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I request the NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System revenue and expense reports for fiscal (or reporting) year 2025. Specifically:
These reports are completed by the athletic department for the National Collegiate Athletic Association for the fiscal years listed above. This report is a multi-page document that had to be submitted to the NCAA in January. It contains 40+ revenue and expense categories, followed by specific breakdowns of each of those categories, by sport and gender. I am requesting the full report, including the detail tables, the “Other Reporting Items” list and the “Statement of Revenues and Expenses” that appears at the end of the report. PLEASE NOTE: The NCAA report is different than the equity report that is sent to the U.S. Department of Education for Title IX compliance.
FOI #26-025 (01-16-26, 4:12 am) - Subject - Open Records Request - University of Connecticut (19676)
Name - Min Oh
Affiliation - Winthrop Intelligence, LLC
Part 1: NCAA Finance Report
Pursuant to applicable authority, I am writing to request a copy of the NCAA Annual Financial Report provided to the NCAA for the following fiscal years: 2024-2025
Part 2: Independent Accountant's Report on the Application of Agreed-Upon Procedures
Pursuant to applicable authority, I am writing to request a copy of the Independent Accountant's Report on the Application of Agreed-Upon Procedures (for NCAA Finance Reports) for the following fiscal years: 2024-2025
If the requested records described above are available in electronic format (e.g., PDFs or CD), then I would prefer to receive the information in that format instead of paper copies. If you are able to email the records, I request all PDFs in a single WinZip file in the responsive email (no password protected files, please). If you are unable to email the records or you require an address to process this request, please find below my mailing address. If fulfilling this request will result in any costs exceeding $25, please provide a cost estimate in advance so we can review and confirm before proceeding.
Again, if any items are immediately accessible or already compiled, please feel free to send those over now rather than waiting to gather all remaining records.
Thank you very much for your assistance. Please let me know if you have any questions, or require any other information to process this request in a timely manner.
I am seeking to obtain the FRS report (otherwise known as the MFRS Report or NCAA Financial Report) from 2025 which has a filing deadline of January 15th, 2026 to the NCAA. Thank you for your time and assistance
FOI #26-023 (01-15-26, 11:51 am) - Subject - Special payroll contracts/assignments/projects
Name - Adam Fry
Affiliation -
For the period 2010 until today, I am requesting copies of all special payroll contracts/assignments/projects and other proof of additional compensation for job duties in addition to those specified in the appointment letters for the following UConn employees:
Susan Herrick, Professor in Residence
Miranda Davis, Associate Professor in Residence / Associate Head
Edward McAssey, Assistant Professor in Residence
Rachel Prunier, Academic Assistant 4 / Lecturer
Thomas Abbott, Associate Professor in Residence
John Cooley, Associate Professor in Residence
FOI #26-021 (01-15-26, 10:16 am) - Subject - Athletics
Name - Rebecca Goodrich
Affiliation - Extra Points
All contracts and amendments for current head coaches of NCAA-sponsored sports that were a) signed, b) modified or c) offered from Jan 1 2025 through Dec 31, 2025.
2) All contracts and amendments for the current university athletic director that were a) signed, b) modified or c) offered from Jan 1 2025 through Dec 31, 2025.
3) All vendor contracts with the athletic department that were a) signed, b) modified or c) offered from Jan 1 2025 through Dec 31, 2025 IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES
-Athletic Apparel
-Pouring Rights
-Multimedia Rights (MMR)
-Licensing
-Athletic Department Travel
-Athletic Department Consulting Projects
-Compliance software
-NIL consulting services
-Ticketing Software Agreement
4) All current full-time contracts for Club Sport Coaches or coaches of NON-NCAA governed sports, including but not limited to: Rugby, Hockey, esports, bass fishing, snowboarding, ultimate frisbee, Women’s Flag Football etc
5) The FY25 athletic department MFRS Report (itemized athletic budget NCAA report)
FOI #26-020 - Subject - Economic faculty salary data
Name - Carly Pfeffer
Affiliation -
Data Request:
I am conducting an academic research project analyzing Economics faculty salary data from 2015–2025 and how compensation varies by demographic characteristics such as race, gender, academic field, rank, and year. I am requesting de-identified salary data for economics professors during this period, along with relevant faculty characteristics (e.g., discipline, rank, appointment type, and year). All data will be used solely for scholarly research and reported only in aggregate to ensure confidentiality.
Required details
Economics faculty salary data from 2015–2025 and demographic characteristics such as race, gender, academic field, rank, and year.
FOI #26-018 (01-14-26, 12:43 pm) - Subject - Public record Request
Name - Jennah Mitchell
Affiliation - Acme Research
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, we formally request that following the close of your current fiscal year your office provide us with public spending information, including both capital and operating expenditures for payments made by or on behalf of The University of Connecticut System during fiscal year 2025 for the following University of Connecticut campuses: Storrs, Hartford, and Avery Point, as well as the University of Connecticut Health Center. Specifically, sortable by campus as noted in the “Division SL” column, for any payee, other than a regular employee or student, paid a cumulative total amount of more than $5,000, we seek the payee name, address, and the cumulative total dollar amount paid to the subject payee over the relevant time period. The $5,000 threshold was established to minimize reporting for respondents. If a data sort of this type is not practical, please provide the requested information for all non- employee payees. This is the same format information that Kayla Postler was kind enough to provide via email for fiscal year 2024.**See Letter**
Pursuant to your state's public records laws, I request a copy of the University's Fiscal Year 2025 NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System (MFRS) report. This report was due to be submitted to the NCAA on or about January 15, 2026.