Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs

Analysis

Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs is a registered charity in United States, based in Newport, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending October 2023, Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs reported income of $170k and spending of $174k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2019 to October 2023, income grew from $156k to $170k (+9.3%), an average of +2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2020, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Center for Educational Leadership ($170k), Good Stuff ($170k) and After the Peanut Foundation NFP ($170k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending October 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 52% and program service revenue 43% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.6m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.