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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOCIATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,330,312
Total expenses
$2,339,977
Contributions and grants received
$407,432
Grants paid
$4,951
Program service revenue
$1,966,415
Investment income
-$387
Other revenue
-$43,148
Total assets, end of year
$10,752,179
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,153,564
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,598,615
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,093,452
Management and general expenses
$223,533
Fundraising expenses
$22,992
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,093,452

Program services were 89.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $255,467

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $151,965

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $41,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: AGRICULTURAL FAIR

    total $1,890,724 · related or exempt $1,890,724

  • 2b · Program service revenue: NON-FAIR ACTIVITIES

    total $75,691 · related or exempt $75,691

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $913 · excluded $913

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $129,402

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $177,681

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$48,279

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$48,279 · excluded -$48,279

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $23,172

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $23,019 · other assets $1,453

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $153 · other assets -$1,453

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,300 · related or exempt -$1,300

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $5,131 · related or exempt $5,131

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,131

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,951 · program services $4,951

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $103,449 · program services $72,415 · management and general $15,517 · fundraising $15,517

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $309,197 · program services $254,360 · management and general $54,837

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,514 · program services $4,730 · management and general $1,318 · fundraising $466

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,034 · program services $28,535 · management and general $6,144 · fundraising $1,355

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $66,140 · program services $41,081 · management and general $25,059

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $34,270 · program services $34,270

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $56,417 · program services $56,417

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $63,644 · program services $24,641 · management and general $38,926 · fundraising $77

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $71,148 · program services $65,478 · management and general $4,964 · fundraising $706

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $119,064 · program services $116,567 · management and general $2,046 · fundraising $451

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,783 · program services $8,364 · management and general $7,419

  • 20 · Interest

    total $111,580 · program services $88,360 · management and general $19,024 · fundraising $4,196

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $236,362 · program services $200,908 · management and general $35,454

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $94,873 · program services $80,296 · management and general $14,353 · fundraising $224

  • 24a · Other expenses: MUSIC AND ATTRACTIONS

    total $663,508 · program services $663,508

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENT

    total $75,479 · program services $75,479

  • 24c · Other expenses: BEER STAND EXPENSES

    total $71,434 · program services $71,434

  • 24d · Other expenses: CATERING AND BEVERAGES

    total $44,503 · program services $44,503

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $155,627 · program services $157,155 · management and general -$1,528

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $372,506 · end of year $220,699

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,085 · end of year $7,087

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $881,272 · end of year $522,205

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $58,449 · end of year $57,369

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,987 · end of year $11,548

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

    $11,166,306

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

    $1,301,715

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,367,784 · end of year $9,864,591

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $67,987 · end of year $68,680

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $75,959 · end of year $26,865

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $153,179 · end of year $315,183

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,104,749 · end of year $1,811,516

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,425,183 · end of year $8,598,615

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOCIATION INC'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE UP-TO-DATE GROUNDS AND FACILITIES THAT PROMOTE EVENTS AND ATTRACTIONS ENHANCING THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE UP-TO DATE GROUNDS AND FACILITIES THAT PROMOTE EVENTS AND ATTRACTIONS ENCHANCING THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

  • PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR NORTHERN WISCONSIN, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL COUNTY/REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL FAIR. DURING THE 5-DAY FAIR EVENT, 655 EXHIBITORS ENTERED 4,597 EXHIBITS. FAIR ATTENDANCE WAS 110,000 PEOPLE WITH 51 DIFFERENT AGRICULTURAL-EDUCATION RELATED ACTIVITIES. FACILITIES WERE ALSO UTILIZED FOR 32 ADDITIONAL EVENTS BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO ASSIST THEIR FUNDRAISING GOALS TO MEET THEIR MISSIONS IN THE REGION.

    Expenses $2,093,452 · Grants $4,951 · Revenue $1,964,805

  • HOSTED CITY OF CHIPPEWA FALLS POLICE, FIRE, AND EMT TRIANING TO INCLUDE K- 9, VEHICLE PURSUIT, AND FIRE TRUCK DRIVING TRAINING. HOSTED NATIONAL NIGHT OUT FOR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, EMT, FIRE DEPARTMENTS FROM CHIPPEWA FALLS AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THESE PROGRAMS HAD ATTENDANCE OF OVER 3,500 PEOPLE.

  • PROVIDED FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS FOR 4-H & FFA MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND FACILITIES FOR CHIPPEWA FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOL EQUESTRIAN TEAM AS NEEDED. THESE PROGRAMS ARE CONDUCTED FROM APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER. FACILITIES WERE UTILIZED FROM APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER FOR A TOTAL OF OVER 75 DAYS.

  • PUBLIC SCHOOL USE OF FACILITIES FOR GRADUATION AND OTHER SCHOOL GATHERINGS. FACILITES SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY FESTIVALS TO INCLUDE SPRINGFEST, OKTOBERFEST, INDIANHEADKENNEL CLUB, CAR SHOW, STATEDARTBALL TOURNAMENT, TO NAME A FEW. TOTAL ATTENDANCE FOR NON-FAIR EVENTS IS ESTIMATED AT 28,000.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mike Brunner

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teresa Germain

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nick Goeman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Sikora

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Hiess

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lori Lyons

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Misfeldt

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tiffany Thompson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Darren Swartz

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Koehler

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rusty Volk

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $104,154
    From this org
    $101,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,034
    Hours/week
    50

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
3 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500359349301480

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