Waller County Fair Association

Analysis

Waller County Fair Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Hempstead, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2007, 19 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 (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, Waller County Fair Association reported income of $4.0m and spending of $3.3m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $2.1m to $4.0m (+96%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Waller County Fair Association sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Open Squash Inc ($4.0m), Des Moines Park & Recreation Foundation ($4.1m) and Camp Solomon Schechter Inc ($4.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.0% and program service revenue 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $29k. At year end it held assets of $4.0m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 2 employees.