Hardee County Fair Incorporated

Analysis

Hardee County Fair Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Wauchula, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1981, 45 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Hardee County Fair Incorporated reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.0m, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $684k to $1.3m (+94%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Hardee County Fair Incorporated sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lewis Little Folks Inc ($1.3m), Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation of the United States Nhu Lai ($1.3m) and Redwood Empire Electrical Training Trust ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 34% and program service revenue 66% of the total. At year end it held assets of $961k against liabilities of $1,725, net assets of $960k.