Dodge County Fair Assn

Analysis

Dodge County Fair Assn is a registered charity in United States, based in Beaver Dam, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1940, 86 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 November 2023, Dodge County Fair Assn reported income of $1.0m and spending of $776k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2019 to November 2023, income grew from $842k to $1.0m (+23%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2021, when income rose by 447%. 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, Dodge County Fair Assn 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 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Central Bucks Athletic Association Inc ($1.0m), Maple Grove Crimson Football Athletic Club ($1.0m) and Pacific Rowing Club ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending November 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 10% and program service revenue 72% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $32k (4.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $38k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $1,924, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 29 employees.