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SONOMA COUNTY FAIR & EXPOSITION INC

EIN 94-6003236 SANTA ROSA, CA

Revenue 2024
$11,738,289
Expenses 2024
$12,373,932

Program services were 72.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
N520
Classification
1000
Street
1350 BENNETT VALLEY RD

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 OPERATE THE SONOMA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS FOR THE COUNTY OF SONOMA.

  • THE FAIR OPERATES THE ANNUAL COUNTY FAIR WHICH INCLUDES AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS AND EDUCATION, ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITS, AND EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY ENTERTAINMENT.

    Expenses $4,479,088 · Grants $34,000 · Revenue $7,437,676

  • THE FAIR RENTS OUT THE FACILITIES YEAR ROUND TO RECREATIONAL, ARTISTIC, AGRICULTURAL, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. THE FAIR ALSO ACTS AS AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION HUB DURING NATURAL DISASTERS (I.E. WILDFIRES).

    Expenses $4,479,087 · Revenue $4,198,711

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • MARILYN HERZOG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related

  • CAROL QUANDT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • NEYSA HINTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related

  • LISA WITTKE-SCHAFFNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related

  • ALMA BOWEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ANNETTE O'KELLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARCIA MICKELSEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related

  • ROCCO CUNNINGHAM

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • TEEJAY LOWE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SHARON WRIGHT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KANANI REYNOLDS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • HUGO MATA

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ROB MUELRATH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KEVIN HOWE

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • STACEY POWERS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • FRANCISCO J MENDEZ LIZAOLA

    BUILDING MECHANIC

    Total calculated
    $229,996
    From this org
    $129,916
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $100,080
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,916
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $100,080
    Filer's total
    $229,996

  • ISAAC GENTRY

    BUILDING SUPERVISOR

    Total calculated
    $256,343
    From this org
    $138,562
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $117,781
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,562
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $117,781
    Filer's total
    $256,343

  • ROBERT ANDREW GARCIA

    INTERIM COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $205,212
    From this org
    $128,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $76,866
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,346
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $76,866
    Filer's total
    $205,212

  • MATTHEW JEROME DALY

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $233,230
    From this org
    $151,734
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $81,496
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,734
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $81,496
    Filer's total
    $233,230

  • RYAN YEAGER

    BUILDING MECHANIC

    Total calculated
    $241,015
    From this org
    $136,119
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $104,896
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,119
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $104,896
    Filer's total
    $241,015

  • RANDY CROUCH

    BUILDING MECHANIC

    Total calculated
    $200,511
    From this org
    $131,019
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,492
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,019
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $69,492
    Filer's total
    $200,511

  • VICTOR FLORES BORJA

    SENIOR MAINTENANCE WORKER

    Total calculated
    $144,194
    From this org
    $100,010
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,184
    Hours/week
    40

  • HOPE MARSHALL

    EXHIBITS COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $210,996
    From this org
    $133,912
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $77,084
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,912
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $77,084
    Filer's total
    $210,996

  • JERMANE DRAPER

    EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN

    Total calculated
    $183,567
    From this org
    $112,678
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,889
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,678
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $70,889
    Filer's total
    $183,567

  • CYNTHIA LYNNE DALBECK

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $252,495
    From this org
    $168,890
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $83,605
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,890
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $83,605
    Filer's total
    $252,495

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $11,738,289
    Expenses
    $12,373,932
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $34,000
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $11,341,512
    Expenses
    $11,730,129
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $34,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $11,832,190
    Expenses
    $11,768,650
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $22,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $11,549,617
    Expenses
    $10,127,018
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $16,587

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,756,365
    Expenses
    $5,939,720
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,626,127

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,312,811
    Expenses
    $5,630,774
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,823,082

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,116,775
    Expenses
    $10,829,109
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,580,280

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,966,203
    Expenses
    $10,388,574
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,357,186

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,120,776
    Expenses
    $11,047,813
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,287,535

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,591,778
    Expenses
    $9,994,473
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,726,925

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $10,343,999
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,124,164

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $10,315,255
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,153,453

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $10,492,602
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,951,923

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $10,103,306
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,140,193

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.