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North Stonington Agricultural Fair

North Stonington Agricultural Fair (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being CHELSEA GROTON FOUNDATION ($300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$166k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$500
Net assets
$236k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What North Stonington Agricultural Fair does

Mission

Conduction of an agricultural fair in North Stonington Connecticut.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Conduction of an agricultural fair in North Stonington Connecticut.

    $165,303 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $165,303.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($118k) Expenses 100 ($113k) Net assets 100 ($112k)2018 Revenue 122 ($144k) Expenses 116 ($131k) Net assets 111 ($124k)2019 Revenue 111 ($130k) Expenses 116 ($131k) Net assets 110 ($123k)2020 Revenue 1 ($943) Expenses 14 ($16k) Net assets 97 ($108k)2021 Revenue 146 ($172k) Expenses 96 ($108k) Net assets 154 ($172k)2022 Revenue 165 ($194k) Expenses 107 ($121k) Net assets 219 ($245k)2023 Revenue 165 ($194k) Expenses 182 ($206k) Net assets 208 ($233k)2024 Revenue 141 ($166k) Expenses 144 ($163k) Net assets 211 ($236k)
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Revenue (141)Expenses (144)Net assets (211)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 $172k to $245k (+43%).

$112k
$124k
$123k
$108k
$172k
$245k
$233k
$236k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

1% of North Stonington Agricultural Fair’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. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$4k
’17
$12k
’18
−$1k
’19
−$15k
’20
$64k
’21
$73k
’22
−$12k
’23
$3k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
2
1
1

From the IRS filings of North Stonington Agricultural 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.

How concentrated its funding is

North Stonington Agricultural Fair leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% 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

60%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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

60% of North Stonington Agricultural Fair's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.

NY
CT

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

North Stonington Agricultural Fair's revenue grew 41% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

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

Government funding North Stonington Agricultural Fair receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25k on record.

State$25k
Top programs
  • State Aid Grants$25k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds North Stonington Agricultural Fair?
North Stonington Agricultural Fair (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being CHELSEA GROTON FOUNDATION ($300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does North Stonington Agricultural Fair have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $500 in grants to North Stonington Agricultural Fair, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of North Stonington Agricultural Fair?
CHELSEA GROTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like North Stonington Agricultural Fair find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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