Colorado · Nonprofit
THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION
THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION (Colorado) receives grants from 86 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,393,091 to it, the largest being PEMA FOUNDATION INC ($3,223,454). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $50M
- Funders on record
- 86
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $94M
What The Western Stock Show Association does
Mission
The association is an educational organization whose primary purposes include (1) livestock production education (2) educational development of youth, and (3) educating the general public. See "schedule o" for a full description of the organization's mission.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Presentation of the national western stock show, horse show androdeo: wssa organizational documents and application for taxexempt status require it to produce the show each year. The showtakes place at the national western complex in denver, co everyjanuary, and for the last several years has been attended by over600,000 people. Detailed information on the various educationalactivities and benefits of this annual event is far too extensiveto be presented on a summary schedule in form 990.
$20,450,688 spent$22,005,531 earned by the program88% of program spendingOff-season educational shows and related programs: outside of themonth of january, the association promotes usage of its facilitiesby a variety of other organizations, many of which areagriculture, livestock or horse oriented organizations. Theseorganizations produce their own shows in the national westerncomplex based on contracts with the association. Supported byassociation personnel and other resources, many of these showsprovide educational benefits to the participants and the generalpublic attending similar to those derived from the nationalwestern stock show, horse show and rodeo in january.
$2,188,957 spent$349,844 earned by the program9% of program spendingNational western scholarship programs: wssa established thenational western scholarship fund during the fiscal year endedmarch 31, 1985 to provide for scholarship awards to studentsinterested in livestock or agriculture. The scholarship programhas grown dramatically with numerous students and prospectivestudents receiving scholarship awards annually both through wssaand through a scholarship endowment from wssa matched by andadministered by the university of wyoming.
$363,372 spentof which $341,086 as grants2% of program spendingJunior livestock auction support and other programs: in addition to its support of junior exhibitors through the premier exhibitor scholarship program discussed above, the association provides other financial support directly and in the form of awards for the junior livestock show and auction via a carcass contest and other activities. The association also promotes youth education relative to agriculture, livestock production and what can be seen at the national western stock show in various ways.
$222,231 spentof which $212,848 as grants1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,225,248.
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 2024 to 2025, from $83M to $112M (+34%).
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 10% · 2022 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
29% of THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Paul Andrews
President & CEO - term ended jan 2025
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 35 funders, grant income rose $2.7M → $4.3M.
20 of 86 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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: $124k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Western Stock Show Association Scholarship Trust). These are real filings, and they are not money THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 86 funders by total. 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
THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
38% 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 THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 80% · 2019 45% · 2020 19% · 2021 19% · 2022 22% · 2023 24% — 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
52% of THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
74% of THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 184 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 184 recreation & sports nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $84k on record.
- Department of Defense$84k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION
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 Colorado
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
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- 51st & Brighton LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION?
- THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION (Colorado) receives grants from 86 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,393,091 to it, the largest being PEMA FOUNDATION INC ($3,223,454). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 86 organizations giving $23,393,091 in grants to THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION, 52 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION?
- PEMA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,223,454 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 86 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