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HANCOCK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

HANCOCK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY (Maine) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being BECTON FAMILY FOUNDATION SHEILA HEATTER TRUSTEE ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$512k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$5k
Net assets
$570k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Hancock County Agricultural Society does

Mission

This corporation ( Hancock County Agricultural Society ) sole purpose is to put on the blue hill fair.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. General entertainment for the public.

    $67,511 spent
    16% of program spending

  2. Show premiums for cattle owners in the area the fair services.

    $42,415 spent
    10% of program spending

  3. Show premiums for annual pulling contests.

    $24,182 spent
    6% of program spending

  4. All operations & other contest services

    $299,520 spent
    69% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $433,628.

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 ($51k) Expenses 100 ($75k) Net assets 100 ($449k)2022 Revenue 917 ($466k) Expenses 602 ($454k) Net assets 106 ($474k)2023 Revenue 1082 ($550k) Expenses 687 ($518k) Net assets 110 ($492k)2024 Revenue 1007 ($512k) Expenses 575 ($434k) Net assets 127 ($570k)
2020202220232024
Revenue (1007)Expenses (575)Net assets (127)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 2023 to 2024, from $492k to $570k (+16%).

$449k
$474k
$492k
$570k
2020202220232024
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
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of HANCOCK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 16,168 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.

−$25k
’20
$13k
’22
$32k
’23
$78k
’24
4.4
months of
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.

2020202220232024
Listed14171716
Joined··+0+0
No longer listed··01
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'21
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of HANCOCK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL 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

HANCOCK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 1 state in all.

FL

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

HANCOCK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin15% · above the median
Months of reserve4.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)78% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like HANCOCK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

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 Maine

Cumberland Farmers Club70%Blue Hill Chamber of Commerce70%American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront69%Blue Hill Society for Aid to Children Inc69%Harrison Food Bank68%Blue Hill Heritage Trust68%Northern Maine Fair Association67%Blue Hill Bach67%

Nationally

Henry County Fair Association81%Henry County Agricultural Society Inc79%Hunt County Fair Association Inc78%Harvest Festival Inc78%Harford Agricultural Society78%Huron County Agricultural Society77%Harrison Co Agricultural Society77%Walworth County Agricultural Soci77%
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

16
board members
0%
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

ME

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HANCOCK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY: 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 HANCOCK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY?
HANCOCK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY (Maine) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being BECTON FAMILY FOUNDATION SHEILA HEATTER TRUSTEE ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HANCOCK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to HANCOCK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Who is the largest funder of HANCOCK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY?
BECTON FAMILY FOUNDATION SHEILA HEATTER TRUSTEE is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HANCOCK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), 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