Nixon-smiley Livestock Show

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 742444680
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2013–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025
Location: Nixon, TX, USA
Phone: 8302030238
Rating: 89
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue: $55,660
Expenses: $61,040
Assets: $206,936
Liabilities: $0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

BILLIE EGGER (PRESIDENT)
LAURA SWENSON (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

BILLIE EGGER (PRESIDENT)
LAURA SWENSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
REBECCA GONZALEZ-LUNA (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote the breeding, raising, and marketing of better livestock and farm products in the nixon-smiley, Texas area.

What it reported doing in 2025

Nixon-smiley livestock show holds an annual livestock show and auction for educational and scientific purposes to encourage and promote the breeding, raising, and marketing of better livestock and farm products in the nixon-smiley, Texas, area. Ffa students and 4h groups in the nixon-smiley area raise animals, bake cakes, and make crafts to sell in the livestock show and the auction.

Operating model

Revenue model: Earned-program. 87% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 100
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 51
Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: -9.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.39; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $61K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 9 filing years from 2013 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.