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Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show

The corporation is organized and is to be operated exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes.

$3.0M
Granted FY2026still arriving
10
Grants FY2026still arriving
1
States reached
$103k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$636kHealth$558kAnimals$513kEducation$260kScience & Tech$76kReligion$51kRecreation & Sports$33kCommunity Improvement$20kOther$0
02FY2026 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $369,721, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,967,317 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,597,596 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $92k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $265k
$48,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$63M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MUSTANG CHAMPIONS$103,441
COOK CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER$61,100
NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME$50,000
FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY$50,000
CAREITY FOUNDATION$48,000
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH$19,180
TEXAS FFA FOUNDATION$15,000
NATIONAL MULTICULTURAL WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM$10,000
TARRANT COUNTY BLACK HISTORIC & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY$7,500
TEXAS COWBOY HALL OF FAME$5,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 83% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%MUSTANG HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $122k → 6%CHISHOLM CHALLENGE: $10k → 10%MUSTANG CHAMPIONS: $116k → 10%MUSTANG HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $105k → 6%MUSTANG CHAMPIONS: $103k → 10%NATIONAL MULTICULTURAL WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $10k → 11%MUSTANG HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $97k → 6%TEXAS FFA FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%MUSTANG HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $23k → 6%MUSTANG HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $23k → 6%MUSTANG HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $22k → 6%THE FORT WORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $20k → 11%COOK CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER: $61k → 11%COOK CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER: $60k → 11%COOK CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER: $46k → 11%COOK CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER: $46k → 11%COOK CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER: $41k → 11%COOK CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER: $36k → 11%COOK CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER: $32k → 11%COOK CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER: $29k → 11%CAREITY FOUNDATION: $63k → 11%CAREITY FOUNDATION: $60k → 11%CAREITY FOUNDATION: $48k → 11%CAREITY FOUNDATION: $44k → 11%FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $50k → 11%FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $50k → 11%NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME: $50k → 11%NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME: $50k → 11%NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME: $50k → 11%FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $50k → 11%FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $50k → 11%NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME: $50k → 11%FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $50k → 11%NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME: $50k → 11%FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $50k → 11%FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $50k → 11%FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $50k → 11%JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH: $36k → 11%BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $31k → 11%JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH: $27k → 11%JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH: $25k → 11%JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH: $19k → 11%TARRANT CHURCHES TOGETHER: $17k → 11%TARRANT CHURCHES TOGETHER: $17k → 11%TARRANT CHURCHES TOGETHER: $17k → 11%BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $15k → 11%BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $15k → 11%BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $15k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 19 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2026, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
7

Total granted

$2.5M
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+5%

Still filing today

89%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25’26
Arts & CultureAnimalsHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FW
    FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY
    9× · 2017–2026 · $400k · revenue +1%
  • CC
    Cook Children's Medical Center
    9× · 2017–2026 · $351k · revenue +123%
  • NC
    NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME INC
    7× · 2018–2026 · $260k · revenue +276%

Funded once

  • CC
    CHISHOLM CHALLENGE
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • BS
    BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +16%
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -18%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Museum of North Texas History

To collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret the history of the North Texas Area to inspire an interest in the past for the education and enrichment of people of all ages.

Arts & Culture
2
Texas Flying Legends Museum
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3
Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show

The corporation is organized and is to be operated exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes. the corporation is organized to hold agricultural fairs and encourage agricultural pursuits. particularly, the corporation…

Food & Nutrition
4
State Fair of Texas

The state fair of texas celebrates all things texan by promoting agriculture, education, and community involvement through quality entertainment in a family-friendly environment. the state fair of texas is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit…

Recreation & Sports
5
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers' Foundation

Texas & southwestern cattle raisers' foundation (foundation) will build platforms to preserve the history and advance the future of the livestock industry in the southwest through cattle raisers museum exhibits, education initiatives and…

Arts & Culture
6
Fort Bend County Fair Association

Youth education and development are the primary focus of fair activities and programs.

Recreation & Sports
7
Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation

To recognize the accomplishments and contributions of our outstanding Texas business leaders and to perpetuate and inspire the values of entrepreneurial spirit, personal integrity, and community leadership in all generations of Texans.

Community Improvement
8
The Fort Worth Zoological Association

With more than 1 million visitors annually, the fort worth zoo strengthens the bond between humans and the environment by promoting responsible stewardship of wildlife and ensuring diverse, high-quality educational and entertaining family…

Animals
9
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
10
Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame
Philanthropy
11
Texas Prairieland Foundation
Philanthropy
12
Lone Star Flight Museum

Lone Star Flight Museum (LSFM) celebrates flight and achievements in Texas aviation, engages youth through STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), and believes aviation inspires achievement and endless possibilities.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of North Texas; the most unlike its peers is Fort Worth Cops for Kids Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $400,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND …NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME INC: $260,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL …NATIONAL MULTICULTURAL WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $75,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MULTICULTURAL WESTERN HE…+2 more: $16,000 · Arts & CultureCook Children's Medical Center: $351,200 · HealthCook Children's Medical Cente…CAREITY FOUNDATION: $214,500 · HealthCAREITY FOUNDATIONThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $101,050 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Canc…Mustang Heritage Foundation: $392,160 · AnimalsMustang Heritage FoundationMustang Champions: $219,652 · AnimalsMustang Champions+1 more: $5,000 · AnimalsTARRANT AREA COMMUNITY OF CHURCHES: $51,000 · OtherTARRANT A…TARRANT COUNTY BLACK HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $45,500 · OtherTARRANT C…FORT WORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $30,000 · OtherFORT WORT…Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association: $17,500 · OtherProfessio…CHISHOLM CHALLENGE: $10,000 · OtherUnity Unlimited Inc: $15,000 · OtherUnity Unl…North Texas High School Rodeo Association: $15,000 · OtherNorth Tex…WEATHERFORD COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Other+4 more: $20,000 · Other+4 moreTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH INC: $147,748 · Community ImprovementBOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC: $75,500 · Science & TechTEXAS FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION INC: $53,000 · Food & Nutrition
Arts & Culture$751,000Health$666,750Animals$616,812Other$214,000Community Improvement$147,748Science & Tech$75,500Food & Nutrition$53,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $400,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetMustang Heritage Foundation: $392,160 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetCook Children's Medical Center: $351,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME INC: $260,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetMustang Champions: $219,652 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetCAREITY FOUNDATION: $214,500 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH INC: $147,748 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $101,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC: $75,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL MULTICULTURAL WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $75,000 over 9y, 6.9% of budgetTEXAS FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION INC: $53,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTARRANT AREA COMMUNITY OF CHURCHES: $51,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetFORT WORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetProfessional Rodeo Cowboys Association: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Texas High School Rodeo Association: $15,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetUnity Unlimited Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetTEXAS COWBOY HALL OF FAME INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWEATHERFORD COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORT WORTH ART ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFort Worth Cops for Kids Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetHumane Society of North Texas: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Community Foundation …Amon G Carter Foundat…Bnsf Railway Foundati…Communities Foundatio…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of North Texas (TaxTX21.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Amon G Carter Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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