Alameda County Agricultural Fair Association

Analysis

Alameda County Agricultural Fair Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Pleasanton, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1977, 49 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, Alameda County Agricultural Fair Association reported income of $30.7m and spending of $28.1m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $26.4m to $30.7m (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Alameda County Agricultural 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 98th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Side House Inc ($30.7m), United States Anti-Doping Agency ($30.8m) and Bentonville Bella Vista Blazer Association ($28.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.9% and program service revenue 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $940k (3.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.1m. At year end it held assets of $29.9m against liabilities of $8.1m, net assets of $21.8m. It reported 605 employees.