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Western Athletic Conference
The conference is committed to providing student-athletes an exemplary university experience - both on and off the field of play. With high standards of integrity at the core of our athletic and academic excellences, our goal is to unlock the potenial of the nation's premier student athletes and to prepare them to become the leaders of…
- $2.9M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2026
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $433,441
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $1,015,781
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $7.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations Western Athletic Conference funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 4 | $1.9M | 0% |
| FY2025 | 4 | $2.4M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $3.1M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $3.4M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $3.2M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $2.2M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $2.8M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $2.2M | 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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Utah University 01-65 | $3,095,743 | 4 | n/a |
| New Mexico State University | $2,995,838 | 6 | n/a |
| Utah Valley University | $2,954,272 | 8 | n/a |
| Seattle University | $2,265,775 | 8 | 0% |
| Grand Canyon University | $2,223,118 | 7 | 0% |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | $2,024,468 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Texas at Arlington Alumni Association Inc | $1,949,007 | 4 | n/a |
| Chicago State University | $1,430,450 | 6 | n/a |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $1,059,450 | 4 | n/a |
| California State University Bakersfield | $1,037,422 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Utah University 01-65 | $3,095,743 | 4 | n/a |
| New Mexico State University | $2,995,838 | 6 | n/a |
| Utah Valley University | $2,954,272 | 8 | n/a |
| Seattle University | $2,265,775 | 8 | 0% |
| Grand Canyon University | $2,223,118 | 7 | 0% |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | $2,024,468 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Texas at Arlington Alumni Association Inc | $1,949,007 | 4 | n/a |
| Chicago State University | $1,430,450 | 6 | n/a |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $1,059,450 | 4 | n/a |
| California State University Bakersfield | $1,037,422 | 4 | n/a |
| Stephen F Austin State University | $1,023,852 | 3 | n/a |
| Tarleton State University | $943,884 | 4 | n/a |
| Utah Tech University | $852,461 | 4 | n/a |
| California Baptist University | $771,702 | 2 | 0% |
| Sam Houston State University | $399,664 | 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.
Open a dossier: National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Columbus Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Western Athletic Conference
- How much does Western Athletic Conference give?
- Western Athletic Conference reported 5 grants totaling $2,931,052 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Western Athletic Conference fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Western Athletic Conference's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Southern Utah University 01-65 ($3.1M), New Mexico State University ($3.0M), Utah Valley University ($3.0M).
- Does Western Athletic Conference fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Western Athletic Conference?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Collegiate Athletic Association, Folds of Honor Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation.
- Where is Western Athletic Conference based?
- Western Athletic Conference is based in TX.
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