Marion County Agricultural Fair Association Inc

Analysis

Marion County Agricultural Fair Association Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Indianapolis, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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 December 2023, Marion County Agricultural Fair Association Inc reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.3m, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $628k to $1.0m (+63%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Marion County Agricultural Fair Association Inc sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Bowhunting Organization of the USA Inc ($1.0m), Pacific Park Conservancy Inc ($1.0m) and Collegiate Women Sports Awards ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 7.3% and program service revenue 79% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $71k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $483k, net assets of $838k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.