Research by NTG

GymACT

Gymnastics Association of College Teams

FEDERATION CONDITIONS · USAG-sanctioned events · other rights under review

Evidence reviewed · 2026-10-31

US$30K+

Community support distributed

Since 2020 · gyms, athletes & programs

16 member programs · 2026–27

ATHLETE ECONOMICS

What reaches the athlete?

Documented pathways include individual academic awards and team competition prizes. The USA Gymnastics Foundation’s 2025 report lists US$2,750 awards for named GymACT and Arizona athletes; Minnesota’s 2026 Invitational reports three team prizes totaling US$2,900. GymACT also reports US$30,000+ in community support since 2020. These amounts have different recipients and periods; team and community totals are not personal salaries.

Find a GymACT team Entry & costs NIL & commercial rights

Organization & business model

Growing collegiate pathways: 6 member programs in 2018 → 16 in the 2026–27 roster. These are association-wide figures; each team has its own identity and funding model.

275 · Athletes listed · 2026–27
2 · Conferences · 2026–27

Origins: GymACT began in 2018. Arizona Collegiate Gymnastics is the Arizona program’s newer identity, continuing a self-funded model since 1993; a new name does not reset its history.
Business model: GymACT is a nonprofit association. Member programs use fundraising, donations and sponsorship. The financial records below include the matching IRS entity record and Arizona’s supporting nonprofit’s Form 990, with each legal entity and fiscal period identified.

GymACT founding member · 2018

ACG · Arizona Collegiate Gymnastics

Formerly Arizona State Men’s Gymnastics · website brand: Arizona Men’s Gymnastics

Self-funded since 1993. Through Scott Barclay’s leadership and its community’s support, the program has sustained a collegiate pathway for 33 years and helped establish GymACT.

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Arizona’s current identity continues the former ASU program. Its experience with independent funding helped shape GymACT’s model for collegiate teams.

Rules & athlete rights

We examine entry and exit rules, who owns and licenses an athlete’s name, image and likeness (NIL), and how income reaches the athlete.

Participation: Program admission and eligibility are governed. USAG-sanctioned events require USA Gymnastics membership and compliance with its rules.
Movement & exit: USAG’s 2026 membership terms, section 7, make membership nonrefundable and prohibit withdrawal during its term. This is a membership condition; it does not establish a general prohibition on changing clubs or earning outside income.
NIL ownership & licensing: USAG’s 2026 terms, section 6, permit event-media use without payment to the athlete, including broadcasts with advertising and sponsorship. Featuring the athlete as the primary subject of a commercial endorsement requires separate prior written consent. These event-media permissions do not establish a transfer of all NIL ownership.
Athlete earnings: Documented pathways include individual academic awards and team competition prizes. The USA Gymnastics Foundation’s 2025 report lists US$2,750 awards for named GymACT and Arizona athletes; Minnesota’s 2026 Invitational reports three team prizes totaling US$2,900. GymACT also reports US$30,000+ in community support since 2020. These amounts have different recipients and periods; team and community totals are not personal salaries.

What makes a market OPEN or CLOSED?

OPEN · athlete autonomy

Athletes can enter through sporting ability without federation control over entry, exit or outside earning opportunities, while retaining control of their name, image and likeness (NIL). Event rules, safety standards and selection can still apply.

CLOSED · governing-body controls

Participation in a federation-governed system is conditional on compliance with that governing body’s bylaws and regulations. Registration and eligibility determine who can compete; transfer and contract rules govern movement, with financial and commercial conditions set by the system.

OPEN / CLOSED are NTG research classifications, not legal statuses. Selection alone does not make a system closed. Independence alone does not prove openness. An event media licence is not automatically a transfer of all NIL rights.

Published financial records

GymACT-published financial activity · USD

GymACT · Community support

Association-reported distributions to gyms, individual athletes and collegiate programs

Cumulative since 2020 · current fundraising disclosure

Community support distributed: US$30,000+

GymACT reports distributing more than US$30,000 across community initiatives. Recipients include athletes, facilities and collegiate programs. This is cumulative community support, not annual association revenue or exclusively athlete salary.

GymACT fundraising and distribution disclosure

Public IRS Form 990 · USD

Sun Devil Gymnastics Booster Club

Arizona program’s supporting nonprofit · EIN 86-0731378

Fiscal year ended June 2025 · Form 990 filed 1 May 2026

Total revenue: US$1,215,183
Total expenses: US$1,136,538
Revenue less expenses: US$78,645
Total assets: US$1,303,337
Total liabilities: US$22,278
Net assets: US$1,281,059

-25.9% · Revenue change · 2024–2025

This return belongs to Arizona’s supporting nonprofit. It is not GymACT’s association-wide revenue and does not consolidate the other member programs.

2025 Form 990 · IRS filing history and financial data · Arizona program history

Historical accounts & calculation notes

Fiscal years end in June. Each row uses its own IRS return; amounts are shown as filed.

Sun Devil Gymnastics Booster Club · USD
Fiscal year	Total revenue	Total expenses	Revenue less expenses	Total assets	Total liabilities	Net assets
2024	US$1,639,093	US$1,329,301	US$309,792	US$1,180,181	US$7,638	US$1,172,543
2025	US$1,215,183	US$1,136,538	US$78,645	US$1,303,337	US$22,278	US$1,281,059

Official award reports · USD

GymACT pathways · Published award examples

Different award providers and recipients · examples, not association accounts

2025–26 scholarship awards · 2026 Minnesota Invitational team awards

Individual academic award example: US$2,750
Minnesota event · three team prizes: US$2,900

The USA Gymnastics Foundation’s 2025 report lists US$2,750 awards for named GymACT and Arizona athletes for the 2025–26 season. The Minnesota organizer reports team prizes of US$1,500, US$900 and US$500, totaling US$2,900. Team awards do not establish each athlete’s payment; these separate examples are not combined into one income figure.

USA Gymnastics Foundation · 2025 awards · Minnesota GymACT Invitational · 2026 results and prizes

IRS record · Form 990-PF filing requirement

GYMACT · IRS entity record

EIN 41-4780413 · name and published payment address match

IRS recognition: March 2026 · extract dated 13 October 2026

The IRS lists GYMACT as a 501(c)(3) private non-operating foundation at the payment address in GymACT’s published manual. This supports the entity match; it does not establish legal succession from earlier entities. IRS recognition is separate from the association’s 2018 sporting origin.

The current IRS extract contains no fiscal period or financial amounts for this EIN. Revenue and assets are blank in the source, not zero. Association accounts and the Arizona program’s accounts below remain distinct.

IRS California entity data · CSV · IRS extract date and methodology · IRS filing-code definitions · IRS · mandatory annual Form 990-PF return · GymACT payment-address source

LIFECYCLE & GROWTH

Progress in its own time

Index each documented series to 100, then inspect years since its own launch. This separates growth from dollar size while keeping the organization’s maturity visible.

Index: first documented value = 100. Calendar age: years since the stated launch; launch year = 0. Observation years and lifecycle age are shown separately.

GymACT · Member programs · count

Association began in 2018; 2026–27 roster observed in 2026

Baseline · 2018: 6 · Index 100
Latest observed · 2026: 16 · Index 266.7
Annualized change: +13%
2018–2026 · 8 years

Public membership accounts: 6 programs in 2018, 16 on the 2026–27 roster. Only the endpoints are recorded here. The index measures program expansion, not revenue or athlete income.

Annualized change uses the two documented endpoints. The intervening path is unknown; the chart leaves those years blank.

GymACT · Member programs · count
Year	Calendar age	Observed value	Index	Source
2018	0	6	100	Evidence
2019	1	Unobserved	—	—
2020	2	Unobserved	—	—
2021	3	Unobserved	—	—
2022	4	Unobserved	—	—
2023	5	Unobserved	—	—
2024	6	Unobserved	—	—
2025	7	Unobserved	—	—
2026	8	16	266.7	Evidence

Values, time conventions & methodology

Index = 100 × current value ÷ baseline. Annualized change = 100 × [(last ÷ first)^(1 ÷ elapsed years) − 1]. Calendar age = observation year − launch year; launch year is 0. At least two elapsed annual intervals are required here for annualized change.

Different metrics remain different: prizes, transfer fees, programs and teams. Indexing does not make them comparable valuations, investment returns or an age-adjusted ranking. Blank years are unobserved; no interpolation or forecasts are used.

For the same 2023–2025 window: TST prize growth is +41.4% annualized; FIFA-reported transfer fees +16.4%. These are different financial flows, not a performance ranking.

European Commission · normalization · SEC · market capitalization

Federation Market Capacity · research framework

Not rated · insufficient comparable peers

A future capacity score needs comparable peers, the same metric and scope, a declared age band and sufficient evidence. These four subjects do not form a valid peer cohort, so no score is published. Market capitalization would require an actual equity valuation; financial flows cannot substitute for it.