Washington · Nonprofit
CENTRAL WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION
CENTRAL WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $502,571 to it, the largest being YAKIMA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($400,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.9M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $503k
- Net assets
- $6.9M
What Central Washington Fair Association does
Mission
Produce an annual agricultural fair and develop year-around use of facilities. (see schedule o)with a commitment to:- preserve and develop our historic grounds and year-round multi-use facilities; - offer quality and diversity of entertainment, sports, and education; - provide a safe, friendly, and enjoyable environment; - acknowledge the involvement of dedicated people and groups; - build on the tradition of our first 100 years for future generations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Produce an annual agricultural fair and develop year-around use of facilities. With a commitment to:preserve and develop our historic grounds and year-round multi-use facilities; offer quality and diversity of entertainment, sports, and education; provide a safe, friendly, and enjoyable environment; acknowledge the involvement of dedicated people and groups; build on the tradition of our first 100 years for future generations.
$2,340,467 spent$3,655,152 earned by the program49% of program spendingInterim events-non sundome & other activities include areas such as the yakima county stadium, the modern living building, pioneer hall, the dirt track, and the state fair room. Other activities also included our annual holiday light fest and our annual community 4th of july celebration. The unique characteristics of the many historical buildings at state fair park help create memorable events year-round.
$1,451,041 spent$1,092,083 earned by the program31% of program spendingThe yakima valley sundome which have a major economic impact for the yakima valley. Sundome events include concerts, tradeshows, washington state interscholastic activities association state championship games and competitions, professional rodeos, local graduations, and large gala dinners.
$960,212 spent$942,324 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,751,720.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $3.9M to $5.4M (+38%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 5% · 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of CENTRAL WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Kathleen M Kramer
President/CEO
Board chair
Ignacio Marquez
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $18k → $8k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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 CENTRAL WASHINGTON 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
CENTRAL WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 CENTRAL WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 93% · 2021 62% · 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
80% of CENTRAL WASHINGTON 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 $103k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $400k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CENTRAL WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION is better cushioned than half of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTRAL WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION?
- CENTRAL WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $502,571 to it, the largest being YAKIMA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($400,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CENTRAL WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $502,571 in grants to CENTRAL WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTRAL WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION?
- YAKIMA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTRAL WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 6 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