Sussex County Farm and Horse Show Association Inc

Analysis

Sussex County Farm and Horse Show Association Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Branchville, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1970, 56 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 December 2023, Sussex County Farm and Horse Show Association Inc reported income of $3.1m and spending of $2.9m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.7m to $3.1m (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 1195%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Sussex County Farm and Horse Show Association Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greater Libertyville Soccer Association Inc ($3.1m), Camp Pasquaney ($3.1m) and Virginia Beach Events Unlimited Inc ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 13% and program service revenue 81% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $80k (2.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $377k. At year end it held assets of $4.4m against liabilities of $851k, net assets of $3.5m. It reported 133 employees.