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COOPER COUNTY AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY

COOPER COUNTY AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being BUCKNER FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$52k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$25k
Net assets
$145k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Cooper County Agriculture and Mechanical Society does

Mission

501(c)(3) - public charity, free fair for locals to showcase their ag products

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Livestock shows which include cattle, sheep, goats, and hogs. Participants bring their animals and showcase what they have raised on their farm. Entry is free and open to anyone. Particpants receive prize money for their entries. 100+ entries overall. The grant amount listed below is the total donations received for this event.

    $6,720 spentof which $6,526 as grants
    33% of program spending
  2. Ag building which includes vegetables participants have grown on their farm, field crops participants have grown on their farm, crafts and foods that participants have made by hand, school work kids have done through the year. All participants can enter for free and showcase their talents and receive prize money for their entries. 100+ entries overall. The grant amount listed below is the total donations received for this event.

    $1,763 spentof which $1,855 as grants
    9% of program spending
  3. Horse show which includes participants showing off their skills with their horse they bring. Entry is free and open to anyone. Particpants receive prize money for their entries. 50+ entries overall. The grant amount listed below is the total donations received for this event.

    $2,570 spentof which $2,761 as grants
    13% of program spending
  4. 5k run/walk. 25 participants and they received a prize or shirt. Grant amount listed below is the total donations for this event.

    $888 spentof which $1,255 as grants
    4% of program spending
  5. Tractor showcase where 50 participants bring their tractor and receive prize money given to participants. Grant amount is the total donations received for this event.

    $1,047 spentof which $1,050 as grants
    5% of program spending
  6. 4wheeler showcase where 50 participants bring their 4wheeler and receive prize money given to participants. Grant amount is the total donations received for this event.

    $2,220 spentof which $1,900 as grants
    11% of program spending
  7. Saturday night band where 100+ participants can come listen to a free band play music. Grant amount is the total donations received for this event.

    $4,000 spentof which $4,850 as grants
    20% of program spending
  8. Kids specials - free kid activity games and prize money given to 75 participants. Grant amount is the total donations received for this event.

    $888 spentof which $1,255 as grants
    4% of program spending

The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $20,096.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 = 20242024 Revenue 100 ($48k) Expenses 100 ($57k) Net assets 100 ($133k)2025 Revenue 109 ($52k) Expenses 72 ($41k) Net assets 109 ($145k)
20242025
Revenue (109)Expenses (72)Net assets (109)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 2024 to 2025, from $133k to $145k (+9%).

$133k
$145k
20242025
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.

2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of COOPER COUNTY AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,734 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

−$9k
’24
$11k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of COOPER COUNTY AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY’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

COOPER COUNTY AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 1 state in all.

KS

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

COOPER COUNTY AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,510 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.

Operating margin20% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,510 food & nutrition nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MO

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Questions and answers

Who funds COOPER COUNTY AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY?
COOPER COUNTY AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being BUCKNER FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COOPER COUNTY AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to COOPER COUNTY AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY.
Who is the largest funder of COOPER COUNTY AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY?
BUCKNER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COOPER COUNTY AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 2024–2025), 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