Texas · Nonprofit
SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW
SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW (Texas) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $908,365 to it, the largest being THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($400,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $35M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $908k
- Net assets
- $32M
What Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show does
Mission
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 is organized and operated to encourage and promote the breeding, raising and marketing of better cattle, swine, sheep, horses, mules, poultry and other livestock and farm products by the exhibition of said stock and farm products at public fairs, and may promote and maintain research and educational endeavors in connection with the livestock industry. The corporation is additionally formed to encourage, instruct, and promote the education of youths in fort worth, tarrant county, texas, and its surrounding areas.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
For purposes of stimulating interest and participation in the production, care and welfare of livestock the corporation facilitates various exhibitions and competitions featuring said animals. Livestock raised for food production are evaluated on their genetic and phenotypic potential to produce affordable, nutritious and safe meat protein and dairy products. Equine competitions test the skills of equine and equestrian partners in performance competitions while other contests evaluate equine peers based on age, sex and breed for desirable characteristics related to physical conformation. Contests and competitions for youth test an individual or a team on knowledge of a specific subject (e.g. Carcass and retail meat cut evaluation, live animal evaluation, beef cattle production or equine management practices). Additional youth contests include shooting sports, agricultural robotics, agricultural mechanics (farm and ranch equipment), horticulture and rangeland plant identification to name a few. Finally, our industry's western heritage is celebrated during 25 performances of world-class rodeo in dickies arena. Specialty rodeos celebrate local heritage (e.g. Hispanic and african…
$27,104,279 spentof which $290,102 as grants$23,852,382 earned by the program91% of program spendingThe corporation collaborates with the city of fort worth, texas to maintain and enhance the city-owned will rogers memorial center (wrmc). The corporation leases wrmc for purposes hosting the livestock exhibition and other various events and competitions held during the annual fort worth stock show & rodeo. To maintain wrmc's long-term viability, the organization provides both financial and project management support for various renovations and expansions. In line with the corporation's mission, such support ensures wrmc remains a world-class facility for not only the fort worth stock show & rodeo's needs, but the numerous other equestrian organizations and other public events held there throughout the balance of the year. This assistance also ensures wrmc continues to serve the needs of the citizens of fort worth by preserving its economic impact as a major income producing asset for the city. All permanent improvements made to wrmc by the corporation are to the benefit of, and transferred to, the city of fort worth. Since moving to wrmc in 1944, the corporation has made and transferred to the city in excess of $89.292 million in inflation-adjusted dollars.
$1,741,682 spentof which $1,741,682 as grants6% of program spendingAs the population becomes more urban, the organization's agricultural education mission becomes increasingly important. Fort worth stock show & rodeo partners are exposed to various events, activities and exhibits that enlighten them on the important role the agriculture industry serves in meeting the nutritional needs of the nation's growing population. Further, providing opportunities for youth to explore and discover potential career opportunities in agriculture is primary objective to which the organization devotes significant effort and resources. In addition to youth livestock exhibitions, the organization facilitates numerous contests and competitions that require them to hone their knowledge and skills in fields such as robotics, wildlife habitat conservation, horticulture, meat quality evaluation as well as culinary and food safety skills to name a few. Scholarship awards administered by the organization exceeded $.876 million in fiscal year 2026. Auction receipts for youth livestock entries that excelled in the organization's various exhibitions are also used by young agrarians to further their educational and agricultural pursuits. In addition to the above-mentioned…
$935,533 spentof which $935,533 as grants3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $29,781,494.
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 $47M to $56M (+20%).
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: 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
23% of SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Philip C Williamson
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $17k → $165k.
4 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $24M from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate). These are real filings, and they are not money SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW raised.
From the IRS filings of SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW’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
SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
65% 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 SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 87% · 2019 53% · 2020 57% · 2021 98% · 2022 49% · 2023 61% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
22% of SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
61% of SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW'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 $354k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $555k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW's revenue grew 75% between 2017 and 2026.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 273 food & nutrition nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2026
Organizations like SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Agricultural Development Fund · exempt
- Event Facilities Fort Worth Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW?
- SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW (Texas) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $908,365 to it, the largest being THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($400,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $908,365 in grants to SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW?
- THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW 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 19 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing