SUN BELT CONFERENCE: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: SUN BELT CONFERENCE (EIN 58-2085078)
Tax period: 2012-07-01 to 2013-06-30
Filed: 2014-05-15
IRS object ID: 201431359349303103
Schema version: 2012v2.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2014-05-15T09:56:21-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2013-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	720549733	EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ERICKSEN KRENTEL & LAPORTE LLP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4227 CANAL STREET	AddressLine1
City	NEW ORLEANS	City
State	LA	State
ZIP Code	70119	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	582085078	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SUN BELT CONFERENCE	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	SUNB	NameControl
Phone	5042999066	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1500 SUGAR BOWL DRIVE	AddressLine1
City	NEW ORLEANS	City
State	LA	State
ZIP Code	70112	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	HERBERT L CARTER III	Name
Title	FINANCIAL OFFICER	Title
Phone	5042999066	Phone
Date Signed	2014-05-14	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	1	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JAMES E TONGLET CPA	Name
PTIN	P00737899	PTIN
Phone	5044867275	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2015-11-30 17:44:51Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	X	AddressChange
Name Of Principal Officer Person	HERBERT L CARTER III	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1500 SUGAR BOWL DRIVE	AddressLine1
City	NEW ORLEANS	City
State	LA	State
ZIP Code	70112	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	16611405	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	SUNBELTSPORTS.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1976	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	LA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	THE PURPOSE OF THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE SHALL BE TO ASSIST ITS MEMBER INSTITUTIONS IN THE MAINTENANCE OF PROGRAMS OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	11	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	11	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	14	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	0	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	0	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	3470996	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	4913919	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	7647735	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	11507110	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	9674	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	14094	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	95684	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	140649	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	11224089	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	16575772	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	3684102	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	5994517	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	1955157	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	1402214	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	5817539	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	6913465	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	11456798	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	14310196	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-232709	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	2265576	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	5093015	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	7837864	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	2298378	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	2777651	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	2794637	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	5060213	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	THE PURPOSE OF THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE SHALL BE TO ASSIST ITS MEMBER INSTITUTIONS IN THE MAINTENANCE OF PROGRAMS OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	0	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	0	SignificantChange
Expense	2537500	Expense
Grants	5994517	Grants
Revenue	267000	Revenue
Description	DISTRIBUTIONS TO MEMBER UNIVERSITIES OF FUNDS OBTAINED THROUGH NCAA & NIT TOURNAMENTS AND OTHER SOURCES TO SUPPORT COLLEGE LEVEL ATHLETICS	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	2533174	Expense
Revenue	2326919	Revenue
Description	MONIES FROM THE NCAA FOR THE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FUND WHICH PROVIDES AID TO PELL GRANT STUDENT ATHLETES OR STUDENT ATHLETES WHO RECEIVE A FULL GRANT-IN-AID FROM THEIR SCHOOL AND HAVE DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	8132175	Expense
Revenue	8912187	Revenue
Description	FUNDS USED TO ENHANCE PROGRAMS IN AREAS, SUCH AS MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL OFFICIATING, DRUG EDUCATION AND AWARENESS COMPLIANCE WITH AND ENFORCEMENT OF NCAA PROGRAMS, & IMPROVEMENT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES AND WOMEN	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Described In501 C3	1	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	1	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	0	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	0	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	0	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	1	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	0	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	0	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	0	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	1	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	0	School
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	0	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	0	Gaming
Hospital	0	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	1	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	1	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	0	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	0	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	0	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	0	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	0	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	0	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	0	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	0	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	0	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	0	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	0	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	0	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	1	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	114	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	1	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	14	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	1	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	0	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	0	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	0	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	0	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	11	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	11	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	0	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	0	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	0	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	0	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	1	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	1	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	0	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	1	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	0	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy	1	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	1	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	1	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	1	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	LA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	HERBERT L CARTER III	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	5042999066	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1500 SUGAR BOWL DRIVE	AddressLine1
City	NEW ORLEANS	City
State	LA	State
ZIP Code	70112	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (14 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Key EmployeeKeyEmployee	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee
SIDNEY MCPHEE
PAST-PRESIDENT	5.00	X	0	0	0
JOHN SMITH
VICE - PRESIDENT	5.00	X	0	0	0
DR JACK HAWKINS
PRESIDENT	5.00	X	0	0	0
JOEL ANDERSON
TREASURER	5.00	X	0	0	0
E JOSEPH SAVOIE
OFFICER	5.00	X	0	0	0
NICK BRUNO
OFFICER	5.00	X	0	0	0
V LANE RAWLINS
OFFICER	5.00	X	0	0	0
MARK ROSENBERG
OFFICER	5.00	X	0	0	0
MARY JANE SAUNDERS
OFFICER	5.00	X	0	0	0
TIM HUDSON
OFFICER	5.00	X	0	0	0
GARY RANSDELL
OFFICER	5.00	X	0	0	0
KARL BENSON
COMMISSIONER	50.00		290000	0	61200	X
HERBERT L CARTER III
A. COMMISSIONER/CFO	50.00		129547	0	27000		X
KATHERINE KEENE
A. COMMISSIONER SPORTS ADM	50.00		110766	0	27000		X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	530313	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	115200	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	3	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	0	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	1	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	0	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Membership Dues	2320000	MembershipDues
All Other Contributions	2593919	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	4913919	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
BCS BOWL REVENUE	711300	4050200	4050200
TOURNAMENT REVENUE	711300	3295151	3295151
BEEF O'BRADY'S BOWL REVENUE	711300	1082389	1082389
GODADDY.COM BOWL REVENUE	711300	825750	825750
NEW ORLEANS BOWL REVENUE	711300	821605	821605

Total Oth Program Service Revenue TotalOthProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1432015	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1432015	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	11507110	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	14094	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$14,094	ExclusionAmount

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	141653	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$141,653	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	31831	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	35633	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-3802	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	-3802	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	INTERNET STREAM INCOME	Description
Business Code	517000	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	2798	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	2798	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	2798	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	16575772	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	11506106	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$155,747	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5994517	Total
Program Services	5994517	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	530313	Total
Management And General	530313	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	529962	Total
Program Services	529962	ProgramServices

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	104450	Total
Program Services	52208	ProgramServices
Management And General	52242	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	167472	Total
Program Services	83708	ProgramServices
Management And General	83764	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	70017	Total
Program Services	34997	ProgramServices
Management And General	35020	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	51470	Total
Management And General	51470	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9800	Total
Management And General	9800	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	319420	Total
Program Services	271942	ProgramServices
Management And General	47478	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	260956	Total
Program Services	260956	ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	99562	Total
Program Services	48395	ProgramServices
Management And General	51167	ManagementAndGeneral

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	330214	Total
Program Services	330214	ProgramServices

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	124869	Total
Management And General	124869	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	92490	Total
Program Services	92490	ProgramServices

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	270496	Total
Program Services	270496	ProgramServices

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	31490	Total
Management And General	31490	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	18878	Total
Management And General	18878	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
GODADDY.COM BOWL PAYOUT	1483126	1483126
LITTLE CAESAR'S BOWL PA	964600	964600
TELEVISION PRODUCTION C	947196	947196
BEEF O BRADY'S BOWL PAY	901345	901345

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1007553	Total
Program Services	936697	ProgramServices
Management And General	70856	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	14310196	Total
Program Services	13202849	ProgramServices
Management And General	1107347	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	20353	BOY
EOY	274934	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4007492	BOY
EOY	5844434	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	156382	BOY
EOY	682979	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	252525	BOY
EOY	471643	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	1323633	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	963840	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	462996	BOY
EOY	359793	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	193267	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	204081	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5093015	BOY
EOY	7837864	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2038475	BOY
EOY	2211651	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	259903	BOY
EOY	566000	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2298378	BOY
EOY	2777651	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1661445	BOY
EOY	4133275	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1133192	BOY
EOY	926938	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2794637	BOY
EOY	5060213	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5093015	BOY
EOY	7837864	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	2265576	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	0	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Info In Schedule O Part XII	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXII
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	1	FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	1	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	3014437	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	3240814	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	3272606	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3470996	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	4913919	CurrentTaxYear
Total	17912772	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2240061	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2692175	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2958413	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3037676	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	3326982	CurrentTaxYear
Total	14255307	Total

Gross Receipts From Non UBI GrossReceiptsFromNonUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2196393	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2913928	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	4779706	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	4644090	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	8211959	CurrentTaxYear
Total	22746076	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	7450891	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	8846917	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	11010725	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	11152762	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	16452860	CurrentTaxYear
Total	54914155	Total

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	54914155	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	29749	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	16172	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	13906	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	94747	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	155747	CurrentTaxYear
Total	310321	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	29749	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	16172	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	13906	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	94747	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	155747	CurrentTaxYear
Total	310321	Total

Other Income509 OtherIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1806	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	9574	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	5376	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2798	CurrentTaxYear
Total	19554	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	7480640	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	8864895	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	11034205	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	11252885	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	16611405	CurrentTaxYear
Total	55244030	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.99400	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.99540	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.00560	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.00420	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	1323633	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	963840	Depreciation
Book Value	359793	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	359793	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	16611405	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Revenues	35633	OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990	35633	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	16575772	RevenueSubtotal
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	0	RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	16575772	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	14345829	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Expenses Included	35633	OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F990	35633	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	14310196	ExpensesSubtotal
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	0	ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	14310196	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	COST OF GOODS SOLD
PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	COST OF GOOD SOLD

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	1	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable (11 entries)

Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant
UNIV OF ARKANSAS - LITTLE ROCK
322531	DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
518150	DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS
UNIV OF LOUISIANA - LAFAYETTE
582080	DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
400851	DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS
UNIVERSITY LOUSISANA - MONROE
619711	DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA
470082	DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
794359	DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS
TROY STATE UNIVERSITY
657618	DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
217030	DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
211739	DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
276523	DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Travel For Companions	X	TravelForCompanions
Written Policy Re T And E Expenses	1	WrittenPolicyReTAndEExpenses
Substantiation Required	1	SubstantiationRequired
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	0	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	0	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	0	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	0	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (2 entries)

TitleTitle	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrg	Comp Based On Related OrgsCompBasedOnRelatedOrgs	Bonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrg	Bonus Related OrgsBonusRelatedOrgs	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrg	Other Compensation Related OrgsOtherCompensationRelatedOrgs	Deferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrg	Deferred Comp Related OrgsDeferredCompRelatedOrgs	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg	Nontaxable Benefits Related OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgs	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg	Total Compensation Related OrgsTotalCompensationRelatedOrgs	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrg	Comp Report Prior990 Related OrgsCompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs
KARL BENSON
COMMISSIONER	290000	0	0	0	0	0	36000	0	25200	0	351200	0	0	0
HERBERT L CARTER III
A. COMMISSIONER/CFO	129547	0	0	0	0	0	13000	0	24000	0	166547	0	0	0

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Reference	PART I, LINE 1A	ReturnReference
Explanation	SUNBELT CONFERENCE ALLOWS THE COMMISSIONER TO TAKE TWO TRIPS PER YEAR WITH A COMPANION. THE COST OF THE COMPANION'S TRAVEL IS INCLUDED IN THE COMMISSIONER'S W-2.	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11	A COPY OF FORM 990 IS PRESENTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BEFORE IT IS FILED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DETERMINES COMPENSATION FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. THEY USE COMPARATIVE DATA FROM OTHER CONFERENCES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C	THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM YEAR TO YEAR.