Wisconsin · Nonprofit
NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOC
NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,115,785 to it, the largest being L E PHILLIPS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($945,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $8.3M
What Northern Wisconsin State Fair Assoc does
Mission
The Northern Wisconsin State Fair Association inc's mission is to provide up-to-date grounds and facilities that promote events and attractions enhancing the economic viability of our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provide facilities and services for northern wisconsin, including the annual county/regional agricultural fair. During the 5-day fair event, 600 exhibitors entered 4,826 exhibits. Fair attendance was 95,000 people with 48 different agricultural-education related activities. Facilities were also utilized for 32 additional events by nonprofit organizations to assist their fundraising goals to meet their missions in the region.
$2,432,704 spentof which $1,070 as grants$1,978,484 earned by the program100% of program spendingHosted city of chippewa falls police, fire, and emt trianing to include k- 9, vehicle pursuit, and fire truck driving training. Hosted national night out for local police departments, emt, fire departments from chippewa falls and surrounding communities. These programs had attendance of over 3,500 people.
Provided facilities and programs for 4-h & ffa members throughout the year and facilities for chippewa falls public school equestrian team as needed. These facility services and programs are conducted from april through october. Facilities were utilized from april through october for a total of over 75 days.
Public school use of facilities for graduation and other school gatherings. Facilites services for community festivals to include springfest, oktoberfest, indianhead kennel club, car show, state dartball tournament, to name a few. Total attendance for non-fair events is estimated at 28,000.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,432,704.
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.
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 $2.6M to $8.2M (+214%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 5% · 2018 6% · 2019 5% · 2020 96% · 2021 11% · 2022 13% · 2023 23% · 2024 11% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
13% of NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
2017 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $1.0M.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 5 of 6 funders by total. 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
NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2022 93% — diversifying over time.
“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
100% of NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
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
NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOC
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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOC: 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 NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOC?
- NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,115,785 to it, the largest being L E PHILLIPS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($945,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,115,785 in grants to NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOC?
- L E PHILLIPS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $945,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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