Adams County Agricultural Society

Analysis

Adams County Agricultural Society is a registered charity in United States, based in West Union, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2026. 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, Adams County Agricultural Society reported income of $990k and spending of $703k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2019 to November 2023, income grew from $303k to $990k (+227%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2023, when income rose by 183%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Adams County Agricultural Society sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Just Hope Inc ($990k), Coalition for Construction Safety Inc ($990k) and Benefits Law Center ($990k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending November 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 69% and program service revenue 27% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $8,229 (1.2% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $305k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $305k.