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Filing year 2023

COTTON BOWL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Arlington, Texas·EIN 75-0863843·NTEE N650 · Recreation & Sports·3
Total revenue
$18.2M
Total assets
$35.1M
Total expenses
$14.3M
Reported officers
93
Mission

THE MISSION IS TO PRESENT THE MOST INNOVATIVE OF ALL COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES AND TO BE THE LEADER IN CREATING PREMIER COLLEGE SPORTS EXPERIENCES FOR UNIVERSITIES, STUDENT ATHLETES, SPONSORS AND THE COMMUNITY.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
$1.1M
$1.2M
$786k
$850k
Senior VP External Affairs
senior vice president
$398k
$430k
VP of Ticket Sales & Services
vice president
$229k
$247k
VP of Creative & Guest Service
vice president
$210k
$227k
VP of Executive Services
executive vice president
$208k
$225k
Director of Stadium Operations
$168k
$181k
Director of Communications
director (operational)
$166k
$180k
Director of Ticket Operations
$142k
$154k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 84 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Recreation & Sports

Up 3%
from 2022

From $1.1M in 2022 to $1.1M in 2023.

$1.1M
2022
$1.1M
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 2% in real terms$1.2M to $1.2M

Estimated with Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

COTTON BOWL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$16.8M
$14.4M
2022
$18.2M
$14.3M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Recreation & Sports executives earn in Texas

Comparable recreation & sports organizations in Texas pay their highest-earning executive a median of $49,785.

25th percentile
$15k
Median
$49,785
75th percentile
$113k
90th percentile
$202k

These are recreation & sports sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 402 organizations across 402 filings (2021 – 2024).

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