Chippewa County Fair

Analysis

Chippewa County Fair is a registered charity in United States, based in Dafter, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending October 2023, Chippewa County Fair reported income of $704k and spending of $627k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2019 to October 2023, income grew from $516k to $704k (+36%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2021, when income rose by 2842%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Chippewa County Fair sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Golden Empire Youth Tackle Football Inc ($704k), Community Recreation of Northern Mercer County Inc ($704k) and Salute to Military Golf Association Inc ($704k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending October 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.2% and program service revenue 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $784k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $784k.