Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs

Analysis

Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs is a registered charity in United States, based in Honesdale, 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 October 2023, Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.5m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2019 to October 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $1.6m (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2021, when income rose by 389%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peters Valley Craft Center Inc ($1.6m), Old Newsboys Goodfellow Fund of Detroit ($1.6m) and Lower Polk Community Benefit District ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending October 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% and program service revenue 86% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $176k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $5,632, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 165 employees.