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COBB COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC

COBB COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.4M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$100k
Net assets
$6.7M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Cobb County Fair Association Inc does

Mission

Sponsoring and operating north georgia state fair held annually in cobb county georgia

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Operation of county fair held each september

    $1,522,750 spent$2,332,677 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,522,750.

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 ($1.9M) Expenses 100 ($1.4M) Net assets 100 ($3.5M)2018 Revenue 100 ($1.9M) Expenses 101 ($1.4M) Net assets 95 ($3.3M)2019 Revenue 102 ($2.0M) Expenses 109 ($1.5M) Net assets 119 ($4.1M)2020 Revenue 2 ($46k) Expenses 81 ($1.1M) Net assets 104 ($3.6M)2021 Revenue 139 ($2.7M) Expenses 126 ($1.7M) Net assets 138 ($4.8M)2022 Revenue 137 ($2.6M) Expenses 142 ($2.0M) Net assets 125 ($4.3M)2023 Revenue 157 ($3.0M) Expenses 139 ($1.9M) Net assets 169 ($5.8M)2024 Revenue 126 ($2.4M) Expenses 145 ($2.0M) Net assets 196 ($6.7M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (126)Expenses (145)Net assets (196)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 2022 to 2023, from $4.3M to $5.8M (+35%).

$3.5M
$3.3M
$4.1M
$3.6M
$4.8M
$4.3M
$5.8M
$6.7M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
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
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of COBB COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$540k
’17
$513k
’18
$462k
’19
−$1.1M
’20
$938k
’21
$678k
’22
$1.1M
’23
$426k
’24
7.6
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed2427262626262626
Joined·+3+2+0+3+1+0+2
No longer listed·0303102
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $20k.

Funder
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
$100k
funders
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of COBB COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION 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.

Where its funders are

100% of COBB COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.

GA

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

’21
’22
’23
Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

COBB COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin17% · top quartile
Months of reserve7.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 24%Fundraising 0%

Governance

26
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

0%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds COBB COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC?
COBB COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COBB COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $100,000 in grants to COBB COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COBB COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC?
NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COBB COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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