The Cuyahoga County Agricultural Society

Analysis

The Cuyahoga County Agricultural Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Berea, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2018, 8 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, The Cuyahoga County Agricultural Society reported income of $3.3m and spending of $2.1m, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2019 to November 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $3.3m (+100%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2021, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Cuyahoga County Agricultural Society sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Brevard Womens Center Inc ($3.3m), Georgia Center for Child Advocacy Inc ($3.3m) and Womenspace Inc ($3.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending November 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.1% and program service revenue 72% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $467k. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $9,229, net assets of $2.4m. It reported 63 employees.