Kansas Livestock Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
480546612
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Topeka, KS, USA
Phone
7852735115
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,680,363
Expenses
$12,223,160
Assets
$15,792,778
Liabilities
$4,452,588

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tyler Breeden (President (Eff. 11/21/2025))
  • Troy Sander (President (Thru. 11/21/2025))
  • Jeff George (President-Elect (Eff. 11/21/2025))
  • Matt Teagarden (Chief Executive Officer)

Highest reported compensation

  • Matt Teagarden (Chief Executive Officer): $386,181 total reported compensation
  • Aaron Popelka (VP of Legal Affairs): $234,627 total reported compensation
  • Clayton Huseman (E.D. Feedlot Division): $188,727 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To promote the livestock interests of its members; To establish and promote education programs related to livestock pursuits; To publish a monthly magazine "The Kansas Stockman; and To cooperate with other organizations for the advancement of all livestock and agricultural interests in Kansas.

What it reported doing in 2025

Assembled & distributed information related to livestock and livestock products, promoted the livestock interests of its 5,495 members, promoted educational programs related to livestock pursuits and published a monthly magazine.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.6%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.29; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.2%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $386K · 28 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.