Butler County Fair Association

Analysis

Butler County Fair Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Allison, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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 August 2023, Butler County Fair Association reported income of $609k and spending of $287k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $335k to $609k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Butler County Fair Association sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 75th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cedar Rapids Hockey Association ($609k), St Andrew Rowing Club Inc ($609k) and Panhandle Elite Volleyball Club Inc ($609k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 67% and program service revenue 33% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2,600. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $511k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 2 employees.