Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs

Analysis

Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs is a registered charity in United States, based in MC Connellsbg, 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 December 2023, Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs reported income of $160k and spending of $164k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $234k to $160k (-31%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 72% 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 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Junior League of Dekalb County Inc ($160k), Economic Club of Kansas City ($160k) and Downtown Lima Inc ($160k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 22% and program service revenue 72% of the total. At year end it held assets of $544k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $544k.