Fairfield County Agricultural Society

Analysis

Fairfield County Agricultural Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Lancaster, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending November 2023, Fairfield County Agricultural Society reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.6m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2019 to November 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $1.4m (+33%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2021, when income rose by 149%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Fairfield County Agricultural Society sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wallingford Committee on Aging Inc ($1.4m), Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind Foundation ($1.4m) and CMB Visions Unlimited Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending November 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 71% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $91k (5.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $222k. At year end it held assets of $765k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $765k. It reported 154 employees.