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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY FAIRS.

Totals

Total revenue
$956,870
Total expenses
$985,458
Contributions and grants received
$276,508
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$663,452
Investment income
$6,395
Other revenue
$10,515
Total assets, end of year
$1,941,466
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,270
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,937,196
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$949,772
Management and general expenses
$34,480
Fundraising expenses
$1,206
Program service expenses (Part III)
$949,772

Program services were 96.4% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $234,250

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $42,258

  • 2a · Program service revenue: AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS

    total $615,963 · excluded $615,963

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SCHEDULE 1 UNRELATED INCOME

    total $43,806 · unrelated business $43,806

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER

    total $2,767 · excluded $2,767

  • 2d · Program service revenue: SALE OF TIMBER

    total $916 · excluded $916

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,612 · excluded $7,612

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

    other assets $1,217

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$1,217

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,217 · related or exempt -$1,217

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $8,230

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $6,161

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $2,069 · excluded $2,069

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $13,986

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $5,540

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $8,446 · excluded $8,446

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $42,746 · program services $29,624 · management and general $13,122

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $49,677 · program services $49,677

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $12,331 · program services $10,636 · management and general $1,695

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $150 · program services $125 · management and general $25

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,916 · program services $2,000 · management and general $3,916

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $23,596 · program services $23,596

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $21,522 · program services $21,522

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,047 · program services $6,831 · management and general $1,819 · fundraising $397

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,990 · program services $4,672 · management and general $1,018 · fundraising $300

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $100,722 · program services $96,301 · management and general $3,912 · fundraising $509

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $559,111 · program services $555,779 · management and general $3,332

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $79,688 · program services $79,056 · management and general $632

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $26,970 · program services $23,375 · management and general $3,595

  • 24a · Other expenses: COGS

    total $45,024 · program services $45,024

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES

    total $1,454 · program services $1,454

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT ETC

    total $1,414 · management and general $1,414

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMMUNITY RELATIONS

    total $100 · program services $100

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $202,203 · end of year $142,115

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $242,120 · end of year $276,309

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,534 · end of year $8,494

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

    $3,151,118

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

    $1,636,570

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,504,066 · end of year $1,514,548

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,360

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,499 · end of year $4,270

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,965,784 · end of year $1,937,196

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PRIMARY MISSION IS TO ENCOURAGE AND IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY IN THE SCIENCE OF AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND THE MANAGEMENT OF DOMESTIC AND HOUSEHOLD ARTS AND TO IMPROVE THE PUBLIC ON AGRICULTURAL MATTERS CONDUCTING ANNUAL PUBLIC FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS OF LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, ECT. FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE SCIENCE OF AGRICULTURE.

  • ANNUALLY THE SOCIETY HOLDS AN AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC AND HOUSEHOLD ARTS EXHIBITS FOR ONE WEEK, KNOWN AS THE BEDFORD COUNTY FAIR. THE FAIR WAS HELD THE LAST WEEK OF JULY 2021. NORMALY APPROXIMATELY 53,000 PEOPLE ATTEND THE FAIR THE NUMBER IN ATTENDANCE FOR 2021 WAS AN INCREASE OF 11,600 FOR A TOTAL ATTENDANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 64,600. THE NUMBER OF AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, DOMESTIC AND HOUSEHOD ART EXHIBITS WERE AT A CONSISTENT LEVEL. THE RESULTS OF THE ATTENDANCE AND THE EXHIBITS PROVIDED A VERY SUCCESSFUL FAIR. IN ADDITION THE FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND DOMESTIC AND HOUSEHOLD ARTS AND EXHIBITS AND ARE USED ACCORDINGLY.

    Expenses $949,772 · Revenue $663,452

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Margaret Zembower

    DIRECTOR MAN

    Total calculated
    $20,379
    From this org
    $20,379
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • William Hoover

    PRESIDENT DI

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Harry Reffner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Scott Myers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Dwayne Hay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • John E Holbert

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • John Sloas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jeremy Barnes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Barbara Mearkle

    SECRETARY DI

    Total calculated
    $22,367
    From this org
    $22,367
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    24

  • Tom Wakefield

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

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
17 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510579349301341

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