Polk County Fair & Rodeo Association

Analysis

Polk County Fair & Rodeo Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Mena, AR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 2023, Polk County Fair & Rodeo Association reported income of $337k and spending of $380k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $263k to $337k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Polk County Fair & Rodeo Association sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within AR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kids Discovery Factory Inc ($337k), Seasteading Institute ($337k) and Alliance Francaise de Berkeley ($337k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.3% and program service revenue 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $516k against liabilities of $215k, net assets of $301k.