Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2011.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
35 people listed on the 990; $20K paid to officers and key staff.
Jack Ratcliffe’s $10K as President is at the 2nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 819 $1–10M food & agriculture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Ratcliffe | $10,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Susan Banks | $10,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Russell Caldwelll | $10,000 | — | — | — |
| John Henninger | $10,000 | — | — | — |
| Lyle Lee | — | — | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Paul Zeien | — | — | $5,000 | $5,000 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Programs and updates
Operates an agricultural county fair, serving as a fundraiser for many service and tax-exempt groups.
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Operation of an agricultural county fair. Many service clubs use our fair as their fund raisers.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $2.3M | $3.3M | −$1.0M | $2.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $2.5M | $2.2M | $368K | $3.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $490K | $3.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $476K | $3.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 Viewing | $1.7M | $1.5M | $191K | $2.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $404K | $607K | −$203K | $2.4M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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