Massachusetts · Nonprofit
EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION
EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,295 to it, the largest being CHICOPEE SAVINGS BANK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($3,795). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $38M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $58M
What Eastern States Exposition does
Mission
Eastern States Exposition is a not-for-profit corporation committed to excellence in providing year-round opportunities for the development and promotion of agriculture, education, industry and family entertainment while preserving our new england heritage.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Eastern States Exposition is organized as a not-for-profit corporation under the laws of the commonwealth of massachusetts to:- provide an educational experience for urban and rural persons, especially youth, through programs and exhibitions designed to include local and regional participation, demonstration and competition.- provide a show window to present the agricultural and other resources of the northeast and beyond.- provide regional facilities for use in serving the best interests of new england and the northeast.- focus attention on the new england heritage and its pioneering spirit that contributes to continuing progress.
$28,590,092 spentof which $210,460 as grants$33,333,722 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $28,590,092.
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 $38M to $52M (+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 31% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (10% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Eugene J Cassidy
President/CEO
Board chair
David C Henry
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $4k → $500.
From the IRS filings of EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION’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
EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 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
62% of EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION's grant income comes from Massachusetts 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
EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 303 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 303 recreation & sports nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $404k on record.
- MA$388k
- VT$16k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Eastern States Exposition Foundation · exempt
- Storrowton Tavern Corporation · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION: 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 EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION?
- EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,295 to it, the largest being CHICOPEE SAVINGS BANK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($3,795). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $6,295 in grants to EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION?
- CHICOPEE SAVINGS BANK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,795 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 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