Union County Fair Association of Afton Union County Iowa

Analysis

Union County Fair Association of Afton Union County Iowa is a registered charity in United States, based in Creston, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2016, 10 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 2024, Union County Fair Association of Afton Union County Iowa reported income of $425k and spending of $482k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2024, income grew from $397k to $425k (+7.1%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Union County Fair Association of Afton Union County Iowa sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include LA Salle County Fair Association Inc ($425k), Trail Riders Snowmobile Club of Lake County ($425k) and High Country Soccer Assoc ($425k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% and program service revenue 83% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $308k, net assets of $1.8m.