El Dorado County Fair Association

Analysis

El Dorado County Fair Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Placerville, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1990, 36 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 2023, El Dorado County Fair Association reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.7m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $573k to $1.9m (+227%), an average of +81% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 478%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, El Dorado County Fair Association sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rockwood Early Educational Academy Incorporated ($1.9m), Lift Urban Portland ($1.9m) and Lifequest Inc ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 7.4% and program service revenue 91% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $104k (6.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $529k. At year end it held assets of $4.5m against liabilities of $230k, net assets of $4.2m. It reported 119 employees.