Iowa State Fairgrounds TR

Analysis

Iowa State Fairgrounds TR is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Moines, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 October 2023, Iowa State Fairgrounds TR reported income of $227k and spending of $9,669, leaving 96% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2019 to October 2023, income grew from $138k to $227k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2020, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 3.6% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Iowa State Fairgrounds TR 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 56th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Caps Foundation ($227k), Boca Rio Foundation Inc ($228k) and Texas Christian Foundation ($227k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending October 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.6m.