Washington County Agricultural Society

Analysis

Washington County Agricultural Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Paul, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1999, 27 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 September 2023, Washington County Agricultural Society reported income of $814k and spending of $694k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $535k to $814k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 402%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Washington County Agricultural Society sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Menard County Fair ($813k), Wenatchee Valley Tread ($814k) and Downtown Giants Youth Football Inc ($813k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.5% and program service revenue 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $63k (9.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $78k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $487k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 72 employees.