- Revenue 2024
- $319,828
- Expenses 2024
- $475,569
Program services were 93.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- K26
- Classification
- 1200
- Street
- 291 N HUBBARDS LANE STE 171-PMB 116
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO HELP CREATE LEGACIES TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF ALL CITIZENS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, CONTINUE PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNICATE THE TRADITIONS AND TECHNOLOGY OF KENTUCKY AGRICULTURE.WE ALSO AIM TO CONTINUE THE PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE KENTUCKY EXPOSITION CENTER AND OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF THE BOARD IN PERPETUITY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO ADVANCE KENTUCKY'S AGRICULTURE AND TOURISM INDUSTRIES AND ECONOMY WHILE SERVING THE ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURAL, AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC.
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THE KENTUCKY EXPOSITION FOUNDATION PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY FOR PUBLIC PROGRAMS AT THE KENTUCKY EXPOSITION CENTER (KEC). THE FOUNDATION STRIVES TO STRENGTHEN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, ENHANCE AGRICULTURAL TRADITIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH, AND SUSTAIN THE LEGACY OF THE KENTUCKY STATE FAIR BOARD, AN AGENCY OF THE KENTUCKY COMMERCE CABINET.
Expenses $443,448 · Grants $443,448
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Samual CorbettSAMUAL CORBETT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Scott ShoenbergerSCOTT SHOENBERGER
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tandy PatrickTANDY PATRICK
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Warren BeelerWARREN BEELER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ryan BivensRYAN BIVENS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Charlie BoydCHARLIE BOYD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joe GogginJOE GOGGIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David WallaceDAVID WALLACE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Robin WebbROBIN WEBB
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Orson OliverORSON OLIVER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David BeckDAVID BECK
EX OFFICIO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $319,828
- Expenses
- $475,569
- Contributions
- $201,486
- Grants paid
- $443,448
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2023
- Revenue
- $247,262
- Expenses
- $217,097
- Contributions
- $186,210
- Grants paid
- $185,477
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2022
- Revenue
- $2,232,774
- Expenses
- $68,092
- Contributions
- $2,202,155
- Grants paid
- $50,000
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $164,313
- Expenses
- $127,691
- Assets (EOY)
- $36,622
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.
Grants made
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KENTUCKY STATE FAIR
$243,730
2024 PROGRAM SUPPORT
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KENTUCKY STATE FAIR
$174,946
2023 PROGRAM SUPPORT
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KENTUCKY STATE FAIR
$50,000
2022 PROGRAM SUPPORT
Grants received
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KENTUCKY TOURISM ARTS AND HERITAGE FOU
$1,005,343
2022 TRANSFER OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE UNDER THE CHARITABLE GIFT AGREEMENT FOR WILLIAM BLACKLAW PER AN AMENDMENT DATED 11/12/2021
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2024 VARIOUS PROGRAMS
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.