Colorado · Public charity
Mountain West Conference
To provide administrative support for the thirteen member institutions to strengthen and expand the intercollegiate athletic and academic programs on each campus.
- $103M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,462,470
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,124,802
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $51M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Mountain West 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.
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 | 12 | $103M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $83M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $59M | 8% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $5.0M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $5.0M | 9% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $4.6M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $5.1M | 90% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $3.4M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boise State University | $34,595,239 | 7 | n/a |
| California State University Fresno | $23,786,819 | 7 | n/a |
| San Diego State University | $23,697,298 | 7 | n/a |
| Cal Poly Humboldt | $23,276,757 | 7 | n/a |
| Utah State University | $23,015,381 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Wyoming | $22,320,417 | 7 | n/a |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $22,023,709 | 7 | n/a |
| Colorado State University | $21,897,515 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation | $21,767,649 | 5 | 12% |
| University of New Mexico | $21,708,384 | 7 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boise State University | $34,595,239 | 7 | n/a |
| California State University Fresno | $23,786,819 | 7 | n/a |
| San Diego State University | $23,697,298 | 7 | n/a |
| Cal Poly Humboldt | $23,276,757 | 7 | n/a |
| Utah State University | $23,015,381 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Wyoming | $22,320,417 | 7 | n/a |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $22,023,709 | 7 | n/a |
| Colorado State University | $21,897,515 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation | $21,767,649 | 5 | 12% |
| University of New Mexico | $21,708,384 | 7 | n/a |
| Association of Graduates of the United States Air Force Academy | $20,742,435 | 7 | 63% |
| University of Hawaii System | $7,010,087 | 3 | n/a |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.1M), not named here.
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: National Collegiate Athletic Association · Tulsa Community Foundation
How this is measured
About Mountain West Conference
- How much does Mountain West Conference give?
- Mountain West Conference reported 12 grants totaling $103,380,648 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Mountain West Conference fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (56%), Recreation & Sports (44%).
- Who are Mountain West Conference's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Boise State University ($35M), California State University Fresno ($24M), San Diego State University ($24M).
- Does Mountain West Conference fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mountain West Conference?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Collegiate Athletic Association, Tulsa Community Foundation.
- Where is Mountain West Conference based?
- Mountain West Conference is based in CO.
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