Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$615,078

Total expenses

$603,259

Contributions and grants received

$441,970

Grants paid

$141,640

Program service revenue

$147,809

Investment income

$9,943

Other revenue

$15,356

Total assets, end of year

$1,091,710

Total liabilities, end of year

$787

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,090,923

Program services expenses (Part IX)

— not reported

Management and general expenses

— not reported

Fundraising expenses

— not reported

Program service expenses (Part III)

— not reported

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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• THE PICKIN ON THE PLAINS BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL IS A THREE DAY EVENT HELD THE THIRD WEEKEND OF JULY AT THE THOMAS COUNTY KANSAS FAIRGROUNDS. A FULL SLATE OF LOCAL AND MIDWEST AREA BANDS PERFORM UNDER AN AIR-COOLED CANOPY STARTING FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. YOUTH ACTIVITIES, A CRAFT FAIR AND MUSICAL WORKSHOPS ARE ALSO PART OF THE ACTIVITIES. THE FESTIVAL PROMOTES (a) AN APPRECIATION OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, (b) COORDINATES THE EFFORTS OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND THE PROFESSIONS IN MAINTAINING AND STRENGHTENING A SOUND AND HEALTHY BUSINESS CLIMATE IN THE AREA; (c) SPONSORSHIP OF AGGRESSIVE PROGRAMS OF WORK AND STIMULATES ACTIVITIES THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR FULL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF OUR HUMAN AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES; (d) CREATIVE BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AND EFFECTIVE COORDINATION OF ALL INTERESTED PARTIES IN SOLVING COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND IN INITIATING CONSTRUCTIVE COMMUNITY ACTION; (e) CREATING BROAD UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES IN THOMAS COUNTY AND THE ADVANTAGES AND ASSETS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

• LET THE COLBY/THOMAS COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DO YOUR SHOPPING FOR YOU. CHAMBER GIFT CERTIFICATES ARE A GREAT WAY TO GIVE, AND CAN BE USED TO PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES AT MANY THOMAS COUNTY BUSINESSES. THEY CAN BE SPENT FOR QUALITY MERCHANDISE, FOOD AND SERVICES AT RETAIL SHOPS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND RESTAURANTS. THE GIFT CERTICICATES PROMOTES (a) AN APPRECIATION OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, (b) COORDINATES THE EFFORTS OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND THE PROFESSIONS IN MAINTAINING AND STRENGHTENING A SOUND AND HEALTHY BUSINESS CLIMATE IN THE AREA; (c) SPONSORSHIP OF AGGRESSIVE PROGRAMS OF WORK AND STIMULATES ACTIVITIES THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR FULL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF OUR HUMAN AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES; (d) CREATIVE BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AND EFFECTIVE COORDINATION OF ALL INTERESTED PARTIES IN SOLVING COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND IN INITIATING CONSTRUCTIVE COMMUNITY ACTION; (e) CREATING BROAD UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES IN THOMAS COUNTY AND THE ADVANTAGES AND ASSETS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITHING THE AREA, THE STATE AND NATION.

• THE SUNFLOWER FESTIVAL IS A COMMUNITY EVENT HELD DOWNTOWN COLBY KANSAS AND FIKE PARK IN COLBY KANSAS. THE FESTIVAL PROMOTES (a) AN APPRECIATION OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, (b) COORDINATES THE EFFORTS OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND THE PROFESSIONS IN MAINTAINING AND STRENGHTENING A SOUND AND HEALTHY BUSINESS CLIMATE IN THE AREA; (c) SPONSORSHIP OF AGGRESSIVE PROGRAMS OF WORK AND STIMULATES ACTIVITIES THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR FULL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF OUR HUMAN AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES; (d) CREATIVE BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AND EFFECTIVE COORDINATION OF ALL INTERESTED PARTIES IN SOLVING COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND IN INITIATING CONSTRUCTIVE COMMUNITY ACTION; (e) CREATING BROAD UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES IN THOMAS COUNTY AND THE ADVANTAGES AND ASSETS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITHIN THE AREA, THE STATE AND NATION.

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

• PRAIRIE MUSEUM OF ART & HISTORY

  $41,630

  PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS

• CITIZENS HEALTH

  $25,000

  COMMUNITY ACTIVITY PROMOTION

• COLBY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

  $18,500

  COMMUNITY ACTIVITY PROMOTION

• COLBY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  $10,000

  COMMUNITY ACTIVITY PROMOTION

• KANSAS BROADCAST COMPANY LLC

  $10,000

  COMMUNITY ACTIVITY PROMOTION

• MCINTYRE PROMOTIONS LLC

  $6,500

  COMMUNITY ACTIVITY PROMOTION

• RINGNECK CLASSIC

  $6,000

  COMMUNITY ACTIVITY PROMOTION

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

6 August 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.2

Source object

202602189349301705

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