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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION.

Totals

Total revenue
$37,537,094
Total expenses
$30,832,761
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$210,460
Program service revenue
$36,947,204
Investment income
$738,770
Other revenue
-$148,880
Total assets, end of year
$62,753,114
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,156,590
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$57,596,524
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$28,590,092
Management and general expenses
$2,242,669
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$28,590,092

Program services were 92.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • EUGENE J CASSIDY

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $662,587
    From this org
    $519,105
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $143,482
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $519,105
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $125,782
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,700
    Filer's total
    $662,587

  • WILLIAM M STAMP JR

    FIRST VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GORDON MACPHEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMY SENEW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DONALD MAREAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROGER ALLBEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD P ROBERTS ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RACHEL MONETTE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARTHA SEIFERT

    DIRECTOR (ENDED 5/16/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID ALLEN

    DIRECTOR (ENDED 5/16/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARGARET DRYE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JON OLSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREG BREENE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID C HENRY

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CYNTHIA WESTOVER

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 5/16/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT STARR

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 5/16/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT W SANTY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES R LYMAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT W SPEAR

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT F SPOERL

    SECOND VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINE BYRNE

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $196,732
    From this org
    $170,988
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,744
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,988
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,044
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,700
    Filer's total
    $196,732

  • CLIFFORD HEDGES

    DIRECTOR-SECURITY

    Total calculated
    $155,096
    From this org
    $144,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,192
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,904
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,192
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $155,096

  • TIMOTHY GARSTKA

    DIRECTOR-SALES

    Total calculated
    $217,212
    From this org
    $179,996
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,216
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,996
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,021
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,195
    Filer's total
    $217,212

  • JESSICA FONTAINE

    DIRECTOR-HR & EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $142,858
    From this org
    $118,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,170
    Hours/week
    50

  • STEVE FERRARO

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $136,531
    From this org
    $113,635
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,896
    Hours/week
    50

  • ELENA HOVAGIMIAN

    DIRECTOR OF ARGICULTURE

    Total calculated
    $132,060
    From this org
    $112,859
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,201
    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. 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

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4B
THE EXPOSITION HAS A DEFERRED COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT WITH THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. EXPENSE RELATED TO THIS ARRANGEMENT WAS $100,000 FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024 AND 2023. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024, THE ACCRUED LIABILITY WAS $200,000.
PART I, LINE 5
THE ORGANIZATION HAS PAID OR ACCRUED BONUSES BASED ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS INCLUDING: ADHERENCE TO EXPENSE BUDGET, COMPANY GROWTH/SALES EXPANSION, COMMUNITY/INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT, STRATEGIC PROGRAM EXPANSION AND PERSONAL GOALS.
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A
CERTAIN FEES ARE PAID THAT ARE ASSSOCIATED WITH PERTINENT SOCIAL CLUBS USED BY THE ORGANIZATION.

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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503179349306405

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