Pennsyvania State Association of County Fairs

Analysis

Pennsyvania State Association of County Fairs is a registered charity in United States, based in Elizabethtown, 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 May 2024, Pennsyvania State Association of County Fairs reported income of $667k and spending of $623k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2020 to May 2024, income grew from $463k to $667k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 604%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Pennsyvania State Association of County Fairs sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Morningstars Development Company Inc ($667k), Picket Fence Foundation ($667k) and Chattanooga Design Studio ($667k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 7.5% and program service revenue 78% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.1m.