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← SONOMA COUNTY FAIR & EXPOSITION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SONOMA COUNTY FAIR & EXPOSITION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,832,190
Total expenses
$11,768,650
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$22,000
Program service revenue
$11,121,660
Investment income
$33,354
Other revenue
$677,176
Total assets, end of year
$18,385,036
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,810,452
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,574,584
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,743,124
Management and general expenses
$3,025,526
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,743,124

Program services were 74.3% 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 $7,313,782 · related or exempt $7,313,782

  • 2b · Program service revenue: NON FAIR EVENTS

    total $3,807,878 · related or exempt $3,807,878

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $38,653 · excluded $38,653

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

    other assets $5,299

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$5,299

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$5,299 · excluded -$5,299

  • 11a · Other revenue: CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION

    total $674,674 · related or exempt $674,674

  • 11b · Other revenue: ATM FEES

    total $2,502 · related or exempt $2,502

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $677,176

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $22,000 · program services $22,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,391,256 · program services $1,367,528 · management and general $23,728

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $769,340 · management and general $769,340

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,954,520 · program services $3,303,611 · management and general $650,909

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $353,965 · program services $307,273 · management and general $46,692

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $22,506 · management and general $22,506

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,620 · management and general $28,620

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,182,148 · program services $1,954,813 · management and general $227,335

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $348,069 · program services $348,069

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $343,878 · management and general $343,878

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $792,604 · program services $792,604

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $749,318 · management and general $749,318

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $180,192 · program services $16,992 · management and general $163,200

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $341,191 · program services $341,191

  • 24b · Other expenses: PREMIUMS

    total $278,145 · program services $278,145

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $10,898 · program services $10,898

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,802,832 · end of year $7,893,874

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $481,538 · end of year $162,501

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

    $38,906,088

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

    $30,055,275

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,048,870 · end of year $8,850,813

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,234,224 · end of year $1,477,848

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,146,820 · end of year $876,431

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $120,916 · end of year $86,435

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,788,684 · end of year $2,847,586

  • 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 $14,511,044 · end of year $14,574,584

Mission and programs · 2023

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 $4,615,764 · Grants $22,000 · Revenue $7,313,782

  • 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 $4,127,360 · Revenue $3,807,878

As filed on the 2023 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

    SECRETARY

    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

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Hugo Mata

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rob Muelrath

    FORMER PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kevin Howe

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Stacey Powers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Francisco J Mendez Lizaola

    BUILDING MECHANIC

    Total calculated
    $212,735
    From this org
    $114,370
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $98,365
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,370
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $98,365
    Filer's total
    $212,735
  • Isaac Gentry

    BUILDING SUPERVISOR

    Total calculated
    $244,254
    From this org
    $126,695
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $117,559
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,695
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $117,559
    Filer's total
    $244,254
  • Robert Andrew Garcia

    INTERIM COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $188,888
    From this org
    $117,203
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $71,685
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $117,203
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $71,685
    Filer's total
    $188,888
  • Matthew Jerome Daly

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $202,674
    From this org
    $131,608
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $71,066
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,608
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $71,066
    Filer's total
    $202,674
  • Ryan Yeager

    BUILDING MECHANIC

    Total calculated
    $219,691
    From this org
    $117,038
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $102,653
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $117,038
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $102,653
    Filer's total
    $219,691
  • Randy Crouch

    BUILDING MECHANIC

    Total calculated
    $178,268
    From this org
    $115,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,818
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,450
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $62,818
    Filer's total
    $178,268
  • Michael Margetts

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $227,508
    From this org
    $146,040
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $81,468
    Hours/week
    34 + 6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,040
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $81,468
    Filer's total
    $227,508
  • Becky Bartling

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $256,579
    From this org
    $189,992
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,587
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,992
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $66,587
    Filer's total
    $256,579
  • Hope Marshall

    EXHIBITS COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $191,499
    From this org
    $121,781
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,718
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,781
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $69,718
    Filer's total
    $191,499

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
2023
Filed
11 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403179349307235

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