Lee County Fair Association

Analysis

Lee County Fair Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Dixon, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 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 September 2023, Lee County Fair Association reported income of $385k and spending of $343k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $245k to $385k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 168%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lee County Fair Association sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Geaux 4 Kids ($385k), Good Neighbor Emergency Assistance Inc ($385k) and Montauk Food Pantry ($385k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 59% and program service revenue 38% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $3,900 (1.1% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $292k against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $280k.