Waukesha County Fair Association

Analysis

Waukesha County Fair Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Waukesha, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1998, 28 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 September 2023, Waukesha County Fair Association reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.3m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $937k to $1.4m (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 1054%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Waukesha County Fair Association sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Annandale Boys & Girls Club Inc ($1.4m), Onaway Camp Trust ($1.4m) and Mamaroneck Youth Hockey Association Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $40k (3.1% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $515k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $515k. It reported 76 employees.