Texas · Public charity
The Big 12 Conference Inc
The mission of the conference is to: advance standards of scholarship, sportsmanship and equity with the highest ideals of conference membership; support the development of national-championship caliber intercollegiate athletic programs; organize, promote and administer intercollegiate athletics among its member institutions; optimize…
- $557M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $39,034,422
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $43,009,550
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $60M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations The Big 12 Conference Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81M went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $557M | 25% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $476M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $442M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $436M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $353M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $385M | 30% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $398M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $346M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oklahoma | $463,504,290 | 9 | n/a |
| Kansas State University | $348,286,629 | 9 | n/a |
| Texas Christian University | $347,757,112 | 9 | 4% |
| Baylor University | $347,566,307 | 9 | 4% |
| State of West Virginia | $345,066,369 | 9 | n/a |
| Texas Tech University System | $344,166,410 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Texas | $315,264,519 | 8 | n/a |
| Iowa State University | $242,857,305 | 6 | n/a |
| Kansas Athletics Inc | $237,016,701 | 6 | n/a |
| Unversity of Oklahoma | $207,145,259 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oklahoma | $463,504,290 | 9 | n/a |
| Kansas State University | $348,286,629 | 9 | n/a |
| Texas Christian University | $347,757,112 | 9 | 4% |
| Baylor University | $347,566,307 | 9 | 4% |
| State of West Virginia | $345,066,369 | 9 | n/a |
| Texas Tech University System | $344,166,410 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Texas | $315,264,519 | 8 | n/a |
| Iowa State University | $242,857,305 | 6 | n/a |
| Kansas Athletics Inc | $237,016,701 | 6 | n/a |
| Unversity of Oklahoma | $207,145,259 | 5 | n/a |
| Iowa State University | $109,411,187 | 3 | n/a |
| Kansas Athletics Incorporated | $106,639,391 | 3 | n/a |
| Brigham Young University | $43,779,404 | 2 | n/a |
| Arizona State University | $43,009,550 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Central Florida | $40,780,530 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Cincinnati | $40,095,787 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Houston | $39,453,502 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $39,034,422 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Arizona | $38,009,311 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Utah | $37,879,865 | 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
About The Big 12 Conference Inc
- How much does The Big 12 Conference Inc give?
- The Big 12 Conference Inc reported 16 grants totaling $557,065,984 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Big 12 Conference Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (75%), Education (20%), Health (6%).
- Who are The Big 12 Conference Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Oklahoma ($464M), Kansas State University ($348M), Texas Christian University ($348M).
- Does The Big 12 Conference Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Big 12 Conference Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Collegiate Athletic Association, Tulsa Community Foundation, Cornell University.
- Where is The Big 12 Conference Inc based?
- The Big 12 Conference Inc is based in TX.
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