How much does The Big Ten Conference Inc give?

The Big Ten Conference Inc reported 18 grants totaling $1,373,005,505 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does The Big Ten Conference Inc fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (57%), Education (38%), Youth Development (5%).

Who are The Big Ten Conference Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Ohio State University ($524M), Pennsylvania State University ($521M), Indiana University School of Medicine ($513M).

Does The Big Ten Conference Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Where is The Big Ten Conference Inc based?

The Big Ten Conference Inc is based in IL.

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The Big Ten Conference Inc

Shared practices and policies that enforce the priority of academics in student-athletes' lives.

$1.4B
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 18
Grants FY2025: 14
Organizations funded FY2024: 0%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $78,490,746
Largest grant, FY2025: $91,552,082
Organizations funded a year: 14 to 14; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 14
Total assets, FY2025: $281M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Big Ten 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.

RenewedFirst-time

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	17	$1.3B	18%
FY2024	14	$883M	0%
FY2023	14	$844M	0%
FY2022	14	$813M	0%
FY2021	14	$671M	0%
FY2020	14	$689M	0%
FY2019	14	$706M	0%
FY2018	14	$685M	0%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$4.1BEducation$2.7BYouth Development$343M

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
The Ohio State University	$524,112,082	9	n/a
Pennsylvania State University	$521,236,162	9	n/a
Indiana University School of Medicine	$513,372,896	9	n/a
Regents of the University of Michigan	$512,735,200	9	n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$511,715,736	9	n/a
University of Minnesota	$511,642,226	9	n/a
State University of Iowa	$511,549,494	9	n/a
Trustees of Purdue University	$511,152,782	9	n/a
Michigan State University	$511,021,363	9	n/a
University of Wisconsin	$510,488,049	9	n/a

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All grantees of The Big Ten Conference Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Ohio State University	$524,112,082	9	n/a
Pennsylvania State University	$521,236,162	9	n/a
Indiana University School of Medicine	$513,372,896	9	n/a
Regents of the University of Michigan	$512,735,200	9	n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$511,715,736	9	n/a
University of Minnesota	$511,642,226	9	n/a
State University of Iowa	$511,549,494	9	n/a
Trustees of Purdue University	$511,152,782	9	n/a
Michigan State University	$511,021,363	9	n/a
University of Wisconsin	$510,488,049	9	n/a
Northwestern University	$509,923,197	9	2%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	$492,942,542	9	n/a
University of Maryland College Park	$399,996,736	9	n/a
Rutgers the State University	$342,648,468	9	n/a
Regents Univ of California	$76,011,658	1	n/a
University of Oregon	$48,416,125	1	n/a
University of Washington	$46,708,168	1	n/a

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About The Big Ten Conference Inc

How much does The Big Ten Conference Inc give?: The Big Ten Conference Inc reported 18 grants totaling $1,373,005,505 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Big Ten Conference Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (57%), Education (38%), Youth Development (5%).
Who are The Big Ten Conference Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Ohio State University ($524M), Pennsylvania State University ($521M), Indiana University School of Medicine ($513M).
Does The Big Ten Conference Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is The Big Ten Conference Inc based?: The Big Ten Conference Inc is based in IL.

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