Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs

Analysis

Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs is a registered charity in United States, based in Arendtsville, 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 December 2023, Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs reported income of $284k and spending of $288k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $287k to $284k (-1.2%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 59th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New England Collegiate Baseball League Inc ($284k), Amateur Athletic Union of the United States ($284k) and Aquatic Booster Club of the Southern Marlins Racing Team Inc ($284k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 9.4% and program service revenue 89% of the total. At year end it held assets of $645k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $645k.