Arkansas · Nonprofit
FOUR STATES FAIR ASSOCIATION INC
FOUR STATES FAIR ASSOCIATION INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,745 to it, the largest being ARKANSAS GREAT SOUTHWEST RECREATIONAL ASSOC INC ($16,745). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $43k
- Net assets
- $3.9M
What Four States Fair Association Inc does
Mission
To be a nationally recognized organization that promotes our agricultural economy and heritage and provides a world-class venue for equine and livestock shows, competitions, and exhibitions, while also providing the four states area with family oriented entertainment at a great value.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The four states fair & rodeo- livestock and home arts
$527,407 spent$828,327 earned by the program38% of program spendingVarious special events and activities to promote cultural arts, agriculture, livestock and home arts.
$854,453 spent$541,404 earned by the program62% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,381,860.
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 2019 to 2020, from $4.8M to $4.5M (−7%).
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 11% · 2018 5% · 2019 9% · 2020 21% · 2021 19% · 2022 8% · 2023 6% · 2024 9% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of FOUR STATES FAIR ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $10k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of FOUR STATES 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
FOUR STATES FAIR ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% 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 FOUR STATES FAIR ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 83% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 67% — 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
74% of FOUR STATES FAIR ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from Arkansas 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
FOUR STATES FAIR ASSOCIATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FOUR STATES 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 Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Four States Expo Center Inc · corp_trust
- Four States Concessions Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOUR STATES 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 FOUR STATES FAIR ASSOCIATION INC?
- FOUR STATES FAIR ASSOCIATION INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,745 to it, the largest being ARKANSAS GREAT SOUTHWEST RECREATIONAL ASSOC INC ($16,745). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUR STATES FAIR ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $42,745 in grants to FOUR STATES FAIR ASSOCIATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUR STATES FAIR ASSOCIATION INC?
- ARKANSAS GREAT SOUTHWEST RECREATIONAL ASSOC INC is the largest funder on record, with $16,745 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUR STATES FAIR ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing