Colorado · Nonprofit
THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST
THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST (Colorado) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,850 to it, the largest being Cross H Foundation ($10,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $53k
- Net assets
- $18M
What The Western Stock Show Association Scholarship Trust does
Mission
Promote the development of youth interest in working in agriculture and livestock production.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
National western scholarship program - funded scholarships to over 106 students at 10 educational institutions. Scholarships funded ranged in amount from $500.00 to $20,000 per student. Several additional scholarships were also funded pursuant to separate funds established by the association in the honor of willard simms (the willard simms memorial journalism award), and by the courtenay c. Davis foundation in honor of clifford p. Hansen.
$657,250 spentof which $657,250 as grants88% of program spendingJunior livestock auction scholarship awards - funded premier exhibitor scholarships of $500 to $2,000 to each grand champion exhibitor at the 2026 national western stock show, and of $1,000 to $2,000 to each reserve grand champion exhibitor at the horse show.
$21,000 spentof which $21,000 as grants3% of program spendingOther program service expense - these expenses represent various other expenses directly program/event related.
$70,153 spentof which $66,528 as grants9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $748,403.
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 2020 to 2021, from $12M to $15M (+27%).
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.
37% of THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Colleen Orr
Board chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $250 → $17k.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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: $5.0M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Western Stock Show Association). These are real filings, and they are not money THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST raised.
From the IRS filings of THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST’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
THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 83% · 2022 40% — 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
40% of THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 38% 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 FY2022, 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
THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST draws 62% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $250 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 SCHOLARSHIP TRUST runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST?
- THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST (Colorado) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,850 to it, the largest being Cross H Foundation ($10,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $52,850 in grants to THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST?
- Cross H Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 8 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