Columbia County Agricultural Society

Analysis

Columbia County Agricultural Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Chatham, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending November 2023, Columbia County Agricultural Society reported income of $1.1m and spending of $931k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2019 to November 2023, income grew from $922k to $1.1m (+18%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2021, when income rose by 490%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Columbia County Agricultural Society sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Campton United Soccer Club Inc ($1.1m), Nba Players Legacy Fund Inc ($1.1m) and Orinda Aquatics Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending November 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.6% and program service revenue 88% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $135k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $87k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 5 employees.