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 Connections
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Infobox, Created
Created: December 6, 1894; 131 years ago (1894-12-06)
Infobox, Headquarters
Headquarters: Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Lead section
It is a federally chartered nonprofit corporation
History, origins
the two American IOC members, James Edward Sullivan and William Milligan Sloane, formed a committee
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
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