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Des Moines County Fair Association

Tax-deductible

Burlington, IA501(c)(3)Arts & Culture EIN 42-0684988Revenue $180K in FY2025

On file with the IRSdesmoinescountyfair.com13086 Pfeiff Rd, 52601-8773 · Burlington, IATax-exempt since Mar 2013Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Promote & hold agricultural, horticultural, young, women's, mechanical arts, industrial and commercial projects, fairs and expositions.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 18 volunteers and 13 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $57K a year · 28% of revenue · last 2 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 2 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$16K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 88% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
2
named funders · $25K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$180K
+3% vs prior year
Spent
$143K
To programs
96%
Net assets
$58K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$180K
FY2025▲ +3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$233K
FY2022$168K
FY2023$183K
FY2024$174K
FY2025$180K
Expenses
$143K
FY2025▼ -8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$155K
FY2022Not on file
FY2023Not on file
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$143K
Net assets
$58K
FY2025▲ +180%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$285K
FY2022$226K
FY2023$84K
FY2024$21K
FY2025$58K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending October 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2013.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $137K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

16 people listed on the 990; $16K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Cass Pfeiff
Treas./Sec./
$16,152Pt VII · Sec A
Jason McClure
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Regan Brader
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dan Messer
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Brad Lane
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Cass Pfeiff’s $16K as Treas./Sec./ is at the 12th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $100K–1M arts & culture 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cass Pfeiff$16,152$18,270$18,270$14,331$10,449
Julie Minster—$4,358$4,358$3,790$3,249

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

Promotes and holds fairs and expositions for agricultural, mechanical, and commercial projects.

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1 program · $150K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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The fair association holds a one week fair each summer, which provides nightly agricultural shows and educational opportunities for six nights. The fair has youth exhibitors and open exhibitors presenting their exhibits. The fair also has numerous commercial exhibitors, entertainment acts and a fireworks display.

$150Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2020
Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center INCFY2020$15K
Tc Energy FoundationFY2020$10K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$25K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$180K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$180K
Money outPt IX
$143K
Ln 25
Programscol B$137K
Owns and owesPt X
$58K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$58K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Other incomeLn 4–11$180K
Total revenueLn 12$180K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$58K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$58K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 513
VolunteersI 618
Fiscal year endsHeaderOctober

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $180K$143K$37K$58K 990 PDF
FY2024 $174K$21K 990 PDF
FY2023 $183K$84K 990 PDF
FY2022 $168K$226K 990 PDF
FY2021 $233K$155K$78K$285K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support O · Explanations

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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