· Public charity
Big East Conference Inc
To promote, organize, & improve intercollegiate athletic competition between member institutions of the conference & enhance educational opportunities for its students.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| University of Connecticut | $8,317,521 |
| Villanova University | $6,206,916 |
| Creighton University | $6,047,733 |
| St John's University | $6,009,267 |
| Xavier University | $5,840,950 |
| Georgetown University | $5,800,606 |
| Marquette University | $5,660,250 |
| Providence College | $5,472,869 |
| Butler University | $5,274,073 |
| Seton Hall University | $5,047,406 |
| DePaul University | $5,028,410 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 82% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VUVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY9× · 2017–2025 · $49M · revenue +50%
- CUCreighton University9× · 2017–2025 · $45M · revenue +48%
- MUMarquette University9× · 2017–2025 · $42M · revenue +46%
Funded once
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
See Schedule O. See explanation for Form 990, Part I, Line 1 - Organization's Mission above.
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…
Benedictine college's mission as a catholic, benedictine, liberal arts, residential college is the education of men and women within a community of faith & scholarship.
As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…
To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.
Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.
Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.
The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)
Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 11 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Creighton University ↗
- Who funds Marquette University ↗
- Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds XAVIER UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds PROVIDENCE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds SETON HALL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Butler University ↗
- Who funds ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Big East Conference Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Big East Conference Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Seton Hall University: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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