San Mateo County Expostion and Fair Association

Analysis

San Mateo County Expostion and Fair Association is a registered charity in United States, based in San Mateo, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1948, 78 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 December 2023, San Mateo County Expostion and Fair Association reported income of $14.6m and spending of $11.4m, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $13.3m to $14.6m (+9.6%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, San Mateo County Expostion and Fair Association sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc ($14.6m), Western National Parks Association ($14.6m) and Appalachian Trail Conservancy ($14.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $265k (2.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.3m. At year end it held assets of $16.4m against liabilities of $744k, net assets of $15.7m. It reported 155 employees.