Montana · Nonprofit
MADISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION INC
MADISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION INC (Montana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $280,000 to it, the largest being THE DAVID & JANYCE HOYT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $558k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $280k
- Net assets
- $715k
What Madison County Fairgrounds Improvement Foundation Inc does
Mission
To preserve, promote and support the madison county fairgrounds through grants, donations fundraising and planned giving. Our aim is to continue the legacy of agriculture, recreation, education and communtiy gatherings by providing funding for the madison county fair grounds.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
To drive community outreach and engagemen through the endowment of innovative, technology-based programs, equipment and ongoing efforts to sustain and improve our fairground facilities.
To drive community outreach and engagemen through the endowment ofto drive community outreach and engagemen through the endowment of innovative, technology-based programs, equipment and ongoing efforts to sustain and improve our fairground facilities.
$2,597 spent100% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,597.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2025 to 2026, from $231k to $715k (+209%).
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.
98% of MADISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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 → 2022: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $100k → $180k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 MADISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION 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
MADISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% 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: 2021 75% · 2022 97% — growing more concentrated.
“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
MADISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
MADISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 50 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 50 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like MADISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION 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 Montana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
3% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MADISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION 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 MADISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION INC?
- MADISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION INC (Montana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $280,000 to it, the largest being THE DAVID & JANYCE HOYT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MADISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $280,000 in grants to MADISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MADISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION INC?
- THE DAVID & JANYCE HOYT FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MADISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Montana. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2022–2026), 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