The Naval Academy Athletic Association is a 501©3 which funds the athletic department, including paying most coaches' salaries, owning and operating Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium etc.

"About 3 to 4 percent of its $41 million budget comes from federal funding" according to AD Gladchuk in this article: http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/ph-ac...story.html because some of the travel, personnel (like PE professors, including some active duty instructors) just CAN'T be separated out.

The NAAA supports 33 varsity intercollegiate teams, which comprise over 1,000 of the 4,400 midshipmen. This is an integral part of the Academy's mission which begins "To develop midshipmen morally, mentally, and physically..." NAAA also directly supports several of the more important club sports. All mids are required to do at least intramurals; those mids who are only intramural warriors (like I was) benefit from facilities, equipment, etc just like the 25% who directly gain from NAAA-funded sports.

The combination of being a 501©3 but directly related to the DoN created a loophole for not releasing info. Sorry not sorry. USAToday got butthurt that they have gaps in their finances database that they can't fill. Their next yellow journalism piece might as well be "SLHNavy91 refuses to give USAToday his tax returns (even though he is perfectly legally justified not to, we are angry)

The University of Cincinnati News Record article citing "what athletics cost each Navy student" is at BEST imprecise in its wording/framing of the 3-4%

Army West Point and Air Force have created similar structures to NAAA but are behind us in timeline (remember the government shutdown in 2013? Navy was fine because there were $0 federal tax dollars in play, Air Force was at risk of not being able to play us)