Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs

Analysis

Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs is a registered charity in United States, based in Centre Hall, 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 September 2023, Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs reported income of $4.2m and spending of $3.6m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $3.6m to $4.2m (+15%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 90th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation ($4.2m), Cape Girardeau Community Sheltered Workshop Inc D/B/A Vip Industries ($4.2m) and Search Institute ($4.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 9.1% and program service revenue 89% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $728k. At year end it held assets of $9.2m against liabilities of $787k, net assets of $8.4m. It reported 352 employees.