What your sooner club membership looks like
Sooner Club members earn points through their total gift made to OU Athletics. This includes both gifts made for home game seating and other philanthropic gifts designated for OU Athletics. In order to comply with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, a ‘dual-point’ system is used to allow for tax deductible giving options.
By implementing a separate priority point system (Championship Allocations), we’re able to account for total giving along with retaining tax deductible options. Inspiring Champions Fund and capital gifts don’t influence home ticket priority and will be tax deductible.
By implementing a separate priority point system (Championship Allocations), we’re able to account for total giving along with retaining tax deductible options. Inspiring Champions Fund and capital gifts don’t influence home ticket priority and will be tax deductible.
Priority Seat Gifts
(1) Sooner Point/$100 (1) Championship Point/$100 |
Inspiring Champions Fund
(3) Championship Points/$100 (1) For Past Giving |
Facility Gifts
(2) Championship Points/$100 For Life |
Scholarship Endowments
(2) Championship Points/$100 For Life |
Ticket Purchases/Attendance
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Championship Allocations
Membership enhancements have been made to reflect a member’s total giving to OU Athletics and provide new deductible opportunities to support the Sooners while better aligning each member’s interest. These deductible giving opportunities may not be used to cover priority seating requirements.
What will Championship Allocations be used for? Championship Allocations will be utilized for all non-home ticket benefits, including the Red River Showdown, gameday parking, away games & postseason tickets for all sports. These benefits are realloctaed each year and may not be the same from year to year. How will OU determine my Championship Allocation rank? Keeping a similar structure to the past while also accounting for total giving, a member will be ranked first by membership level then Championship Points within the level. Members can improve their Championship Allocation Ranking in the following ways:
How can I designate deductible gifts? Deductible gifts may be designated in two ways: the Inspiring Champions Fund and Capital Gifts. Inspring Champions Fund These gifts are tax deductible and provide nearly 600 student-athletes the resources needed to excel in the classroom and in competition. |
Sooner Allocations
These allocations will be used for all home ticket allocations where members’ priority seating gifts, years of purchasing season tickets and attendance points will reside. Any deductible gift will not be factored into a member’s Sooner Point calculation, preserving these gifts’ deductibility in Championship Points.
How members will be ranked for Sooner Allocations: A member’s priority rank for Sooner Allocations will be based on Sooner Points. Historically, members were ranked by priority points within membership levels but with the addition of deductible giving options, any membership level influenced by deductible giving options, fall short of compliance of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. |
