EIN 23-7111835

National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
0
State
Year formed
1970
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment commissions research, fosters information dissemination and establishes standards for athletic equipment. It issues license agreements for compliance with its standards, investigates complaints of violations, and conducts an ongoing social media campaign to educate the public and refer them to other educational sites for concussion awareness. It is located in Overland Park, KS.
Total revenues
$2,929,105
2022
Total expenses
$2,362,807
2022
Total assets
$2,335,878
2022
Num. employees
0
2022

Program areas at National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment

Research includes both formal research grant review and funding using the NIH model, directed research contracts recommended by the Scientific Advisory Committee, and special research projects undertaken by the NOCSAE Technical Advisor at the direction of the Executive Director. Research involves not only medical issues involving injury epidemiology and biomechanical causation issues, but also includes scientific research in the area of testing protocols, standards revisisons to address technical questions and issues, and coordination with other standards and research organizations to share data and harmonize efforts where appropriate.
Licensing and standards: Licensing involves maintaining and issuing license agreements to control the use of trademarks and intellectual property used in the certification of equipment as compliant with our standards, investigating complaints of violations of standards, and investigating unauthorized use of trademarked properties by licensees and non-licensees. It also involves surveillance of available national and international shipping and import data for counterfeit athletic equipment to prevent dilution of standards and protection of the public for deficient equipment falsely claiming compliance with the NOCSAE standards.Standards program services involves the development and implementation of new standards, calibration and coordination of inter-lab validation testing and analysis, review and maintenance of existing standards, public announcement of proposed standards activities, investigating and addressing issues of standards interpretation, application, and compliance. This Program Service also includes maintaining third party certification relationship, regular meetings with third party certifier, managing reimbursement programs for certification fees, managing non-compliance issues, and coordinating publicly available information as to currently certified equipment.
Public education is an ongoing informational and education social media campaign to announce new findings, standards, and research updates, and to refer the public to other educational sites like the CDC Heads Up to Parents for concussion awareness and information and publicly available research studies on topics of interest. This program also involves creating and maintaining a website, free to the public, which contains copies of current and historical standards, general information on sports related injuries and prevention, equipment selection, usage, and maintenance, and to provide the public with the opportunity to submit feedback and comments on NOCSAE standards development.

Grants made by National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillThe Title of This Grant Is "advancing Catastrophic Sport Injury Research Through Detailed Investigations and Record Abstraction: National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research (Nccsir)". the Proposed Research Aims To Extend Surveillance, Recruitment, Interviewing and Record Acquisitions; Developing and Implementing Methodologies for Abstracting Information From Me/coroner, Medical/imaging Records for Catastrophic Sport Injuries and Illnesses.$100,000

Personnel at National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment

NameTitleCompensation
Michael OliverExecutive Director$0
David HalsteadTechnical Director
Frederick O. MuellerGrants Director
Robert CantuVice President$0
Kenneth StephensNocsae President$0
...and 3 more key personnel

Financials for National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$0
Program services$2,843,333
Investment income and dividends$85,772
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$2,929,105

Form 990s for National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-13990View PDF
2021-122022-11-15990View PDF
2020-122021-11-10990View PDF
2019-122021-03-01990View PDF
2017-122018-11-15990View PDF
...and 7 more Form 990s

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Data update history
January 22, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
January 21, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
May 20, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
August 9, 2022
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2020
Nonprofit Types
Sports organizationsTrade associationsBusiness and community development organizationsCharities
Issues
Human servicesSportsPublic policyBusiness and industry
Characteristics
Tax deductible donationsNo full-time employees
General information
Address
11020 King St 215
Overland Park, KS 66210
Metro area
Kansas City, MO-KS
Website URL
nocsae.org/ 
Phone
(913) 888-1340
IRS details
EIN
23-7111835
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1970
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
N05: Recreation and Sports Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis
NAICS code, primary
813910: Trade Associations
Parent/child status
Independent
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