Ozark Empire Fair Foundation

Analysis

Ozark Empire Fair Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Ozark Empire Fair Foundation reported income of $13.5m and spending of $630k, leaving 95% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $543k to $13.5m (+2377%), an average of +123% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 814%. Over the whole period it spent 12% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Ozark Empire Fair Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region ($13.5m), Midland Area Community Foundation ($13.5m) and The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County ($13.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 1.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $31.0m against liabilities of $6.4m, net assets of $24.6m.