Meramec Community Fair

Analysis

Meramec Community Fair is a registered charity in United States, based in Sullivan, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1995, 31 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 December 2023, Meramec Community Fair reported income of $290k and spending of $226k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $196k to $290k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 3523%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Meramec Community Fair sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 58th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival Inc ($290k), Columbus Hockey Association Inc ($290k) and Skating Club of Jackson Hole ($290k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $90k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $90k.