Bates County Fair

Analysis

Bates County Fair is a registered charity in United States, based in Butler, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2014, 12 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, Bates County Fair reported income of $224k and spending of $241k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $116k to $224k (+94%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 272%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bates County Fair sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Columbus Flyers Disc Golf Club Inc ($224k), Braintree Junior Soccer League Inc ($224k) and Norfolk Baseball Association Incorporated ($224k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.4% and program service revenue 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $429k against liabilities of $83k, net assets of $346k.