Jackson County Fair Association

Analysis

Jackson County Fair Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Maquoketa, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Jackson County Fair Association reported income of $862k and spending of $924k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2019 to October 2023, income grew from $632k to $862k (+36%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2021, when income rose by 178%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Jackson County Fair Association sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tsunami Enterprises ($862k), Family School ($862k) and Nashua Community Arts ($862k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending October 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 51% and program service revenue 51% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $143k. At year end it held assets of $338k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $338k. It reported 66 employees.