Kentucky · Nonprofit
KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC
KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $161,403 to it, the largest being BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $161k
- Net assets
- $23M
What Kentucky Cattlemen's Foundation Inc does
Mission
The organization has been built on the legacy of kentucky beef producers who value hard work, leadership, and education. It honors that legacy while ensuring the state has the resources to grow the next generation of leaders, innovators, and advocates for the beef industry.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization is partnering with the commonwealth of kentucky and the university of kentucky to establish the kentucky livestock innovation center, which seeks to advance, communicate, and support continuous improvement of livestock production and environmental stewardship as well as act as a hub for collaboration between agriculture and livestock industry groups the state considers vital to kentucky's economy. The center is currently in the architectural phase with a potential grand opening in late 2027.
$461,651 spent82% of program spendingThe organization's leadership development program equips producers with the knowledge, skills and confidence to lead the cattle industry and agriculture forward. The leadership programs objectives are to improve leadership and communication skills and provide a deeper understanding of the beef industry. Participants in the leadership development program must be kentucky residents who are 22 years of age or older; they're often sponsored by their local state agriculture extension office. The program is held over a period of two years and consists of six sessions with tours and meetings both within and outside of the state.
$74,782 spent13% of program spendingThe organization provides support for two types of scholarships. In 2025 it awarded five youth scholarships totaling $9,000- applicants must be current year kentucky high school graduates with plans to major in agriculture and be enrolled and attending an institute of higher education. It also awarded two veterinary scholarships totaling $5,000- applicants must be third or fourth year kentucky students enrolled in a college of veterinary medicine with intentions to work in kentucky and practice food animal medicine. They must also demonstrate academic excellence and outstanding leadership skills.
$14,000 spentof which $14,000 as grants2% of program spendingThe organization conducts junior cattlemen's association and youth programs for over 1,200 such members. The programs teach responsibility, teamwork, and pride in the beef industry are gained from hands-on contests, career exploration events, and leadership. The organization partners with farmcredit mid-america to support youth with starting their beef operations through the youth beef heifer initiative, in which three applicants receive $2,000 each toward the purchase of a heifer.it also provides financial assistance to farm families to help them recover from natural disasters and unforeseen losses.
$14,844 spentof which $14,844 as grants3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $565,277.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.0M to $12M (+1084%).
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: 2024 97% · 2025 93%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
David Williams
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5 → $16.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC’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.
How concentrated its funding is
KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 93% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
97% of KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $6k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Kentucky, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $156k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC
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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 1 related entity
- Cattlemen's Foundation Property LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC?
- KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $161,403 to it, the largest being BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $161,403 in grants to KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC?
- BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 4 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