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American Athletic Conference
The american conference's mission is to provide students with the highest quality education and level of competition. Working together with a collective strength and spirit, our universities are committed to our students' health and well-being, and to provide the skills and training essential to empower them in their lives and careers…
- $127M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,917,118
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,641,594
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $88M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations American Athletic Conference funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $127M | 7% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $109M | 40% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $100M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $94M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $88M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $61M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $55M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $68M | 8% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of South Florida | $74,257,490 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Memphis Foundation | $72,120,028 | 9 | 38% |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $66,254,906 | 9 | 1% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $65,121,678 | 9 | 1% |
| East Carolina University | $62,539,722 | 9 | n/a |
| The University of Tulsa | $61,852,502 | 9 | 3% |
| University of Cincinnati | $57,227,915 | 7 | n/a |
| Southern Methodist University | $52,186,923 | 8 | 1% |
| University of Central Florida | $50,691,384 | 7 | n/a |
| Naval Academy Athletic Association | $46,290,058 | 9 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of South Florida | $74,257,490 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Memphis Foundation | $72,120,028 | 9 | 38% |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $66,254,906 | 9 | 1% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $65,121,678 | 9 | 1% |
| East Carolina University | $62,539,722 | 9 | n/a |
| The University of Tulsa | $61,852,502 | 9 | 3% |
| University of Cincinnati | $57,227,915 | 7 | n/a |
| Southern Methodist University | $52,186,923 | 8 | 1% |
| University of Central Florida | $50,691,384 | 7 | n/a |
| Naval Academy Athletic Association | $46,290,058 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Houston | $45,242,728 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Connecticut | $24,877,915 | 4 | n/a |
| Kansas Athletics Inc | $15,748,411 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Texas at San Antonio | $11,826,782 | 2 | n/a |
| University of North Texas | $11,114,941 | 2 | n/a |
| William Marsh Rice University | $11,033,310 | 2 | 0% |
| Florida Atlantic University | $10,832,129 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $10,652,396 | 2 | n/a |
| The University of North Carolina at Charlotte | $10,575,353 | 2 | n/a |
| Army West Point Athletic Association inc | $3,876,900 | 1 | n/a |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Folds of Honor Foundation
How this is measured
About American Athletic Conference
- How much does American Athletic Conference give?
- American Athletic Conference reported 15 grants totaling $126,769,924 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does American Athletic Conference fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (100%).
- Who are American Athletic Conference's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of South Florida ($74M), University of Memphis Foundation ($72M), The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund ($66M).
- Does American Athletic Conference fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Athletic Conference?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Folds of Honor Foundation.
- Where is American Athletic Conference based?
- American Athletic Conference is based in TX.
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