Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs

Analysis

Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs is a registered charity in United States, based in Lehighton, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1991, 35 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs reported income of $298k and spending of $259k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $258k to $298k (+15%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 397%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 60th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mt Lebanon Baseball Association ($298k), Clements High School Athletic Booster Club Inc ($298k) and Ballard Football Club Foundation ($298k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 23% and program service revenue 76% of the total. At year end it held assets of $650k against liabilities of $9,918, net assets of $640k.