Texas · Public charity
Conference USA
- operate with integrity and advance high standards of academic performance, sportsmanship and equity. - organize, administer and promote intercollegiate athletics at nationally competitive levels on behalf of our members and their student-athletes.
- $42M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,482,863
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,710,256
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Conference USA funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18M 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 | 9 | $42M | 22% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $36M | 44% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $37M | 9% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $32M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $29M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $30M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $24M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $23M | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Kentucky University | $32,416,223 | 9 | n/a |
| Louisiana Tech University | $27,856,379 | 9 | n/a |
| Florida International University | $26,901,855 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Texas at El Paso | $21,515,527 | 8 | n/a |
| Middle Tennessee State University | $18,858,433 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Southern Mississippi | $18,293,819 | 6 | n/a |
| Middle Tennessee State University | $13,456,106 | 2 | n/a |
| Marshall University | $12,415,126 | 6 | n/a |
| Liberty University Inc | $12,144,832 | 2 | 0% |
| University of North Texas | $11,398,171 | 7 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Kentucky University | $32,416,223 | 9 | n/a |
| Louisiana Tech University | $27,856,379 | 9 | n/a |
| Florida International University | $26,901,855 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Texas at El Paso | $21,515,527 | 8 | n/a |
| Middle Tennessee State University | $18,858,433 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Southern Mississippi | $18,293,819 | 6 | n/a |
| Middle Tennessee State University | $13,456,106 | 2 | n/a |
| Marshall University | $12,415,126 | 6 | n/a |
| Liberty University Inc | $12,144,832 | 2 | 0% |
| University of North Texas | $11,398,171 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Texas at San Antonio | $11,310,100 | 7 | n/a |
| Florida Atlantic University | $10,839,078 | 7 | n/a |
| The University of North Carolina at Charlotte | $10,335,551 | 7 | n/a |
| Old Dominion University | $10,086,005 | 6 | n/a |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $9,924,322 | 7 | n/a |
| William Marsh Rice University | $9,588,831 | 7 | 0% |
| New Mexico State University | $8,434,295 | 2 | n/a |
| Sam Houston State University | $7,835,059 | 2 | n/a |
| Jacksonville State University | $4,822,948 | 1 | n/a |
| Kennesaw State University | $4,480,391 | 1 | n/a |
| The Jacksonville State University Foundation Inc | $4,102,966 | 1 | 23% |
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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · American Chemical Society · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Hispanic Scholarship Fund · National Writing Project Corporation · Columbus Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation
How this is measured
About Conference USA
- How much does Conference USA give?
- Conference USA reported 9 grants totaling $41,902,749 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Conference USA fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (88%), Education (12%).
- Who are Conference USA's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Western Kentucky University ($32M), Louisiana Tech University ($28M), Florida International University ($27M).
- Does Conference USA fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Conference USA?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Folds of Honor Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation, American Chemical Society.
- Where is Conference USA based?
- Conference USA is based in TX.
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