Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show

Analysis

Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Worth, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1916, 110 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 March 2024, Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show reported income of $29.8m and spending of $27.7m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2020 to March 2024, income fell from $31.3m to $29.8m (-4.7%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 494%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Westminster Village Inc ($29.8m), Compass Inc ($29.8m) and Young Mens Christian Association of Coastal Georgia Inc ($29.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 24% and program service revenue 72% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $2.9m (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.5m. At year end it held assets of $55.8m against liabilities of $14.7m, net assets of $41.1m. It reported 758 employees.