Oregon · Nonprofit
GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,602,720 to it, the largest being National Collegiate Athletic Association ($2,602,720). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $364k
What Great Northwest Athletic Conference does
Mission
The gnac is organized to control and regulate intercollegiate athletics as institutional activities, to encourage sound academic practices for student-athletes, to establish harmonious intercollegiate relationships among member institutions, and to promote and develop the sports.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
There are ten (10) full-member conference members and two (2) associate- members in the gnac. The gnac promotes the conference and attends ncaa national and regional meetings. The conference provides for publicity for all the sports offered at the 10 member schools and the affiliated sports at the associate-member schools.
$1,503,591 spent$1,331,568 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,503,591.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $233k to $337k (+45%).
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 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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 Stefani Hicswa
Board 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 $329k → $307k.
From the IRS filings of GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC 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
GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, 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
GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2.6M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC 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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC 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 GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE?
- GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,602,720 to it, the largest being National Collegiate Athletic Association ($2,602,720). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,602,720 in grants to GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE?
- National Collegiate Athletic Association is the largest funder on record, with $2,602,720 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), 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