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ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC

ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,710 to it, the largest being ASHLAND COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($35,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$1.7M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$55k
Net assets
$4.4M
2/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Ashland County Agricultural Society Inc does

Mission

Organize and conduct the annual county fair. This is a 7 day event. The purpose of the fair is to improve the agriculture, domestic industry, and such interests of the county as the board deems proper.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Organized and conducted the annual county fair. This is a seven (7) day event. There were a total of 435 exhibitors entered 644 entries for judging and display. 905 junior fair members entered 1,340 entries for judging and display. Used 550 fairbooks from 2025 for senior fair and 0 jr. Fair books, online for 2025.

    $496,614 spent$764,564 earned by the program
    62% of program spending
  2. Maintained grounds and buildings. Goal is to keep buildings and grounds in good repair to give the public a safe environment to enjoy. Ongoing improvements to existing and new buildings were made.

    $152,622 spent$120,024 earned by the program
    19% of program spending
  3. Harness racing there were two harness race programs held during the fair.

    $148,225 spent$23,041 earned by the program
    19% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $797,461.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($934k) Expenses 100 ($850k) Net assets 100 ($1.9M)2021 Revenue 106 ($993k) Expenses 108 ($921k) Net assets 116 ($2.2M)2022 Revenue 124 ($1.2M) Expenses 123 ($1.0M) Net assets 122 ($2.4M)2023 Revenue 131 ($1.2M) Expenses 135 ($1.2M) Net assets 125 ($2.4M)2024 Revenue 263 ($2.5M) Expenses 135 ($1.1M) Net assets 193 ($3.7M)2025 Revenue 186 ($1.7M) Expenses 129 ($1.1M) Net assets 227 ($4.4M)
201720212022202320242025
Revenue (186)Expenses (129)Net assets (227)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $2.4M to $3.7M (+53%).

$1.9M
$2.3M
$2.4M
$2.4M
$3.7M
$4.4M
201720212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 2% · 2021 8% · 2022 1% · 2023 5% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

42% of ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,195 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$84k
’17
$72k
’21
$111k
’22
$70k
’23
$1.3M
’24
$640k
’25
25
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

201720212022202320242025
Listed313231323131
Joined··+1+2+0+3
No longer listed··2113
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $15k.

2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

79% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC.

64%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 64% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

64% of ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $20k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Ohio funders.

OH

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 605 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.

Operating margin37% · top quartile
Months of reserve25.0mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 605 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

73% of spending goes to programs.

Program 73%Management 25%Fundraising 2%

Governance

30
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC?
ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,710 to it, the largest being ASHLAND COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($35,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $54,710 in grants to ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC?
ASHLAND COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $35,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing