Wisconsin · Nonprofit
DANE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC
DANE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,297 to it, the largest being MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $445k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $249k
What Dane County Fair Association Inc does
Mission
The dane county fair association promotes and sponsors the dane county fair, an annual public exhibition in madison, wisconsin. The fair's primary purpose is to develop excellence in dane county youth by giving recognition to their endeavors through exhibits in leadership, animal sciences, mechanical sciences, home and family arts, cultural arts, and other activities for which premiums are awarded.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The dane county fair is an annual, family-friendly event held in wisconsin's capital city every july. Friends from near and far venture to the alliant energy center in madison for free concerts, entertainment, great food, animals, and adventure. The fair has a rich history dating back to 1851 when the first dane county fair was held in madison. The fair's long history guides us as we strive to honor the past while continuing a tradition and looking to the future.our organization is centered around the community of dane county, and it is our goal to host an event that is not only fun, but educational for everyone in attendance. Attendees are encouraged to walk through the new holland pavilions and the exhibition hall to view youth-developed projects that are an accumulation of their hard work throughout the year. With support from our generous friend of the fair sponsors, we are able to offer this public exhibition for dane county's youth, giving them the opportunity to be recognized in their endeavors. Dane county fair sponsors also allow us to offer educational displays such as the kiddie farm and learning lane to our attendees, along with unique daily activities.through…
$377,114 spentof which $10,919 as grants$368,915 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $377,114.
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 $165k to $271k (+64%).
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: 2017 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 3% · 2020 21% · 2022 2% · 2023 2% · 2024 2% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of DANE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $50k → $226.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 DANE 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.
How concentrated its funding is
DANE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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 DANE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 88% — 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 DANE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC'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 $200 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Wisconsin, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k 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
DANE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC is better cushioned 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 DANE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DANE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION 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 DANE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC?
- DANE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,297 to it, the largest being MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DANE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $50,297 in grants to DANE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DANE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC?
- MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DANE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 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