Texas · Nonprofit
WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $39,601,540 to it, the largest being National Collegiate Athletic Association ($39,601,540). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $40M
- Net assets
- $6.7M
What Western Athletic Conference does
Mission
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 the future.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
The purpose of the conference is to form an athletics conference, the members of which shall incorporate programs and shall place and maintain such athletics under the same administrative and academic control as exists in their other educational programs. The conference establishes the regular season schedule for all sponsored team sports as well as participatory guidelines for each sponsored sport. The conference hosts 19 championships in the sports of men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, volleyball, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's indoor track and field, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's golf, softball, men's and women's outdoor track and field, and baseball. Championships governed by the conference provide equitable and competitive access to the post season and the opportunity to compete on the national level.
$10,963,086 spent$6,156,737 earned by the program77% of program spendingAs part of the ncaa structure, each conference receives a student assistance fund and academic enhancement fund that are distributed to all members and are intended to provide benefits to student athletes, or their families, in the meeting financial needs that arise in conjunction with participation in inercollegiate athletics, enrollment in an academic curriculum, or that recognize academic achievement. The conference also incurs expenses in this area that ensure that each of the schools and its entire athletic programs, including coaches, student athletes, administrators and staff remain in compliance with bylaws and rules established by the ncaa.
$2,931,052 spentof which $2,931,052 as grants20% of program spendingThe united athletic conference (uac) is an intercollegiate athletic conference formed for the sport of football. Its members compete in the ncaa division 1 football championship subdivision (fcs). The uac originated as a merger of the existing football leagues of the wac and atlantic sun conference (asun).
$414,055 spent$485,388 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,308,193.
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 2025 to 2026, from $12M to $7.0M (−41%).
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 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (10% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 10 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 Phil Schubert
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3.8M → $6.9M.
From the IRS filings of WESTERN 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
WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, 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
WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 323 recreation & sports nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2026
Organizations like WESTERN 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WESTERN 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 WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE?
- WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $39,601,540 to it, the largest being National Collegiate Athletic Association ($39,601,540). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $39,601,540 in grants to WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE?
- National Collegiate Athletic Association is the largest funder on record, with $39,601,540 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), 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