How much does Atlantic Coast Conference give?

Atlantic Coast Conference reported 18 grants totaling $736,932,636 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Atlantic Coast Conference fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (90%), Recreation & Sports (10%).

Who are Atlantic Coast Conference's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Clemson University ($358M), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($333M), University of Louisville ($332M).

Does Atlantic Coast Conference fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Where is Atlantic Coast Conference based?

Atlantic Coast Conference is based in NC.

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Atlantic Coast Conference

The ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE, through its member institutions, seeks to maximize the educational and athletic opportunities of its student-athletes while enriching their quality of life. It strives to do so by affording individuals equitable opportunity to pursue academic excellence and compete successfully at the highest level of…

$737M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 18
Grants FY2025: 14
Organizations funded FY2024: 0%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $46,461,278
Largest grant, FY2025: $55,129,046
Organizations funded a year: 14 to 14; FY2018 to FY2024
Total assets, FY2025: $364M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Atlantic Coast Conference funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	16	$699M	13%
FY2024	14	$630M	0%
FY2023	14	$627M	0%
FY2022	14	$552M	0%
FY2021	14	$506M	0%
FY2020	14	$453M	0%
FY2019	14	$404M	0%
FY2018	14	$413M	0%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$4.3BRecreation & Sports$477M

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
Clemson University	$357,941,284	9	n/a
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$333,145,262	9	n/a
University of Louisville	$332,035,804	9	n/a
University of Miami	$330,825,687	9	1%
Duke University	$329,212,960	9	1%
Nc State University	$328,979,931	9	n/a
Trustees of Boston College	$328,470,315	9	3%
University of Pittsburgh	$327,949,498	9	1%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	$327,822,888	9	n/a
Syracuse University	$327,122,921	9	3%

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All grantees of Atlantic Coast Conference by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Clemson University	$357,941,284	9	n/a
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$333,145,262	9	n/a
University of Louisville	$332,035,804	9	n/a
University of Miami	$330,825,687	9	1%
Duke University	$329,212,960	9	1%
Nc State University	$328,979,931	9	n/a
Trustees of Boston College	$328,470,315	9	3%
University of Pittsburgh	$327,949,498	9	1%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	$327,822,888	9	n/a
Syracuse University	$327,122,921	9	3%
Florida State University	$326,881,879	9	n/a
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia	$323,944,845	9	n/a
Wake Forest University	$320,965,715	9	6%
Georgia Tech Athletic Association Inc	$320,483,127	9	45%
Regents of the University of California	$22,993,712	1	n/a
Southern Methodist University	$17,065,303	1	1%

Atlantic Coast Conference supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 8.

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About Atlantic Coast Conference

How much does Atlantic Coast Conference give?: Atlantic Coast Conference reported 18 grants totaling $736,932,636 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Atlantic Coast Conference fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (90%), Recreation & Sports (10%).
Who are Atlantic Coast Conference's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Clemson University ($358M), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($333M), University of Louisville ($332M).
Does Atlantic Coast Conference fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is Atlantic Coast Conference based?: Atlantic Coast Conference is based in NC.