Caldwell County Agricultural Fair

Analysis

Caldwell County Agricultural Fair is a registered charity in United States, based in Lenoir, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1952, 74 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Caldwell County Agricultural Fair reported income of $150k and spending of $105k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $100k to $150k (+49%), an average of +49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Caldwell County Agricultural Fair sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blast 4 Kids ($150k), Delta Prevention ($150k) and Generosity-Global Incorporated ($150k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $126k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $126k.