The Big Four Fair Association

Analysis

The Big Four Fair Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Nashua, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2015, 11 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, The Big Four Fair Association reported income of $211k and spending of $196k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $255k to $211k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 219%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Big Four Fair Association sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Belmont Youth Basketball Association Inc ($211k), Mid-Columbia Conference ($211k) and Grand Blanc Gladiators Travel Baseball ($211k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% of the total. At year end it held assets of $574k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $574k. It reported 2 employees.