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West Coast Conference

The West Coast Conference is organized to promote and regulate intercollegiate athletics among its member institutions and to enhance the holistic development of student-athletes.

$723k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$665k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$29M
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $665,029, the rows itemized in this filing. The $723,029 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $58,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$665,029
Median grant
1
States reached
$38M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Saint Marys College$665,029
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 47% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%Santa Clara University: $286k → 8%Saint Marys College: $665k → 9%Univ of San Francisco: $319k → 10%Univ of San Diego: $275k → 11%University of the Pacific: $298k → 12%Pepperdine University: $248k → 14%University of Portland: $250k → 12%Brigham Young University: $910k → 8%Santa Clara University: $271k → 8%Saint Marys College: $636k → 9%Univ of San Francisco: $220k → 10%Univ of San Diego: $258k → 11%University of the Pacific: $257k → 12%Pepperdine University: $246k → 14%University of Portland: $239k → 12%Brigham Young University: $313k → 8%Santa Clara University: $175k → 8%Saint Marys College: $574k → 9%Univ of San Francisco: $175k → 10%Univ of San Diego: $177k → 11%University of the Pacific: $179k → 12%Pepperdine University: $175k → 14%University of Portland: $175k → 12%Brigham Young University: $247k → 8%Santa Clara University: $73k → 8%Saint Marys College: $446k → 9%Univ of San Francisco: $104k → 10%Univ of San Diego: $71k → 11%University of the Pacific: $155k → 12%Pepperdine University: $68k → 14%University of Portland: $39k → 12%Brigham Young University: $152k → 8%Santa Clara University: $39k → 8%Saint Marys College: $312k → 9%Univ of San Francisco: $68k → 10%Univ of San Diego: $45k → 11%University of the Pacific: $45k → 12%Pepperdine University: $39k → 14%Brigham Young University: $96k → 8%Saint Marys College: $227k → 9%Univ of San Francisco: $39k → 10%Loyola Marymount University: $371k → 14%Saint Marys College: $219k → 9%Loyola Marymount University: $292k → 14%Saint Marys College: $104k → 9%Loyola Marymount University: $175k → 14%Saint Marys College: $71k → 9%Loyola Marymount University: $68k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$29M · 10 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
0

Total granted

$29M
$0

Still filing today

90%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $18M · revenue +42%
  • LM
    LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2017–2023 · $945k · revenue +68%
  • UO
    University of the Pacific
    5× · 2017–2023 · $933k · revenue +39%

Funded once

    How this is measured

    Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

    04Its field

    Closest unfunded matches

    The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

    1
    California Lutheran University

    The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

    Education
    2
    Pacific University

    A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

    Education
    3
    Los Angeles Pacific University

    Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.

    Education
    4
    Pacific Coast University School of Law

    With its long history of education, affordable tuition, flexible schedule, and small class sizes, pacific coast university school of law is the perfect law school choice for working professionals who seek a law degree program.

    Education
    5
    Pitzer College

    Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…

    Education
    6
    Point Park University

    Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

    —
    7
    Loyola University

    Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

    Education
    8
    Saint Martin's University

    Saint martin's students learn to make a positive difference in their lives and in the lives of others through the interaction of faith, reason, and service. the university honors both the sacredness of the individual and the significance…

    Education
    9
    St Mary's University

    St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

    —
    10
    University of Southern California

    The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

    Education
    11
    Seattle Pacific University

    Seattle pacific university is a christian university fully committed to engaging the culture and changing the world by graduating people of competence and character, becoming people of wisdom, and modeling grace-filled community.

    Education
    12
    Mount Saint Mary's University Inc

    As a catholic university, mount st. mary's graduates ethical leaders who are inspired by a passion for learning and lead lives of significance in service to god and others.

    Education
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of the Pacific; the most unlike its peers is University of San Diego. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
    04the grantee network

    9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

    Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

    How this is measured

    Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 10 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

    Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

    0
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    0
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    9/9
    Grantees still filing
    8/9
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $18,392,671 · EducationCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITYSAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA: $3,255,255 · EducationSAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIALOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $945,224 · EducationUniversity of the Pacific: $933,299 · EducationUniversity of San Francisco: $924,480 · Education+3 more: $2,363,778 · Education+3 moreBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $1,732,471 · OtherBRIGHAM Y…UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $825,090 · OtherUNIVERSIT…
    Education$26,814,707Other$2,557,561

    Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

    25%50%75%100%grantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $18,392,671 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetSAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA: $3,255,255 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $945,224 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of the Pacific: $933,299 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of San Francisco: $924,480 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $861,377 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $825,090 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $775,668 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $726,733 over 5y, 0.1% of budget
    Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

    A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

    • Who funds CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
    • Who funds SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA ↗
    • Who funds LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
    • Who funds University of the Pacific ↗
    • Who funds University of San Francisco ↗
    • Who funds PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE ↗
    • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
    • Who funds PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY ↗
    • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND ↗

    How much its grantees rely on government

    Each dot is one organization West Coast Conference funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from West Coast Conference. Bigger dots raise more.

    2025
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
    • University of Portland: 2% of income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 10 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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