The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee for the United States, tracing its origins to the American Olympic Committee formed in 1894 and reorganized under its current dual Olympic-Paralympic mandate in 2019, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It coordinates and funds the US National Governing Bodies for individual Olympic and Paralympic sports, selects and fields the American teams for the Summer and Winter Games, and derives most of its budget from private sponsorship and broadcast revenue sharing rather than direct government funding, a financing model distinct from most other nations' Olympic committees.
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Body TypeFederally chartered nonprofit corporation 1 HeadquartersColorado Springs, Colorado, United States 1 FoundersJames Edward Sullivan, William Milligan Sloane 1 Body Type
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Does the United States government fund the USOPC?
No. It is a federally chartered nonprofit and receives no federal financial support apart from select Paralympic military programs.
No. The USOPC is a federally chartered nonprofit corporation, set up under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act, and it does not receive federal financial support, apart from funding for select Paralympic military programs. That makes it unusual among national Olympic committees, because the United States has no sports ministry funding its committee.
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The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) for the United States.
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Upon the founding of the International Olympic Committee in 1894, the two American IOC members - James Edward Sullivan and William Milligan Sloane - formed a committee to organize the participation of American athletes in the 1896 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece.
Introduction
It was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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It is a federally chartered nonprofit corporation
Associated With: Olympic Games, Opening paragraph
The USOPC is responsible for supporting, entering and overseeing U.S. teams for the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games
Associated With: Paralympic Games, Opening paragraph
The USOPC is responsible for supporting, entering and overseeing U.S. teams for the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games
Associated With: International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Lead paragraph
is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) for the United States
Governs: Olympic Sports, lead sentence, states the committee role in the Olympic movement
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) for the United States.
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