Southwest District Fat Stock Show Inc

Analysis

Southwest District Fat Stock Show Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lake Charles, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending February 2023, Southwest District Fat Stock Show Inc reported income of $146k and spending of $48k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2019 to February 2023, income grew from $123k to $146k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 822%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Southwest District Fat Stock Show Inc sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rishama International ($146k), Northwest Washington Fair Foundation ($146k) and Shepherds Home Inc ($146k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending February 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 52% of the total. At year end it held assets of $897k against liabilities of $128k, net assets of $769k.