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← SONOMA COUNTY FAIR & EXPOSITION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SONOMA COUNTY FAIR & EXPOSITION INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 17 March 2026. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$11,738,289 changed to $11,341,512
Total expenses
$12,373,932 changed to $11,730,129
Program service revenue
$11,590,439 changed to $11,195,727
Investment income
$101,902 changed to $102,419
Other revenue
$45,948 changed to $43,366
Total assets, end of year
$17,014,976 changed to $17,296,002
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,076,035 changed to $3,110,035
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,938,941 changed to $14,185,967
Program services expenses
$8,958,175 changed to $8,313,900
Management and general expenses
$3,415,757 changed to $3,416,229
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,958,175 changed to $8,313,900

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Cynthia Lynne Dalbeck
  • Francisco J Mendez Lizaola
  • Jermane Draper
  • Matthew Jerome Daly
  • Robert Andrew Garcia

Listed only on the later return

  • Cynthia Dalbeck
  • Francisco Mendez Lizaola
  • Jerame Draper
  • Matthew Daly
  • Rebecca Bartling
  • Robert Garcia

Totals

Total revenue
$11,738,289
Total expenses
$12,373,932
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$34,000
Program service revenue
$11,590,439
Investment income
$101,902
Other revenue
$45,948
Total assets, end of year
$17,014,976
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,076,035
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,938,941
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,958,175
Management and general expenses
$3,415,757
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,958,175

Program services were 72.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ANNUAL COUNTY FAIR

    total $7,437,676 · related or exempt $7,437,676

  • 2b · Program service revenue: NON FAIR EVENTS

    total $4,152,763 · related or exempt $4,152,763

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $101,902 · excluded $101,902

  • 11a · Other revenue: CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION

    total $43,366 · related or exempt $43,366

  • 11b · Other revenue: ATM FEES

    total $2,582 · related or exempt $2,582

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $45,948

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $34,000 · program services $34,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,674,124 · program services $1,589,109 · management and general $85,015

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $771,800 · management and general $771,800

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,683,771 · program services $4,053,591 · management and general $630,180

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $384,883 · program services $338,857 · management and general $46,026

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $38,613 · management and general $38,613

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,479 · management and general $29,479

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $535,436 · management and general $535,436

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $308,466 · program services $308,466

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $436,190 · program services $1,597 · management and general $434,593

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $927,892 · program services $927,892

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,932 · program services $1,932

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $776,987 · management and general $776,987

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $91,162 · program services $23,534 · management and general $67,628

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $1,530,337 · program services $1,530,337

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $148,860 · program services $148,860

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,893,874 · end of year $7,290,840

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $162,501 · end of year $216,897

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $39,074,832

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $30,832,262

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,850,813 · end of year $8,242,570

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,477,848 · end of year $1,264,669

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $876,431 · end of year $795,939

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $86,435 · end of year $80,900

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,847,586 · end of year $2,199,196

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $14,574,584 · end of year $13,938,941

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO OPERATE THE SONOMA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS FOR THE COUNTY OF SONOMA.

  • THE FAIR OPERATES THE ANNUAL COUNTY FAIR WHICH INCLUDES AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS AND EDUCATION, ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITS, AND EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY ENTERTAINMENT.

    Expenses $4,479,088 · Grants $34,000 · Revenue $7,437,676

  • THE FAIR RENTS OUT THE FACILITIES YEAR ROUND TO RECREATIONAL, ARTISTIC, AGRICULTURAL, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. THE FAIR ALSO ACTS AS AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION HUB DURING NATURAL DISASTERS (I.E. WILDFIRES).

    Expenses $4,479,087 · Revenue $4,198,711

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marilyn Herzog

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related

  • Carol Quandt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Neysa Hinton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related

  • Lisa Wittke-Schaffner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related

  • Alma Bowen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Annette O'Kelley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Marcia Mickelsen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related

  • Rocco Cunningham

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Teejay Lowe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Sharon Wright

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Kanani Reynolds

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Hugo Mata

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Rob Muelrath

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Kevin Howe

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Stacey Powers

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Francisco J Mendez Lizaola

    BUILDING MECHANIC

    Total calculated
    $229,996
    From this org
    $129,916
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $100,080
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,916
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $100,080
    Filer's total
    $229,996

  • Isaac Gentry

    BUILDING SUPERVISOR

    Total calculated
    $256,343
    From this org
    $138,562
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $117,781
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,562
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $117,781
    Filer's total
    $256,343

  • Robert Andrew Garcia

    INTERIM COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $205,212
    From this org
    $128,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $76,866
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,346
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $76,866
    Filer's total
    $205,212

  • Matthew Jerome Daly

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $233,230
    From this org
    $151,734
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $81,496
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,734
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $81,496
    Filer's total
    $233,230

  • Ryan Yeager

    BUILDING MECHANIC

    Total calculated
    $241,015
    From this org
    $136,119
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $104,896
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,119
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $104,896
    Filer's total
    $241,015

  • Randy Crouch

    BUILDING MECHANIC

    Total calculated
    $200,511
    From this org
    $131,019
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,492
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,019
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $69,492
    Filer's total
    $200,511

  • Victor Flores Borja

    SENIOR MAINTENANCE WORKER

    Total calculated
    $144,194
    From this org
    $100,010
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,184
    Hours/week
    40

  • Hope Marshall

    EXHIBITS COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $210,996
    From this org
    $133,912
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $77,084
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,912
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $77,084
    Filer's total
    $210,996

  • Jermane Draper

    EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN

    Total calculated
    $183,567
    From this org
    $112,678
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,889
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,678
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $70,889
    Filer's total
    $183,567

  • Cynthia Lynne Dalbeck

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $252,495
    From this org
    $168,890
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $83,605
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,890
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $83,605
    Filer's total
    $252,495

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349325859

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