Colorado Springs Rodeo Association
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What it says it does
PROTECT AND MAINTAIN THE HERITAGE AND TRADITION OF RODEO AND WESTERN WAY OF LIFE.
- Income
- $2.6 million
- Spending
- $2.6 million
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 495
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $2.6 million spent. THE PIKES PEAK OR BUST RODEO IS THE SECOND OLDEST EVENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WAS STARTED IN 1937. IN 2022 THE RODEO HOSTED THE FIRST PRESTIGIOUS NFR OPEN. THIS ANNUAL EVENT IS HELD IN JULY AND FEATURES CONTESTANTS FROM EACH OF THE 12 U.S. AND CANADIAN CIRCUITS, PLUS MEXICAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, BRINGING MORE THAN 200 CONTESTANTS TO THE NORRIS PENROSE EVENT CENTER. THE RODEO HOSTS OVER 49.1K VISITORS, WITH 30% FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA AND 70% WHO ARE LOCAL. THE NFR OPEN AT THE PIKES PEAK OR BUST RODEO IS IN THE TOP 97% NATIONWIDE AS AN ATTRACTION AND IN THE TOP 96% IN THE STATE OF COLORADO.CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE OTHE RODEO FAN ZONE IS PACKED WITH ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES, INCLUDING PONY RIDES, A PETTING ZOO, FACE PAINTING, GOAT ROPING, MUTTON BUSTIN', OLD WEST GUNFIGHTERS, AND A BEER & WINE CORRAL. VENDOR BOOTHS OFFER A WIDE ARRAY OF UNIQUE GOODS FROM HATS AND AUTHENTIC WESTERN WEAR TO TOYS AND SOUVENIRS, WITH CONCESSIONS PROVIDING PLENTY OF OPTIONS FOR MEALS, SNACKS, AND DRINKS. THE RODEO ALSO FEATURES THE GIRL OF THE WEST, A RODEO AMBASSADOR, WHO HELPS PROMOTE "THE WESTERN WAY OF LIFE AND THE WESTERN-TYPE AMERICAN GIRL" AT OUR RODEO AND OTHER EVENTS.THE RODEO IS LED BY AN ALL-VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND IS SUPPORTED BY OVER 495 VOLUNTEERS WHO ALL DEDICATE AN IMPRESSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME AND ENERGY TO MAKE THIS EVENT SUCCESSFUL EACH YEAR. THIS EVENT IS ABOUT HISTORY, ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE FAST-GROWING SPORT OF PROFESSIONAL RODEO, AND ABOUT SHOWING APPRECIATION TO THOSE SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PROTECT OUR NATION. THE PIKES PEAK OR BUST RODEO HAS BEEN GIVING BACK TO OUR LOCAL MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES SINCE 1946, DONATING OVER $1 MILLION OVER THE PAST DECADE. THE SUPPORT INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS TO A WIDE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS SUCH AS FOOD BASKETS AT THE HOLIDAYS, EMERGENCY TRAVEL AND SHELTER RESOURCES, PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES OF DEPLOYED SERVICE MEMBERS, AND TICKETS TO ATTEND THE RODEO.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending August 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 1967.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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