Funding search · EIN 440567264 · Indianapolis, IN

National Collegiate Athletic Association

Name: National Collegiate Athletic Association grants, 2021–2023
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

2,481
grants reported: $2.09B
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $60,651
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarships sponsorship sponsorships dues membership scholarship refund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Annual revenue distributions to Division I conference offices
Direct grants and scholarships to NCAA member institutions
Student-athlete scholarship and assistance funding at member campuses
Smaller recurring payments to hundreds of individual colleges
Occasional funding through a campus research foundation entity

Typical grant

The median grant is $60,651 and the middle half runs $16,432 to $446,348, so most lines are modest institutional payments. The enormous checks go to the 32 Division I conference offices, topping out at $65.6M to the Big Ten, $62.0M to the ACC and $53.3M to the SEC, with individual campuses clustering in the $900K to $2.2M band and a long tail below $100K. Giving repeats every year to the same conferences and member schools because it is a formula distribution, not a competitive round: 2,481 grants across 1,069 recipients in three years.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“Grants/Scholarships”
“Grants”
“Conference”
“Trustees of”
“University Research Foundation”

Positioning adjacent work

Do not approach directly. Route any request through an NCAA member athletics department or its conference office.
Frame work as student-athlete focused, since every dollar here lands at a member school or conference.
Ask in the $16K to $450K band; anything larger belongs to the conference distribution formula.
Use a campus research foundation as the payee where possible; Coastal Carolina's shows that structure receives funds.

Worth knowing: This is a membership revenue distribution, not discretionary philanthropy: the top 32 lines are all Division I conference offices and account for the large majority of the $2.09B. Recipient geography simply tracks where member campuses are, with CA, NY, PA, NC and TX leading, and a non-member organization has essentially no path into this record.

25 grants matching “collegiate” · $3.5M

$372,252
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference · New Haven, CT · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$335,377
California Collegiate Athletic Association · Walnut Creek, CA · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$186,365
National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics · Westlake, OH · 2023
Membership Dues
$99,227
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Greenwood, IN · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$93,696
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Lawrenceville, GA · 2023
Grants
$93,696
Collegiate Conference of the South · Brandon, MS · 2023
Grants
$88,165
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference · Westfield, MA · 2023
Grants
$5,000
Collegiate Clinical Counseling Sport Psychological Association · Oxford, MS · 2023
Scholarships
$376,431
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference · New Haven, CT · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$329,535
California Collegiate Athletic Association · Walnut Creek, CA · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$97,498
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Greenwood, IN · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$91,690
Collegiate Conference of the South · Brandon, MS · 2022
Grants
$91,690
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Lawrenceville, GA · 2022
Grants
$86,382
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference · Westfield, MA · 2022
Grants
$64,650
New England Collegiate Conference · Mansfield, MA · 2022
Grants
$31,425
National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics · Westlake, OH · 2022
Membership Dues
$5,000
Collegiate Clinical Counseling Sport Psychological Association · Oxford, MS · 2022
Scholarships
$385,552
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference · New Haven, CT · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$320,785
California Collegiate Athletic Association · Walnut Creek, CA · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$90,450
National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics · Westlake, OH · 2021
Sponsorship
$76,083
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Greenwood, IN · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$62,850
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference · Westfield, MA · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$62,850
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Lawrenceville, GA · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$41,163
New England Collegiate Conference · Attleboro, MA · 2021
Scholarships/Grants/Sponsorship
$5,000
Collegiate Clinicalcounseling Sport Psychological Association · Oxford, MS · 2021
Scholarships

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Big Ten Conference3 grants · $196.6M
Atlantic Coast Conference3 grants · $192.4M
Southeastern Conference3 grants · $158.3M
Big 12 Conference3 grants · $108.5M
Pac-12 Conference3 grants · $80.1M
Big East Conference3 grants · $72.7M
American Athletic Conference3 grants · $50.7M
West Coast Conference3 grants · $40.1M
Atlantic 10 Conference3 grants · $38.1M
Mountain West Conference3 grants · $34.1M

Giving over time

$683.2M

2021

$696.8M

2022

$705.7M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,481 grants.

$66.2M
Big Ten Conference · Park Ridge, IL · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$65.9M
Atlantic Coast Conference · Greensboro, NC · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$65.6M
Big Ten Conference · Park Ridge, IL · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$64.8M
Big Ten Conference · Park Ridge, IL · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$64.5M
Atlantic Coast Conference · Greensboro, NC · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$62.0M
Atlantic Coast Conference · Greensboro, NC · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$53.6M
Southeastern Conference · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$53.3M
Southeastern Conference · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$51.5M
Southeastern Conference · Birmingham, AL · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$38.4M
Big 12 Conference · Irving, TX · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$35.6M
Big 12 Conference · Irving, TX · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$34.5M
Big 12 Conference · Irving, TX · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$27.8M
Pac-12 Conference · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$27.4M
Pac-12 Conference · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$25.0M
Big East Conference · New York, NY · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$25.0M
Pac-12 Conference · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$24.2M
Big East Conference · New York, NY · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$23.4M
Big East Conference · New York, NY · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$18.9M
American Athletic Conference · Providence, RI · 2023
Grants
$16.2M
American Athletic Conference · Providence, RI · 2022
Grants
$15.6M
American Athletic Conference · Providence, RI · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$14.2M
West Coast Conference · San Bruno, CA · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$13.4M
Mountain West Conference · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$13.2M
West Coast Conference · San Bruno, CA · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$13.0M
Atlantic 10 Conference · Newport News, VA · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$12.8M
Atlantic 10 Conference · Newport News, VA · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$12.7M
West Coast Conference · San Bruno, CA · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$12.3M
Atlantic 10 Conference · Newport News, VA · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$11.2M
Summit League (the) · Elmhurst, IL · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$11.1M
Summit League (the) · Elmhurst, IL · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$11.0M
Missouri Valley Conference · St Louis, MO · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$11.0M
Southland Conference · Frisco, TX · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$10.9M
Mountain West Conference · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$10.8M
Missouri Valley Conference · St Louis, MO · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$10.8M
Southland Conference · Frisco, TX · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$10.6M
Missouri Valley Conference · St Louis, MO · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$10.6M
Mid-American Conference · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$10.6M
Conference USA · Hattiesburg, MS · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$10.4M
Sun Belt Conference · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$10.4M
Summit League (the) · Elmhurst, IL · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$10.0M
Mid-American Conference · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$9.9M
Mountain West Conference · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$9.8M
Southland Conference · Frisco, TX · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$9.7M
Mid-American Conference · Cleveland, OH · 2021
Scholarships/Grants/Sponsorship
$9.4M
Coastal Athletic Association · Richmond, VA · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$9.2M
Sun Belt Conference · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$9.2M
Conference USA · Hattiesburg, MS · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$9.2M
Conference USA · Hattiesburg, MS · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$8.7M
Southwestern Athletic Conference · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$8.6M
Coastal Athletic Association · Richmond, VA · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$8.4M
Southwestern Athletic Conference · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$8.2M
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference · Edison, NY · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$8.0M
Sun Belt Conference · New Orleans, LA · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$7.8M
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference · Edison, NY · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$7.8M
Atlantic Sun Conference · Macon, GA · 2022
Grants
$7.7M
Southwestern Athletic Conference · Birmingham, AL · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$7.6M
Ohio Valley Conference · Brentwood, TN · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$7.5M
Patriot League · Center Valley, PA · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$7.5M
Northeast Conference · Piscataway, NJ · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$7.5M
Northeast Conference · Bridgewater, NJ · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$7.3M
Patriot League · Center Valley, PA · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$7.3M
Big West Conference · Irvine, CA · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$7.2M
Southern Conference · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$7.2M
Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$7.2M
Atlantic Sun Conference · Macon, GA · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$7.2M
Patriot League (the) · Center Valley, PA · 2021
Scholarships/Grants/Sponsorship
$7.2M
Big West Conference · Irvine, CA · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$7.1M
Atlantic Sun Conference · Macon, GA · 2023
Grants
$7.0M
Horizon League · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$7.0M
Ohio Valley Conference · Brentwood, TN · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$7.0M
Southern Conference · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$6.9M
Western Athletic Conference · Englewood, CO · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$6.9M
Northeast Conference · Bridgewater, NJ · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$6.9M
Horizon League · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$6.8M
Big West Conference · Irvine, CA · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$6.8M
America East Conference · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Grants
$6.7M
Southern Conference · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$6.7M
Big Sky Conference · Ogden, UT · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$6.6M
America East Conference · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$6.6M
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference · Edison, NY · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$6.6M
Western Athletic Conference · Englewood, CO · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$6.6M
Horizon League · Indianapolis, IN · 2021
Scholarships/Grants/Sponsorship
$6.6M
Colonial Athletic Association · Richmond, VA · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$6.6M
Big Sky Conference · Ogden, UT · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$6.5M
Big South Conference · Charlotte, NC · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$6.5M
America East Conference · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Grants
$6.5M
Ohio Valley Conference · Brentwood, TN · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$6.4M
Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$6.4M
Ivy League-0825232 · Princeton, NJ · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$6.3M
Western Athletic Conference · Englewood, CO · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$6.1M
Big South Conference · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$6.0M
Big Sky Conference · Ogden, UT · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$5.9M
Big South Conference · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$5.7M
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Norfolk, VA · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$5.5M
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Norfolk, VA · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$5.0M
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Norfolk, VA · 2021
Scholarships/Grants/Sponsorship
$2.3M
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Grants/Scholarships
$2.2M
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Grants/Scholarships
$2.2M
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2021
Scholarships/Grants
$2.0M
Long Island University · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Grants/Scholarships

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.