Sonoma County Fair & Exposition Inc

Analysis

Sonoma County Fair & Exposition Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Rosa, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1957, 69 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. The IRS classifies it as a governmental unit under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Sonoma County Fair & Exposition Inc reported income of $11.8m and spending of $11.8m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $11.1m to $11.8m (+6.4%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Sonoma County Fair & Exposition Inc sits at the 99th 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 96th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Special Olympics Texas Inc ($11.6m), Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation ($11.9m) and Franconia Mennonite Camp Association Inc ($11.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 94% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $18.4m against liabilities of $3.8m, net assets of $14.6m. It reported 385 employees.