Phelps County Fair

Analysis

Phelps County Fair is a registered charity in United States, based in Rolla, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1952, 74 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 August 2023, Phelps County Fair reported income of $362k and spending of $387k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2020 to August 2023, income grew from $313k to $362k (+16%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Phelps County Fair sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dyer Kickers Soccer Club ($362k), Fox Valley Swim Team Incorporated ($362k) and Education-Recreation Incorporated ($362k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.2% and program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $150k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $150k.