North Carolina · Public charity
The Big South Conference Inc
To promote and establish standards for scholarships and high ideals of sportsmanship in the member institutions and leadership development of each student-athlete.
- $922k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $102,498
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $102,499
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Big South Conference Inc 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.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $922k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $758k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $400k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $1.4M | 7% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $440k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $499k | 15% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $478k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston Southern University | $626,401 | 8 | 0% |
| Presbyterian College | $626,400 | 8 | 0% |
| Gardner-Webb University | $626,400 | 8 | 0% |
| Longwood University | $564,241 | 8 | n/a |
| Radford University | $564,241 | 8 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Asheville | $564,241 | 8 | n/a |
| Winthrop University | $564,241 | 8 | n/a |
| High Point University | $564,241 | 8 | 0% |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $344,246 | 4 | n/a |
| Campbell University | $292,557 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston Southern University | $626,401 | 8 | 0% |
| Presbyterian College | $626,400 | 8 | 0% |
| Gardner-Webb University | $626,400 | 8 | 0% |
| Longwood University | $564,241 | 8 | n/a |
| Radford University | $564,241 | 8 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Asheville | $564,241 | 8 | n/a |
| Winthrop University | $564,241 | 8 | n/a |
| High Point University | $564,241 | 8 | 0% |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $344,246 | 4 | n/a |
| Campbell University | $292,557 | 5 | 0% |
| Kennesaw State University | $62,160 | 3 | n/a |
| Monmouth University Inc | $62,160 | 3 | 0% |
| Liberty University Inc | $59,597 | 1 | 0% |
| University of North Alabama | $22,646 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($403k), 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: Folds of Honor Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Tulsa Community Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · Columbus Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Big South Conference Inc
- How much does The Big South Conference Inc give?
- The Big South Conference Inc reported 9 grants totaling $922,483 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Big South Conference Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (97%).
- Who are The Big South Conference Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Charleston Southern University ($626k), Presbyterian College ($626k), Gardner-Webb University ($626k).
- Does The Big South Conference Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Big South Conference Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Folds of Honor Foundation, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Tulsa Community Foundation.
- Where is The Big South Conference Inc based?
- The Big South Conference Inc is based in NC.
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