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← SONOMA COUNTY FAIR & EXPOSITION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SONOMA COUNTY FAIR & EXPOSITION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,549,617
Total expenses
$10,127,018
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$16,587
Program service revenue
$10,848,599
Investment income
$6,600
Other revenue
$694,418
Total assets, end of year
$18,567,464
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,056,420
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,511,044
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,456,779
Management and general expenses
$2,670,239
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,456,779

Program services were 73.6% 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 $6,323,752 · related or exempt $6,323,752

  • 2b · Program service revenue: NON FAIR EVENTS

    total $4,524,847 · related or exempt $4,524,847

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,362 · excluded $7,362

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

    other assets $762

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$762

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$762 · excluded -$762

  • 11a · Other revenue: PPP LOAN FORGIVENESS

    total $477,500 · related or exempt $477,500

  • 11b · Other revenue: CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION

    total $215,361 · related or exempt $215,361

  • 11c · Other revenue: ATM FEES

    total $1,557 · related or exempt $1,557

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $694,418

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $16,587 · program services $16,587

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,548,615 · program services $1,534,447 · management and general $14,168

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $600,797 · management and general $600,797

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,817,529 · program services $2,302,021 · management and general $515,508

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $324,946 · program services $291,316 · management and general $33,630

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $26,790 · management and general $26,790

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $31,500 · management and general $31,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,083,058 · program services $1,827,858 · management and general $255,200

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $240,338 · program services $240,338

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $409,321 · management and general $409,321

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $547,044 · program services $547,044

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $693,325 · management and general $693,325

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $103,930 · program services $13,930 · management and general $90,000

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $401,335 · program services $401,335

  • 24b · Other expenses: PREMIUMS

    total $237,308 · program services $237,308

  • 24c · Other expenses: HALL OF FLOWERS CONTRAC

    total $27,000 · program services $27,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $17,595 · program services $17,595

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,141,267 · end of year $8,802,832

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $576,099 · end of year $481,538

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

    $37,354,827

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

    $29,305,957

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,241,122 · end of year $8,048,870

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $667,639 · end of year $1,234,224

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,010,176 · end of year $1,146,820

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $121,916 · end of year $120,916

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,405,590 · end of year $2,788,684

  • 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 $13,088,445 · end of year $14,511,044

Mission and programs · 2022

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 $4,767,940 · Grants $16,587 · Revenue $6,323,752

  • 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 $2,688,839 · Revenue $4,524,847

As filed on the 2022 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

    DIRECTOR

    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

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Hugo Mata

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rob Muelrath

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kevin Howe

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Stacey Powers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Becky Bartling

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $251,171
    From this org
    $182,261
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,910
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,261
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $68,910
    Filer's total
    $251,171
  • Francisco J Mendez Lizaola

    BUILDING MECHANIC

    Total calculated
    $191,825
    From this org
    $104,388
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $87,437
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $104,388
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $87,437
    Filer's total
    $191,825
  • Robert Andrew Garcia

    INTERIM COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $186,057
    From this org
    $113,338
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,719
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,338
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $72,719
    Filer's total
    $186,057
  • Ryan Yeager

    BUILDING MECHANIC

    Total calculated
    $214,477
    From this org
    $119,214
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $95,263
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,214
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $95,263
    Filer's total
    $214,477
  • Randy Crouch

    BUILDING MECHANIC

    Total calculated
    $177,029
    From this org
    $113,822
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,207
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,822
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $63,207
    Filer's total
    $177,029
  • Michael Margetts

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $214,753
    From this org
    $134,220
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $80,533
    Hours/week
    34 + 6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,220
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $80,533
    Filer's total
    $214,753

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
2022
Filed
25 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202332699349301768

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