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WYOMING WOOL GROWERS ASSOC INC

WYOMING WOOL GROWERS ASSOC INC (Wyoming) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,083 to it, the largest being WYOMING SHEEP FOUNDATION ($16,983). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$549k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$22k
Net assets
$818k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Wyoming Wool Growers Assoc Inc does

Mission

The mission and purpose of the wyoming wool growers association (wwga) is to advance the interests of the wool producing and sheep growing industry; to bring about the betterment of the conditions of those engaged in the livestock industry, including the improvement of the grade of their products, the development of a higher degree of efficiency in the industry, the cultivation and promotion of cooperation among all persons within the state of wyoming, engaged, directly or indirectly in the wool growing and sheep producing industry, and in general to do any and all things that further the mission and purposes of the wwga for the mutual protection and benefit of the sheep and livestock producing community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Identify, develop, and secure optimum markets for sheep and other livestock and their products. Promote and improve marketing opportunities for livestock through an annual events, such as a ram sale and ram test.

  2. Offer wyoming youth and livestock producers educational opportunities to improve flock production and learn new developments in the industry. Educate the public on the history of the sheep industry in wyoming as well as the value add products produced from sheep and other livestock, such as wool products, lamb, and other uses.

  3. Offer special projects and outreach programs including, but not limited to, cooperative projects with the university of wyoming college of agriculture natural resources and the collegaite wool growers association, state and federal agencies such as the wyoming department of agriculture and the u.s. Department of agriculture, american sheep industry association, and the wyoming wool growers auxiliary programming.

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($440k) Expenses 100 ($517k) Net assets 100 ($294k)2018 Revenue 115 ($505k) Expenses 78 ($405k) Net assets 134 ($395k)2019 Revenue 97 ($429k) Expenses 84 ($436k) Net assets 132 ($388k)2020 Revenue 78 ($342k) Expenses 77 ($397k) Net assets 113 ($333k)2021 Revenue 116 ($510k) Expenses 94 ($488k) Net assets 121 ($355k)2022 Revenue 96 ($422k) Expenses 74 ($380k) Net assets 135 ($397k)2023 Revenue 138 ($607k) Expenses 102 ($529k) Net assets 161 ($475k)2024 Revenue 121 ($533k) Expenses 92 ($478k) Net assets 180 ($529k)2025 Revenue 125 ($549k) Expenses 50 ($260k) Net assets 278 ($818k)
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Revenue (125)Expenses (50)Net assets (278)

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 $537k to $830k (+55%).

$350k
$397k
$401k
$346k
$359k
$405k
$492k
$537k
$830k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$76k
’17
$101k
’18
−$7k
’19
−$55k
’20
$21k
’21
$42k
’22
$78k
’23
$55k
’24
$289k
’25
19
months of
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

Alison Crane

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.

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Joined·+1+2+2+2+2+3+0+5
No longer listed·12221210
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of WYOMING WOOL GROWERS ASSOC 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

WYOMING WOOL GROWERS ASSOC INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% 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

77%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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

77% of WYOMING WOOL GROWERS ASSOC INC's grant income comes from Wyoming funders.

WY
CO

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

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In Wyoming

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds WYOMING WOOL GROWERS ASSOC INC?
WYOMING WOOL GROWERS ASSOC INC (Wyoming) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,083 to it, the largest being WYOMING SHEEP FOUNDATION ($16,983). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WYOMING WOOL GROWERS ASSOC INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $22,083 in grants to WYOMING WOOL GROWERS ASSOC INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WYOMING WOOL GROWERS ASSOC INC?
WYOMING SHEEP FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $16,983 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WYOMING WOOL GROWERS ASSOC INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wyoming. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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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 2 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