New Jersey · Nonprofit
EAST COAST CONFERENCE
EAST COAST CONFERENCE (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,835,016 to it, the largest being National Collegiate Athletic Association ($2,835,016). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $800k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What East Coast Conference does
Mission
The East Coast Conference is commited to the highest standards of scholarship, sportsmanship, teamwork, and citizenship. Its mission is to promote the total person concept in its student-athletes which stresses the abilities to excel in academic achievement, athletic competition, and positive character traits.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ncaa conference development and enhancement:encompasses all expenses associated with programming, conference enhancements and operations. This includes sub grants to institutions for academic and lifeskills program; reimbursements for professional development for conference and institution staff; championship expenses including broadcasting, game day give-aways and promotional materials; conference-wide programming including the ecc student-athlete retreat, diversity training, and community outreach programming; and membership and expansion consulting fees. The East Coast Conference is also a proud member of the ncaa and division ii. Division ii is a dynamic and engaging group of colleges, institutions and conferences of varying sizes and educational missions. Division ii members encourage and support diversity; value sportsmanship, fairness and equity; and place the highest priority on the overall educational excellence of the student-athlete.
$526,644 spent$391,549 earned by the program89% of program spendingChampionships:encompasses all expenses associated with conducting championship events for baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, lacrosse, indoor and outdoor track & field, women's bowling and volleyball. The East Coast Conference promotes safe competitive environments and these expenses align with its mission to enhance intercollegiate competition and sportsmanship amongst m
$68,305 spent$44,887 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $594,949.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.1M to $1.4M (+30%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 6% · 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of EAST COAST CONFERENCE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Dr Lorrie Clemo
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $399k → $314k.
From the IRS filings of EAST COAST CONFERENCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
EAST COAST CONFERENCE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
EAST COAST CONFERENCE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like EAST COAST CONFERENCE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 9 related entities
- Molloy University · exempt
- Mercy University · exempt
- Queens College · exempt
- St Thomas Acquinas College · exempt
- University of the District of Columbia · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EAST COAST CONFERENCE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EAST COAST CONFERENCE?
- EAST COAST CONFERENCE (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,835,016 to it, the largest being National Collegiate Athletic Association ($2,835,016). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EAST COAST CONFERENCE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,835,016 in grants to EAST COAST CONFERENCE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EAST COAST CONFERENCE?
- National Collegiate Athletic Association is the largest funder on record, with $2,835,016 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EAST COAST CONFERENCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing