THE SUN CONFERENCE INC

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $689K · expenses $643K · assets $89K

EIN
59-3534404
Address
1201 N SCENIC HWY, BABSON PARK, FL 33827-9751
Website
WWW.THESUNCONFERENCE.COM
NTEE code
N70
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
February 2014 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt: reinstated November 15, 2010 after an automatic revocation on November 15, 2010 IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity, 509(a)(2)
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Mission

NOW IN ITS 28TH YEAR, THE SUN CONFERENCE, A 501C3 ORGANIZATION, CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCES IN THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS (NAIA).THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS' CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER PROVIDES TRAINING TO ENSURE STUDENT-ATHLETES KNOW, DO AND VALUE THE RIGHT THINGS IN ALL AREAS OF LIFE. THE FIVE CORE VALUES: INTEGRITY, RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, SPORTSMANSHIP AND SERVANT LEADERSHIP ARE PUT INTO PLAY, ACCOUNTED FOR AND TRACKED AT ALL NAIA SCHOOLS.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Dustin Wilke COO2018-2024 $110,414$526,229 1
Mark Pope (former) PAST COO2018 $36,442$36,442 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

6 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
David Armstrong DIRECTOR2019-2024 1 $0 reported 9
David Hoag PRESIDENT2018-2024 1 $0 reported 4
Dr Gary Vonk DIRECTOR2018-2024 1 $0 reported 3
Michelle Johnston (former) DIRECTOR2022 1 $0 reported 1
Brad Niethammer (former) TREASURER2018-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Dr Al Panu (former) DIRECTOR2018-2021 1 $0 reported 2

People by year

2024 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $110K · 2 employees · 10 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DUSTIN WILKE COO40 $110,414$0$0 $110,4141
DAVID ARMSTRONG DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $09
DR DAVID HOAG PRESIDENT1 $0$0$0 $04
DR GARY VONK DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
2023 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $100K · 2 employees · 10 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DUSTIN WILKE COO40 $100,000$0$0 $100,0001
DAVID ARMSTRONG DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $09
DR DAVID HOAG PRESIDENT1 $0$0$0 $04
DR GARY VONK DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
2022 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $104K · 1 employee · 50 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DUSTIN WILKE COO40 $103,825$0$0 $103,8251
DAVID ARMSTRONG DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $09
DR DAVID HOAG PRESIDENT1 $0$0$0 $04
MICHELLE JOHNSTON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
BRAD NIETHAMMER TREASURER1 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $99K · 1 employee · 50 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DUSTIN WILKE COO40 $93,682$0$4,933 $98,6151
DAVID ARMSTRONG DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $09
DR DAVID HOAG PRESIDENT1 $0$0$0 $04
DR AL PANU DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
DR GARY VONK DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
BRAD NIETHAMMER TREASURER5 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $84K · 2 employees · 4 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DUSTIN WILKE COO40 $84,500$0$0 $84,5001
DAVID ARMSTRONG DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $09
DR DAVID HOAG PRESIDENT1 $0$0$0 $04
DR AL PANU DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
DR GARY VONK DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
BRAD NIETHAMMER TREASURER5 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DR AL PANU DIRECTOR1 $0-- $02
DR DAVID HOAG PRESIDENT1 $0-- $04
DR GARY VONK DIRECTOR1 $0-- $03
DUSTIN WILKE COO40 $0-- $01
BRAD NIETHAMMER TREASURER5 $0-- $01
DAVID ARMSTRONG DIRECTOR1 $0-- $09
2018 · 6 people listed · 2 paid, $65K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MARK POPE PAST COO40 $36,442-- $36,4421
DUSTIN WILKE COO40 $28,875-- $28,8751
DR AL PANU DIRECTOR1 $0-- $02
DR DAVID HOAG PRESIDENT1 $0-- $04
DR GARY VONK DIRECTOR1 $0-- $03
BRAD NIETHAMMER TREASURER40 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

State business registration

The same business name in the same state, from the state’s official registry data.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2025-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$689,006$643,288 $89,356$87,030 $0$689,004 $110,414210
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2024-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$574,423$572,805 $44,581$41,312 $234,871$339,538 $100,000210
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2023-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$419,187$445,238 $25,096$39,694 $159,826$259,300 $103,825150
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2022-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$241,587$258,770 $54,425$54,425 $17,883$223,700 $93,682150
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2021-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$244,379$190,972 $102,231$99,817 $34,672$209,700 $84,50024
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$161,615$173,908 $48,102$46,410 $11,609- ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$187,980$177,149 $60,635$58,703 $21,935$16,040 ---

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $31 in all, tax years 2020 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “THE SUN CONFERENCE INC” 2020-2023 4$31 2023$16
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Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $643,288 spent · pay $223,464 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)OPERATING EXPENSES: OFFIC $225,426$225,426-- 35.0%
Other salaries and wages $223,464$24,250$199,214- 34.7%
All other expenses $114,124$112,989$1,135- 17.7%
Other (as described)SPORT EXPENSE:INDOOR TRAC $35,352$35,352-- 5.5%
Other (as described)SPORT EXPENSE:SWIMMING & $26,403$26,403-- 4.1%
Other (as described)OPERATING EXPENSES: WEBSI $18,519$18,519-- 2.9%
Total$643,288100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $572,805 spent · pay $259,762 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $259,762$229,762$30,000- 45.3%
Other (as described)OPERATIONS EXPENSES: OFFI $187,562$187,562-- 32.7%
All other expenses $73,774$72,539$1,235- 12.9%
Other (as described)CHAMPIONSHIP OPERATIONS E $21,291$21,291-- 3.7%
Other (as described)OPERATING EXPENSES: AWARD $16,604$16,604-- 2.9%
Other (as described)OPERATING EXPENSES: STAFF $13,812$13,812-- 2.4%
Total$572,805100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $445,238 spent · pay $207,182 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)OPERATIONS EXPENSES: OFFI $143,010$143,010-- 32.1%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $103,825$77,869$25,956- 23.3%
Other salaries and wages $103,357$36,670$66,687- 23.2%
All other expenses $48,704$48,704-- 10.9%
Other (as described)CHAMPIONSHIP - BASEBALL $22,834$22,834-- 5.1%
Other (as described)CHAMPIONSHIP OPP EXP $12,902$12,902-- 2.9%
Other (as described)OPERATING EXPENSES: OTHER $10,606$10,606-- 2.4%
Total$445,238100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $258,770 spent · pay $179,685 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $179,685$26,665$153,020- 69.4%
All other expenses $32,278$32,278-- 12.5%
Other (as described)OPERATING EXPENSES: AWARD $22,214$22,214-- 8.6%
Other (as described)OPERATING EXPENSES: COMMI $9,932$9,932-- 3.8%
Other (as described)CHAMPIONSHIP - BEACH VOLL $7,832$7,832-- 3.0%
Other (as described)INSURANCE $6,829$6,829-- 2.6%
Total$258,770100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $190,972 spent · pay $139,891 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $139,891$26,485$113,406- 73.3%
All other expenses $25,833$25,833-- 13.5%
Other (as described)CHAMPIONSHIP - BASEBALL $9,091$9,091-- 4.8%
Other (as described)OPERATING EXPENSES: AWARD $6,147$6,147-- 3.2%
Other (as described)OPERATING EXPENSES: COMMI $5,889$5,889-- 3.1%
Other (as described)INSURANCE $4,121$4,121-- 2.2%
Total$190,972100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $173,908 spent · pay $134,599 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $134,599 77.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $39,309 22.6%
Total$173,908100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $177,149 spent · pay $88,732 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $88,732 50.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $47,217 26.7%
Fees to independent contractors $25,200 14.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $16,000 9.0%
Total$177,149100%

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