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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$23,489,504
Total expenses
$8,177,952
Contributions and grants received
$18,581,571
Grants paid
$161,630
Program service revenue
$3,875,822
Investment income
$518,574
Other revenue
$513,537
Total assets, end of year
$69,018,776
Total liabilities, end of year
$22,697,023
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$46,321,753
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,027,355
Management and general expenses
$735,005
Fundraising expenses
$415,592
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,027,355

Program services were 85.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $3,300

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $2,940

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $65,091

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,137,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $16,373,240

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ENTRY FEES

    total $1,563,417 · related or exempt $1,563,417

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER SHOW REVENUES

    total $1,178,477 · related or exempt $1,178,477

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $692,711 · related or exempt $692,711

  • 2d · Program service revenue: AGRICULTURAL SHOW FACILITY RENTAL

    total $285,483 · related or exempt $285,483

  • 2e · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $107,605 · related or exempt $107,605

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $48,129 · related or exempt $48,129

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $508,134 · excluded $508,134

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $167,876 · other assets $12,769

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $162,717 · other assets $7,488

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $5,159 · other assets $5,281

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $10,440 · excluded $10,440

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $619,580

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $2,940

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $290,759

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $328,821 · excluded $328,821

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $511,812

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $327,096

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $184,716 · related or exempt $184,716

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $13,000 · program services $13,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $148,630 · program services $148,630

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $537,433 · program services $322,458 · management and general $134,360 · fundraising $80,615

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,612,412 · program services $1,241,226 · management and general $129,325 · fundraising $241,861

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $94,442 · program services $78,594 · management and general $1,681 · fundraising $14,167

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $136,808 · program services $108,196 · management and general $8,091 · fundraising $20,521

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $152,303 · program services $117,274 · management and general $12,184 · fundraising $22,845

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $34,823 · program services $30,357 · management and general $4,466

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $58,438 · program services $50,943 · management and general $7,495

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,231 · management and general $1,231

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,143,740 · program services $1,954,675 · management and general $180,166 · fundraising $8,899

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $121,348 · program services $117,708 · management and general $1,213 · fundraising $2,427

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $705,131 · program services $552,165 · management and general $146,725 · fundraising $6,241

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $42,309 · program services $39,770 · management and general $2,539

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $663,578 · program services $628,863 · management and general $34,715

  • 17 · Travel

    total $54,044 · program services $48,370 · management and general $5,404 · fundraising $270

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $189,557 · program services $180,761 · management and general $3,225 · fundraising $5,571

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $136,263 · program services $80,803 · management and general $52,735 · fundraising $2,725

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $94,502 · program services $75,602 · management and general $9,450 · fundraising $9,450

  • 24a · Other expenses: PREMIUMS PAID

    total $955,361 · program services $955,361

  • 24b · Other expenses: ASSOCIATION FEES

    total $151,845 · program services $151,845

  • 24c · Other expenses: AWARDS, RIBBONS & TROPH

    total $130,754 · program services $130,754

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,027,473 · end of year $2,575,218

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $4,296,529

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $695,707 · end of year $348,867

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $13,364 · end of year $25,151

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $308,108 · end of year $301,240

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $62,013,657

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $4,245,156

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,271,217 · end of year $57,768,501

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $17,772,417 · end of year $3,366,180

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $337,090 · end of year $337,090

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,189,096 · end of year $22,163,161

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $619,407 · end of year $516,416

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $647,653 · end of year $17,446

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,249,047 · end of year $3,847,391

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $27,720,173 · end of year $42,474,362

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO BE THE NATION'S LEADER FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE EDUCATION, EVENTS, AND ENGAGEMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BE THE NATION'S LEADER FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE EDUCATION, EVENTS, AND ENGAGEMENT.

  • THE AMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION ANNUALLY MANAGES AND HOSTS ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST AGRICULTURE EXPOSITIONS INCLUDING LIVESTOCK SHOWS, PRESTIGIOUS HORSE SHOWS, PRCA RODEO, WORLD SERIES OF BARBEQUE CONTEST, AND OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS. THESE EVENTS PROVIDE A FOCUS ON THE REGION'S INHERENT ECONOMIC AND AGRARIAN HERITAGE.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)THE AMERICAN ROYAL IS THE NATION'S HIGHEST CALIBER LIVESTOCK SHOW PROVIDING A PREMIER EXPERIENCE FOR EXHIBITORS. ROOTED IN OUR LEGACY, WHICH BEGAN IN 1899, WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR COMPETITION, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND EDUCATION. THE 124TH AMERICAN ROYAL LIVESTOCK SHOW MAINTAINED NATIONAL PROMINENCE, FEATURING 5,683 ENTRIES FROM 2,173 EXHIBITORS, HAILING FROM 41 STATES AND CANADA. ACCOMPANYING THE LIVESTOCK SHOW WERE A SERIES OF LIVESTOCK, CROP AND MEAT JUDGING CONTESTS, WITH A TOTAL OF 129 TEAMS COMPETING FOR TOP HONORS.EACH YEAR, HUNDREDS OF AMERICA'S YOUTHS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 7 AND 21 TRAVEL FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO KANSAS CITY TO COMPETE AT THE AMERICAN ROYAL LIVESTOCK SHOW AND A SELECT FEW QUALIFY TO SELL THEIR ANIMAL IN THE AMERICAN ROYAL JUNIOR PREMIUM LIVESTOCK AUCTION WHERE THE EXHIBITOR'S PROCEEDS WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT THEIR FURTHER EDUCATION. THESE YOUTHS HAVE WORKED ALL YEAR TO PREPARE THEIR ANIMALS TO BE JUDGED ON A NATIONAL STAGE BY TOP PROFESSIONAL LIVESTOCK JUDGES. AFTER CHAMPIONS WERE CROWNED AND LIVESTOCK WERE PLACED IN THE ROYAL ELITE GRAND DRIVE, TOP EXHIBITORS SOLD THEIR ANIMALS AT THE JUNIOR PREMIUM LIVESTOCK AUCTION. THE RECORD-BREAKING SALE GROSSED $823,500, WITH 61 EXHIBITORS SELLING IN THE SALE. THE AMERICAN ROYAL WORLD SERIES OF BARBECUE, A LONGSTANDING TRADITION IN KANSAS CITY, IS THE LARGEST BARBECUE COMPETITION IN THE WORLD, IN TERMS OF BOTH THE NUMBER OF TEAMS AND THE WINNING PURSE. IT'S KANSAS CITY'S BIGGEST PARTY, WITH LIVE MUSIC, COLD DRINKS, AND OF COURSE MOUTH-WATERING BARBECUE. THERE WERE 487 TEAMS COMPETING FROM 36 STATES AND 6 COUNTRIES.AMERICAN ROYAL EVENTS DRIVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY, WITH AN IMPACT OF NEARLY $84 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT IN 2023. THE AMERICAN ROYAL OFFERS NEARLY 100 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED THROUGH APPLICATIONS OR IN THE SHOW ARENA.

    Expenses $7,027,355 · Grants $161,630 · Revenue $4,060,538

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gordon Lansford

    BOG CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Charlie Tetrick

    BOG 1ST VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • John Mitchell Jr

    BOG CO-VICE CHAIR/LIFETIME DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Cynthia Savage

    BOG CO-VICE CHAIR/LIFETIME DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angie Stanland

    BOG CO-VICE CHAIR/LIFETIME DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Ken Wagner

    BOD CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lindsey Smith

    BOD VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Brad Bendle

    BOD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Walt George

    BOD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Bret Borota

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Megan Bubb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carol Carlson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Congrove

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Fahey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Fuchs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Gamble

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Green

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alden Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angela Hudson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Illig

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cliff Illig

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Kolkhorst

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Konecny

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Lagemann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Missy Love

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alex Lowe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pat Macy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bob Marsh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ford Maurer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Russ Meinhardt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Moncke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Morris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Blake Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Nichols

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Polen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeanette Prenger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Roos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jara Settles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Stewart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Stofer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Tate

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Thomas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jack Ward

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Wilkerson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Yowell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Malcolm Aslin

    LIFETIME DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryan Beaver

    LIFETIME DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harry Cleberg

    LIFETIME DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Fowler

    LIFETIME DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Hunkeler

    LIFETIME DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mariner Kemper

    LIFETIME DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brant Laue

    LIFETIME DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pete Lemke

    LIFETIME DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fred Lyons

    LIFETIME DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Maday

    LIFETIME DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Petersen

    LIFETIME DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jackie McClaskey

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $260,041
    From this org
    $230,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,361
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,680
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,767
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,594
    Filer's total
    $260,041
  • Tim Carroll

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $175,119
    From this org
    $153,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,969
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,150
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,783
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,186
    Filer's total
    $175,119
  • Harold Bertz

    COO (AS OF 05/01/2023)

    Total calculated
    $102,273
    From this org
    $102,273
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Cliff Becker Decd 123023

    VP, NEW CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $256,595
    From this org
    $248,835
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,760
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $248,835
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,760
    Filer's total
    $256,595
  • Kyle Vena

    VP, NEW CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $184,885
    From this org
    $180,624
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,261
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,624
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,261
    Filer's total
    $184,885

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • AMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUST

    501(C)(3) · TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF AMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION, INC. · MO · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by AMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
28 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423039349302082

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