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FRIENDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR

FRIENDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being COLUMBIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPME ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$477k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$15k
Net assets
$173k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 98%
01What it does

What Friends of Columbia County Fair does

Mission

To improve attendance participation activities facilities maintenance of the Columbia County fairgrounds and the annual Columbia County Fair. Provide educational activities for marketing and selling livestock for youth 4-H & FFA. Make arrangement and preparations for the three rodeos for youth and adult rodeos

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. This program helps youth in 4-H & FFA with animal education raising and marketing livestock. This program also increases attendance to the county fair.

    $437,793 spent
    97% of program spending
  2. Provided additional hog panels for the hog barn which allows more youths to have area to hold their hogs. Organizes barn for better public access and safety.

    $6,600 spent
    1% of program spending
  3. The Game show allows horse participants access to the rodeo arena to train their horses in competition. This is set up for youth and adults ages 5 to 100.

    $5,391 spent
    1% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $449,784.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($15k) Expenses 100 ($15k) Net assets 100 ($50k)2021 Revenue 284 ($43k) Expenses 264 ($41k) Net assets 105 ($53k)2022 Revenue 807 ($123k) Expenses 618 ($95k) Net assets 160 ($81k)2025 Revenue 3123 ($477k) Expenses 2918 ($450k) Net assets 344 ($173k)
2020202120222025
Revenue (3123)Expenses (2918)Net assets (344)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 2021 to 2022, from $53k to $81k (+53%).

$50k
$53k
$81k
$173k
2020202120222025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

105% of FRIENDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

−$161
’20
$3k
’21
$28k
’22
$27k
’25
4.6
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'20
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR’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

100% of FRIENDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR's grant income comes from Oregon funders.

OR

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

FRIENDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · above the median
Months of reserve4.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)99% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

20
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OR

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR: 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 FRIENDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR?
FRIENDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being COLUMBIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPME ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to FRIENDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR?
COLUMBIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPME is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 2020–2025), 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