Michigan · Nonprofit
Cass County Fair Association
Cass County Fair Association (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $326,219 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($300,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $745k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $326k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Cass County Fair Association does
Mission
To promote and advance interest of agriculture, horticulture, household arts and mechanical arts and sciences and arts in their varied branches; to promote and conduct agriculture, industrial, educational and recreational fairs and exhibitions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
There were livestock exhibits and still exhibit entries in the youth division of the fair representing 4-H and FFA Exhibitors. Open class entries offered to all residents of Cass County and adjoining counties.
$697,593 spentof which $5,000 as grants$744,749 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $697,593.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $100k → $7k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 Cass County Fair Association’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
Cass County Fair Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% 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
98% 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 Cass County Fair Association.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 96% · 2023 86% — diversifying over time.
“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
92% of Cass County Fair Association'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 $26k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $300k 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.
Against its field
Cass County Fair Association runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Cass County Fair Association
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Cass County Fair Association: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Cass County Fair Association?
- Cass County Fair Association (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $326,219 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($300,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Cass County Fair Association have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $326,219 in grants to Cass County Fair Association, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Cass County Fair Association?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Cass County Fair Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2025–2025), 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