US Olympic & Paralympic Committee

Founded in 1894 and headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) serves as both the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and National Paralympic Committee (NPC) for the United States. The USOPC is focused on serving America’s elite athletes and is responsible for fielding U.S. teams for the Olympic, Paralympic, Youth Olympic, Pan American, and Parapan American Games and serving as the steward of the Olympic and Paralympic Movement in the U.S.

A federally chartered nonprofit corporation, the USOPC is entirely privately funded through the generosity of the American public and the support of many commercial partners. It is one of the only NOCs in the world that manages both Olympic and Paralympic activities. Also, unlike other NOCs, it does not receive governmental funding. 

Approximately 82% of the USOPC’s budget directly impacts its mission of holistically supporting athletes via a variety of programs for both athletes and their National Governing Bodies (NGBs). In addition to performance grants and rewards, additional support is provided through training facilities, sports medicine and science, mental health, and psychological services, coaching education, health insurance, promotional opportunities, education and career services, outfitting and travel, and safe sport and anti-doping programming. 

Additionally, the USOPC oversees the process by which U.S. cities bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Youth Olympic Games, or the Pan American and Parapan American Games, while also supporting the bid processes for hosting a myriad of other international competitions. Further, the USOPC approves the U.S. trial sites and procedures for the Olympic, Paralympic, Youth Olympic, Pan American, and Parapan American Games team selections.

Together with Team USA athlete leaders and a robust ecosystem of NGBs, advisory councils, the U.S. Anti-doping Agency, the U.S. Center for SafeSport, countless volunteers, and thousands of organizations dedicated to sport, the USOPC continues to serve the most successful sport nation, winning more medals than any other country, hosting more international competitions and serving in more global sport leadership roles than any of our international peers.