Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs

Analysis

Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs is a registered charity in United States, based in Port Royal, 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 $125k and spending of $183k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $613k to $125k (-80%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 31% 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 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 40th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Level Two Inc ($125k), Glen Ellen Vocational Academy ($125k) and Blue Valley Neighborhood Association ($125k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 55% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $30k. At year end it held assets of $3.8m against liabilities of $273k, net assets of $3.6m. It reported 77 employees.