The NFL Is A Very Profitable Nonprofit

The NFL Is A Very Profitable Nonprofit Maybe rowdy football fans can be somewhat forgiven for rumbling around NFL stadiums like they own the places. After all, the overwhelming majority of NFL stadia have been built with some taxpayer money. The history of the owners of NFL teams taking handouts for state-of-the-art football palaces is all the more noteworthy when compared to the amount of money that the sport generates. The NFL's total annual revenue in 2012 was $9.5 billion. Thanks to the league office's status as a nonprofit trade organization some of that money is even exempt from taxation. NFL Tackles The Taxpayer Total stadium cost, in 2013 dollars New York Giants/ Amount publicly financed New York Jets Chicago Bears Carolina I Completely publicly financed New Orleans Panthers New England Saints Patriots ny Cincinnati Bengals 1E $1B Kansas City Chiefs E Miami Dolphins Oakland Raiders aps Denver Broncos St. Louis Rams $477M Washington Redskins Tennessee Titans $430M Buffalo Bills $410M $102M $35M Indianapolis Colts Minnesota Vikings* $116M $407M $133M $25M $179M $500M $401M $189M $50M Jacksonville Jaguars Arizona Cardinals $194M $388M $125M $201M San Diego Chargers $376M Seattle Seahawks $250M Dallas San Francisco Cowboys 49ers* Atlanta Falcons Detroit Lions $29.5M Green Bay Packers Cleveland Browns Houston Texans Tampa Bay Baltimore Philadelphia Pittsburgh Buccaneers Steelers Ravens Eagles *The Minnesota Vikings just unveiled a design for the new Vikings Stadium, which will cost an estimated $975 million (about $498 million will be publicly financed) with an estimated completion in 2016. The San Francisco 49ers are currenty building Levi's Stadium, estimated to open in 2014. It cost $1.3 billion, which includes $116 million in public financing. NFL's Give And TAKE NFL Front Office Salaries - Equal to annual NFL stadium subsidies and tax favors $9.5B $8.8M $8.5M Total NFL annual revenue $5.7M $23M Amount the NFL $3.9M Foundation will give back to communities in 2013 Sources: Forbes, Guidestar, NFL Foundation, National Sports Law Institute THE HUFFINGTON POST of Marquette University Law School, The Atlantic -$510M $548M -$583M $605M $357M $338M $25M $334M $285M $254M $252M $242M $230M * NFL Executive Vice 2 President Eric Grubman * NFL Executive Vice President 2 and General Counsel Jeff Pash * Executive Vice President 3 of Media Steve Bornstein o Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue NFL Commissioner Roger Goodel