Bethlehem Fair Society Inc

Analysis

Bethlehem Fair Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bethlehem, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2021, 5 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, Bethlehem Fair Society Inc reported income of $351k and spending of $409k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $413k to $351k (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 667%. 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, Bethlehem Fair Society Inc sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Club Development League Inc ($351k), Ba Boosters Inc ($351k) and Dothan Youth Soccer Association Inc ($351k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $18k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $185k, net assets of $981k. It reported 3 employees.