Geauga County Agricultural Society

Analysis

Geauga County Agricultural Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Burton, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2016, 10 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, Geauga County Agricultural Society reported income of $3.2m and spending of $2.8m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2019 to November 2023, income grew from $2.0m to $3.2m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2021, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Geauga 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 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Paxton Street Home Benevolent Society Inc ($3.2m), And Then There Were None ($3.2m) and Napa Valley Support Services ($3.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending November 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% and program service revenue 47% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $73k (2.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $233k. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.6m. It reported 48 employees.