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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY FAIRS.

Totals

Total revenue
$816,505
Total expenses
$878,483
Contributions and grants received
$161,862
Grants paid
$1,150
Program service revenue
$643,704
Investment income
$5,641
Other revenue
$5,298
Total assets, end of year
$1,878,248
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,030
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,875,218
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$830,426
Management and general expenses
$46,909
Fundraising expenses
$1,148
Program service expenses (Part III)
$830,426

Program services were 94.5% 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)

    $134,961

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $26,901

  • 2a · Program service revenue: AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS

    total $612,031 · excluded $612,031

  • 2b · Program service revenue: UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME

    total $29,075 · unrelated business $29,075

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER

    total $2,598 · excluded $2,598

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,641 · excluded $5,641

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $17,705

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $12,407

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $5,298 · excluded $5,298

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,150 · program services $1,150

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $40,943 · program services $20,151 · management and general $20,792

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $49,013 · program services $47,217 · management and general $1,796

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,749 · program services $7,303 · management and general $2,446

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $150 · program services $150

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,491 · program services $2,000 · management and general $5,491

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $28,642 · program services $28,642

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $21,488 · program services $21,488

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,568 · program services $6,737 · management and general $1,562 · fundraising $269

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,420 · program services $7,332 · management and general $1,697 · fundraising $391

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $126,925 · program services $121,763 · management and general $4,674 · fundraising $488

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $446,068 · program services $444,197 · management and general $1,871

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $93,599 · program services $89,356 · management and general $4,243

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,392 · program services $31,055 · management and general $2,337

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES

    total $1,535 · program services $1,535

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNITY RELATIONS

    total $350 · program services $350

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $142,115 · end of year $181,577

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $276,309 · end of year $180,175

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $8,494 · end of year $4,586

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

    $3,239,723

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

    $1,727,813

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,514,548 · end of year $1,511,910

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,270 · end of year $3,030

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,937,196 · end of year $1,875,218

Mission and programs · 2024

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 2025. NORMALY APPROXIMATELY 53,000 PEOPLE ATTEND THE FAIR THE NUMBER IN ATTENDANCE FOR 2025 WAS A DECREASE OF 4445 FOR A TOTAL ATTENDANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 48,550. AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, DOMESTIC AND HOUSEHOD ART EXHIBITS WERE AT A LESS THAN THE PREVIOUSLY YEAR. 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 $830,426 · Grants $1,150 · Revenue $643,704

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Margaret Zembower

    DIRECTOR MAN

    Total calculated
    $20,592
    From this org
    $20,592
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • William Hoover

    PRESIDENT DI

    Total calculated
    $0

  • John Sloas

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Barbara Mearkle

    SECRETARY TR

    Total calculated
    $20,351
    From this org
    $20,351
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Harry Reffner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Scott Myers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Dwayne Hay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • John E Holbert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jeremy Barnes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • 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
2024
Filed
13 August 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202622259349300922

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