North Carolina · Nonprofit
COLUMBUS COUNTY AGRICULTURE FAIR INC
COLUMBUS COUNTY AGRICULTURE FAIR INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $139,764 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL FAIRS INC ($82,139). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $506k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $140k
- Net assets
- $703k
What Columbus County Agriculture Fair Inc does
Mission
The organization promotes agricultural and industrial progrss in columbus county, nc. It conducts fairs and livestock shows and then distributes the proceeds to county and state agencies for the benefit of columbus county and its residents.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The columbus county agricultural fair inc was able to provide awards, grants, and scholarships. These funds will allow each of the recipients to continue their exempt purpose of education.
$420,505 spent99% of program spendingThe columbus county agricultural fair inc was able to provide awards, grants, and scholarships. These funds will allow each of the recipients to continue their exempt purpose of education.
$3,266 spent1% of program spendingThe columbus county agricultural fair inc was able to provide awards,
$206 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $423,977.
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 2023 to 2024, from $556k to $703k (+27%).
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.
0% of COLUMBUS COUNTY AGRICULTURE FAIR INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $9k → $32k.
From the IRS filings of COLUMBUS COUNTY AGRICULTURE FAIR 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
COLUMBUS COUNTY AGRICULTURE FAIR INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% 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
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 COLUMBUS COUNTY AGRICULTURE FAIR INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 58% · 2023 53% — 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
100% of COLUMBUS COUNTY AGRICULTURE FAIR INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
COLUMBUS COUNTY AGRICULTURE FAIR INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like COLUMBUS COUNTY AGRICULTURE FAIR INC
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 COLUMBUS COUNTY AGRICULTURE FAIR INC: 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 COLUMBUS COUNTY AGRICULTURE FAIR INC?
- COLUMBUS COUNTY AGRICULTURE FAIR INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $139,764 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL FAIRS INC ($82,139). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLUMBUS COUNTY AGRICULTURE FAIR INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $139,764 in grants to COLUMBUS COUNTY AGRICULTURE FAIR INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLUMBUS COUNTY AGRICULTURE FAIR INC?
- NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL FAIRS INC is the largest funder on record, with $82,139 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLUMBUS COUNTY AGRICULTURE FAIR INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 3 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