athletics among its member institutions and to enhance the holistic development of student-athletes. This is achieved by fostering athletic and academic excellence within a nationally competitive NCAA Division I conference, while advancing inclusive and equitable participation opportunities aligned with the faith-based missions and values of its member institutions.

What it reported doing in 2024

During the fiscal year, the Conference carried out its exempt purposes through the following program services: Championship Administration and Competition- Organized and administered 12 conference championships across 16 sponsored sports, providing competitive opportunities for more than 2,500 student-athletes. Activities included event operations, officiating, team travel support, and championship-related services. Student-Athlete Development and Compliance Programming- Supported NCAA-aligned initiatives including drug education, health and safety programming, and compliance oversight. Facilitated educational programming and resources to promote academic success, well-being, and rules compliance.Deployed NCAA conference grant funding to enhance participation and advancement opportunities for women and underrepresented groups. Programming included professional development, education, and policy alignment efforts across member institutions. Conference Governance and Administration-Provided centralized leadership, strategic planning, scheduling, and administrative support for intercollegiate athletics across member institutions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 43
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 25.6%; rating input score 26
  • Program expense ratio: 84.8%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 96.1%; rating input score 96; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 69.9%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.82; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.1%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 25.6% of revenue deployed · 84.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $522K · 17 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 15 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 10 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 26/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.