Totals
- Total revenue
- $81,058,544
- Total expenses
- $74,197,261
- Contributions and grants received
- $5,216,843
- Grants paid
- $4,324,616
- Program service revenue
- $70,135,902
- Investment income
- $5,825,995
- Other revenue
- -$120,196
- Total assets, end of year
- $153,357,581
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $42,684,539
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $110,673,042
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $62,516,247
- Management and general expenses
- $7,780,147
- Fundraising expenses
- $3,900,867
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $62,516,247
Program services were 84.3% 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.
-
1c · Fundraising events
$2,265,140
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,951,703
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$45,375
-
2a · Program service revenue: CONCESSIONS SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
total $40,142,458 · related or exempt $40,142,458
-
2b · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS PARKING ENTRY
total $29,993,444 · related or exempt $29,993,444
-
3 · Investment income
total $4,040,937 · excluded $4,040,937
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $6,947,422
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $4,706,238 · other assets $456,126
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $2,241,184 · other assets -$456,126
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $1,785,058 · excluded $1,785,058
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$283,854
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$2,265,140
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$404,050
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$120,196 · excluded -$120,196
-
9a · Gaming: gross income
$0
-
9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10a · Gross sales of inventory
$0
-
10b · Cost of goods sold
$0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $1,935,412 · program services $1,935,412
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $2,389,204 · program services $2,389,204
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $3,490,103 · program services $2,572,890 · management and general $696,387 · fundraising $220,826
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $13,950,395 · program services $10,284,175 · management and general $2,783,548 · fundraising $882,672
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $367,631 · program services $271,016 · management and general $73,354 · fundraising $23,261
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $999,536 · program services $736,854 · management and general $199,439 · fundraising $63,243
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $1,410,169 · program services $1,039,571 · management and general $281,374 · fundraising $89,224
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $1,207,786 · management and general $1,207,786
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $231,522 · management and general $231,522
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $211,060 · management and general $211,060
-
11g · Fees: other
total $14,016,256 · program services $13,707,195 · management and general $247,221 · fundraising $61,840
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,429,345 · program services $477,830 · management and general $18,428 · fundraising $1,933,087
-
13 · Office expenses
total $3,368,098 · program services $2,843,477 · management and general $295,018 · fundraising $229,603
-
14 · Information technology
total $687,820 · program services $289,944 · management and general $360,334 · fundraising $37,542
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $2,614,676 · program services $1,902,079 · management and general $502,229 · fundraising $210,368
-
17 · Travel
total $190,673 · program services $139,843 · management and general $39,475 · fundraising $11,355
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $3,863,625 · program services $3,606,484 · management and general $241,613 · fundraising $15,528
-
23 · Insurance
total $1,700,956 · program services $1,577,238 · management and general $116,247 · fundraising $7,471
-
24a · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS FAIRTIME EXP
total $10,289,438 · program services $10,282,216 · management and general $2,286 · fundraising $4,936
-
24b · Other expenses: FAIR PARK IMPROVEMENTS
total $6,442,485 · program services $6,442,485
-
24c · Other expenses: REPAIR & MAINTENANCE
total $1,737,034 · program services $1,657,767 · management and general $71,796 · fundraising $7,471
-
24d · Other expenses: OTHER
total $664,037 · program services $360,567 · management and general $201,030 · fundraising $102,440
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $153,586 · end of year $1,264,141
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $63,509,421 · end of year $59,143,572
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $829,611 · end of year $306,986
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $198,389 · end of year $249,402
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $146,592 · end of year $234,923
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$84,271,362
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$62,784,581
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $19,160,399 · end of year $21,486,781
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $40,953,143 · end of year $52,011,354
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $19,260,162 · end of year $18,660,422
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $374,703 · end of year $563,598
-
18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $8,735,061 · end of year $9,785,599
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $32,577,913 · end of year $32,335,342
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $102,461,957 · end of year $110,612,666
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $61,669 · end of year $60,376
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS CELEBRATES ALL THINGS TEXAN BY PROMOTING AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT THROUGH QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT IN A FAMILY-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH PROCEEDS HELPING TO PRESERVE AND IMPROVE FAIR PARK; UNDERWRITE MUSEUM, COMMUNITY, AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS; AND HELP IMPROVE STATE FAIR OPERATIONS TO HELP PUT ON THE NEXT STATE FAIR OF TEXAS. OUR NONPROFIT PURPOSE IS FUNDED THROUGH THE PROCEEDS FROM THE ANNUAL 24-DAY STATE FAIR OF TEXAS EVENT, WHICH SERVES AS THE ORGANIZATION'S LARGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR.
Activities or mission (Part I)
the state fair of texas celebrates all things texan by promoting agriculture, education & community involve- ment through quality entertainment in a family-friendly environment.
-
Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.
Expenses $62,516,247 · Grants $4,324,616 · Revenue $70,135,902
As filed on the 2024 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.
Listed in Part VII
-
Mitchell Glieber
President
- Total calculated
- $923,003
- From this org
- $857,875
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $65,128
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $442,682
- Bonus
- $356,000
- Other
- $59,193
- Deferred
- $32,200
- Nontaxable benefits
- $32,928
- Filer's total
- $923,003
-
Jaime Navarro
COO
- Total calculated
- $566,388
- From this org
- $500,160
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $66,228
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $292,259
- Bonus
- $125,000
- Other
- $82,901
- Deferred
- $32,200
- Nontaxable benefits
- $34,028
- Filer's total
- $566,388
-
Lindsay Clark
CFO
- Total calculated
- $412,586
- From this org
- $378,105
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $34,481
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $248,383
- Bonus
- $125,000
- Other
- $4,722
- Deferred
- $32,200
- Nontaxable benefits
- $2,281
- Filer's total
- $412,586
-
Daryl Real
SVP - Livestock
- Total calculated
- $390,402
- From this org
- $342,886
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $47,516
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $202,629
- Bonus
- $75,000
- Other
- $65,257
- Deferred
- $14,717
- Nontaxable benefits
- $32,799
- Filer's total
- $390,402
-
Jennifer Schuder
SVP - Marketing
- Total calculated
- $383,836
- From this org
- $343,035
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $40,801
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $225,745
- Bonus
- $75,000
- Other
- $42,290
- Deferred
- $28,266
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,535
- Filer's total
- $383,836
-
Russell Fitzgerald
SVP - Operations
- Total calculated
- $368,360
- From this org
- $328,138
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $40,222
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $214,969
- Bonus
- $75,000
- Other
- $38,169
- Deferred
- $28,325
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,897
- Filer's total
- $368,360
-
Karissa Condoianis
SVP - Public Relations
- Total calculated
- $362,735
- From this org
- $320,831
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $41,904
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $222,822
- Bonus
- $75,000
- Other
- $23,009
- Deferred
- $29,420
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,484
- Filer's total
- $362,735
-
Melanie Linnear
SVP - Food and Beverage
- Total calculated
- $319,285
- From this org
- $279,892
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $39,393
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $193,886
- Bonus
- $75,000
- Other
- $11,006
- Deferred
- $26,237
- Nontaxable benefits
- $13,156
- Filer's total
- $319,285
-
Jason K Hays
SVP - Brand Experience
- Total calculated
- $303,137
- From this org
- $270,833
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $32,304
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $180,407
- Bonus
- $75,000
- Other
- $15,426
- Deferred
- $26,533
- Nontaxable benefits
- $5,771
- Filer's total
- $303,137
-
Leah Anthony Schulz
Controller
- Total calculated
- $230,519
- From this org
- $203,356
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,163
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $165,238
- Bonus
- $38,000
- Other
- $118
- Deferred
- $12,386
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,777
- Filer's total
- $230,519
-
Margaret Hannah
VP - HR
- Total calculated
- $216,049
- From this org
- $182,424
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $33,625
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $140,644
- Bonus
- $41,000
- Other
- $780
- Deferred
- $18,520
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,105
- Filer's total
- $216,049
-
Nathan Gross
VP - Fair Operations
- Total calculated
- $213,509
- From this org
- $189,627
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $23,882
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $164,412
- Bonus
- $25,000
- Other
- $215
- Deferred
- $11,416
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,466
- Filer's total
- $213,509
-
Robert Hilbun
RETIRED GENERAL MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $184,017
- From this org
- $183,751
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $266
- Hours/week
- 5.11
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $6,645
- Bonus
- $125,000
- Other
- $52,106
- Deferred
- $266
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $184,017
-
Robert Abtahi
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cheryl Amerine
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sean Allen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Heath Cheek
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John de la Garza III
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lois Finkelman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brian P Foley
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gilbert Gerst
Treasurer/Vice Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
John DHarkey Jr
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Wendy Lopez
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Steve Mancillas
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Felix J Lozanno III
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alyssa G Martin
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Frank Mihalopoulos
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Warren Mayberry
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gina Norris
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
James C Roberts
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bruce A Sifford
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 6
-
Mary Suhm
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
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
-
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITH GRANTSSCHOLARSHIPS
$743,162
-
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY COLLEGE STATION
$210,250
-
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
$134,500
-
$100,000
-
WEST TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY
$60,000
-
TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY
$56,500
-
CITY OF DALLAS-PARKSRECR
$50,000
-
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
$47,250
-
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON SCHOLARSHIP
$45,750
-
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
$33,750
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 4 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202533089349303138
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