South Carolina · Public charity
The Southern Conference
To facilitate intercollegiate athletics competition for both men and women, promote a proper balance between academics and athletics, foster integrity and excellence in both athletics and academics, foster competitive amateur opportunities of a high quality for student-athletes in a broad spectrum of sports and championships, anticipate…
- $110k
- Granted FY2019
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2019
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Itemized, FY2019
- $90k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2019
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 3
- Total assets, FY2019
- $6.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 0% of the organizations The Southern Conference funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 4 | $90k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $106k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $753k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of North Carolina at Greensboro | $136,510 | 2 | n/a |
| East Tennessee State University | $115,278 | 3 | n/a |
| Samford University | $102,776 | 2 | 0% |
| Furman University | $101,610 | 2 | 0% |
| Wofford College | $98,613 | 3 | 0% |
| The University of Tennessee | $95,832 | 3 | n/a |
| The Corporation of Mercer University | $94,446 | 2 | 0% |
| Commonwealth of Virginia | $81,944 | 3 | n/a |
| Western Carolina University | $65,278 | 2 | n/a |
| The Citadel | $56,944 | 2 | 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.
Open a dossier: Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation
How this is measured
About The Southern Conference
- How much does The Southern Conference give?
- The Southern Conference reported 4 itemized grants totaling $90,000, out of $110,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does The Southern Conference fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (82%), Education (18%).
- Who are The Southern Conference's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro ($137k), East Tennessee State University ($115k), Samford University ($103k).
- Does The Southern Conference fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Southern Conference?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Folds of Honor Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation.
- Where is The Southern Conference based?
- The Southern Conference is based in SC.
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