Maricopa County Fair Inc

Analysis

Maricopa County Fair Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Phoenix, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1981, 45 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Maricopa County Fair Inc reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.5m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.9m (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 224%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Maricopa County Fair Inc sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Modesto Youth Soccer Assoc Inc ($1.9m), Camp Alexander Mack Inc ($1.9m) and Kansas City Youth Hockey Association Inc ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 32% and program service revenue 64% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $115k. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $354k, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 7 employees.