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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EXCHANGE CLUB FAIR OF CHARLESTON INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,778,841
Total expenses
$4,764,193
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$300,000
Program service revenue
$5,495,556
Investment income
$1,262,548
Other revenue
$20,737
Total assets, end of year
$15,339,411
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,658,080
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,681,331
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,624,712
Management and general expenses
$2,139,481
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,624,712

Program services were 55.1% 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: GATE ADMISSIONS

    total $2,332,288 · related or exempt $2,332,288

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CARNIVAL COMMISSIONS

    total $1,771,910 · related or exempt $1,771,910

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EXCHANGE RENTALS

    total $976,343 · related or exempt $976,343

  • 2d · Program service revenue: SPECIAL EVENTS INCOME

    total $415,015 · related or exempt $415,015

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $234,527 · excluded $234,527

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $1,792,000

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

    other assets $763,979

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $1,028,021

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,028,021 · unrelated business $1,028,021

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $20,737 · related or exempt $20,737

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $20,737

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $300,000 · program services $300,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $498,012 · management and general $498,012

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,474 · management and general $9,474

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $82,697 · management and general $82,697

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $37,702 · management and general $37,702

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $35,428 · management and general $35,428

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,650 · management and general $3,650

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $142,236 · management and general $142,236

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $161,955 · management and general $161,955

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,591 · management and general $11,591

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,716 · management and general $8,716

  • 20 · Interest

    total $117,365 · management and general $117,365

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $843,305 · management and general $843,305

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $187,350 · management and general $187,350

  • 24a · Other expenses: SECURITY

    total $389,953 · program services $389,953

  • 24b · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVE

    total $375,694 · program services $375,694

  • 24c · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $355,398 · program services $355,398

  • 24d · Other expenses: PARKING MAINTENANCE

    total $262,226 · program services $262,226

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $941,441 · program services $941,441

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,004,662 · end of year $3,469,322

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,994,242 · end of year $3,039,979

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $85,540 · end of year $1,384,857

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $75,744 · end of year $96,768

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

    $12,741,463

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

    $5,392,978

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,377,880 · end of year $7,348,485

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $63,378 · end of year $176,686

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,653,899 · end of year $1,294,117

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $154,108 · end of year $187,277

  • 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 $11,666,683 · end of year $13,681,331

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO GENERATE INCOME FOR SUPPORT OF MANY LOCAL CHARITIES AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND TO PROMOTE PATRIOTISM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AGRICULTURAL FAIR

  • THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY OF THE EXCHANGE CLUB FAIR OF CHARLESTON, INC. IS TO PROMOTE AND HOLD AN AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL FAIR IN THE TRI-COUNTY AREA GENERATING INCOME FOR THE TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY WITH A FOCUS ON THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE, SENIOR CITIZENS PROGRAMS AND YOUTH EDUCATION. THE EXCHANGE CLUB FAIR OF CHARLESTON, INC., ALSO PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF CHARLESTON. THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF CHARLESTON, INC. USES THE FUNDS TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS FOR FIVE AREA COLLEGES AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTERS, TO SUPPORT SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAMS, AND TO PROMOTE PATRIOTISM IN THE TRI-COUNTY AREA.

  • Expenses $2,624,712

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Donnie Pitts

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Robert Holder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Keith Stansell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Bo Schupp

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Christopher Altman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Fred Whittle

    1ST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mark Fell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Ronald Buske

    2ND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Barry Emerson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • David Engelman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Kurt Kammeyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Michael Kearney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Robert Stine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jeremy Tate

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jimmy Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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

  • FUNDS RAISED ARE USED TO HELP MANY PEOPLE,THE ELDERLY, THE YOUNG, THE POOR, INEXPERIENCED PARENTS, ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN. PROFITS DERIVED FROM THE OPERATION OF THE FAIR ARE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. OUR PROGRAM OF SERVICE IMPACTS THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, BENEFITTING THEM IN MANY WAYS, SUCH AS THE FOLLOWING: CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION, AMERICANISM, COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND YOUTH PROGRAMS.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202421369349303672

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