Blue Ribbon Sale of Champions Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271404082
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Phone
4147885774
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal-Related N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$428,441
Expenses
$452,729
Assets
$596,956
Liabilities
$19,654

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jenny Markham-Gehl (President)
  • Rebecca Ivey (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Jenny Markham-Gehl (President)
  • Rebecca Ivey (Vice President)
  • Kristi Lange (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To educate encourage youth exhibitors to produce high quality livestock that will provide wholesome nutritous products. The BRSCF is committed to creating events that provide a platform for enhancing strengthening the ag community of WI and to better foster understanding of the agriculture industry throughout our society.

What it reported doing in 2025

Govenors Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction. Over 600 Wisconsin State Fair Junior Beef, Swine Sheep Exhibitors compete for a coveted spot in the Governors Livestock Auction. Junior Exhibitors who sell animals in the auction receive a percent of the sale proceeds based on the sale price of the animal. In addition, funds raised benefit scholarship recipients and other Wisconsin Youth Agriculture programs. New livestock grant program initiated to support Wisconsin youth that wish to participate in the showing and raising of livestock. This program allows youth to apply for grants to support the purchase of livestock for showing and/or to help them establish their own heard of animals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 85% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.7%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 92.3%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 98.8%; rating input score 99; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.7%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.32; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.7% of revenue deployed · 92.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $418K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.