Illinois · Nonprofit
MCHENRY COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION
MCHENRY COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,250 to it, the largest being RUTH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $66k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $49k
What McHenry County Fair Foundation does
Mission
Form 990ez - part iii - primary exemp purpose - to raise funds to support the maintenance of the mchenry county fairgrounds.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Form 990ez - part iii - line 28 - program service accomplishments - we raise funds to support the mchenry county fairgrounds. The fair is the largest event of the year. This continues the tradition of educating our community about the importance of agriculture, as well as being involved in our county fair. The facilites are shared with organizations such as the university of illinois with the local 4-h club. The mchenry county farm bureau events and master gardeners who all share our mission. Mchenry county fair also supports many local and state organizationss including high school sport teams and clubs assisting them with fundraising opportunities during the fair.
$84,811 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $84,811.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $112k to $73k (−35%).
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.
0% of MCHENRY COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of MCHENRY COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION’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 MCHENRY COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
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
MCHENRY COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION's revenue fell 21% between 2023 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like MCHENRY COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MCHENRY COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION: 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 MCHENRY COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION?
- MCHENRY COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,250 to it, the largest being RUTH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MCHENRY COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,250 in grants to MCHENRY COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of MCHENRY COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION?
- RUTH FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MCHENRY COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), 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