Fellowship of Christian Cowboys
Legal name: Fellowship of Christian Cowboys Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 840832138
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Canon City, CO, USA
- Phone
- (719) 275-7636
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $139,080
- Expenses
- $137,776
- Assets
- $170,068
- Liabilities
- $1,621
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BUDDY STRACHAN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CHARLES ROBERT DEVINE (CHAIRMAN OF)
- ROBBIE SNEED (BOARD MEMBER)
- ROBB STONE (BOARD MEMBER)
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
Our primary purpose is to present the Gospel to cowboys, cowgirls, and everyone they influence, highlighting the adventure of accepting Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. We partner with state and national youth rodeo associations to deliver sessions on values and ethics, promoting integrity, respect, and responsibility among the younger generation. There are numerous ways to get involved with the Fellowship of Christian Cowboys. Whether through financial support, volunteering, or participating in our events, your contribution helps us continue our mission. **Become a partner in our ministry** and join a community dedicated to making a difference through faith and fellowship. Statement of Faith.
What it reported doing in 2025
Cowboy church services: because of the lifestyle of the competing rodeo cowboy, many are not able to attend a home church. Therefore, it was the desire of the founders of fcc that church would be brought to the arena. Fcc sponsors church services throughout the us, including the national little britches rodeo finals, wrangler national finals rodeo, denver western stock show, houston livestock and rodeo, cheyenne frontier days, national high school finals rodeo, and national jr. High school finals rodeo, as well as many smaller community events.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 94.7%; rating input score 95
- 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: Limited
- 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: 0.9%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.23; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $130K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.