Washington · Nonprofit
NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION
NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $211,082 to it, the largest being MT BAKER ROTARY FOUNDATION ($117,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.3M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $211k
- Net assets
- $10M
What Northwest Washington Fair Association does
Mission
The mission of the northwest washington fair is to provide: 1) education regarding agriculture - past, present and future, 2) experiences with positive competition, and 3) enjoyment of wholesome entertainment, social interactions, and lasting memories.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The association holds an annual fair which offers affordable family entertainment with diverse attractions for people of all ages to attend and participate. Multi-purpose facilities are available and utilized by the community and there is an array of different events of interest to the community.
$2,932,661 spent$4,108,720 earned by the program96% of program spendingThe fair offers opportunity for exhibitors of all ages to display their talents and compete in 4h, ffa and open class competitions.
$124,465 spent$37,707 earned by the program4% of program spendingThe fair presents a multitude of educational agriculture showcases including small animal experience, dairy maternity and farming for life.
$38,334 earned by the programThe association is currently building a new agricultural education center at the northwest washington fairgrounds in whatcom county, washington to promote, encourage, and provide access to agricultural education. The center will collaborate on significant priorities for washington agriculture and serve as a resource for industry, area organizations and agencies, legislators, the public, and the media.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,057,126.
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 2018 to 2019, from $9.2M to $13M (+42%).
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 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 30% · 2020 24% · 2021 8% · 2022 7% · 2023 9% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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 → 2020: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $15k → $22k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.5M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Northwest Washington Fair Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION’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
NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 90% · 2019 67% · 2020 58% — 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
74% of NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51k 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
NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Northwest Washington Fair Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION: 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 NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION?
- NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $211,082 to it, the largest being MT BAKER ROTARY FOUNDATION ($117,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $211,082 in grants to NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION?
- MT BAKER ROTARY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $117,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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