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Oakland County 4-H Fair Association

Oakland County 4-H Fair Association (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $377 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($290). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$1.4M
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$377
Net assets
$1.1M
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Oakland County 4-H Fair Association does

Mission

Providing County Fair The Oakland County 4-H Fair Association Mission is to provide a public educational showcase of our youth through hands-on

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Providing County fair for Oakland County,Michigan and related activities. Over 80,000 attended the 2017 Fair, other related events included thousands more.

    $986,670 spent$1,351,085 earned by the program
    95% of program spending
  2. Capital Improvements-805 Projects donated to Oakland County, Michigan;Scholarship for betterment of farm animals,and use of general public and youth of County park system.

    $54,218 spent
    5% of program spending
  3. Food service for Events.Events include the boarding of various farm animals for several days,this in turn requires the animal owners to provide 24/7 care on premises and other youth activities.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Camping for Event participants.Events include the boarding of various farm animals for several days,this requires the animal owners to provide 24/7 care on premises and youth activities.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,040,888.

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 ($911k) Expenses 100 ($845k) Net assets 100 ($431k)2018 Revenue 102 ($932k) Expenses 102 ($865k) Net assets 116 ($500k)2019 Revenue 101 ($922k) Expenses 101 ($852k) Net assets 133 ($574k)2020 Revenue 28 ($253k) Expenses 57 ($483k) Net assets 79 ($342k)2021 Revenue 124 ($1.1M) Expenses 95 ($807k) Net assets 154 ($666k)2022 Revenue 118 ($1.1M) Expenses 110 ($932k) Net assets 187 ($805k)2023 Revenue 154 ($1.4M) Expenses 156 ($1.3M) Net assets 207 ($894k)2024 Revenue 147 ($1.3M) Expenses 143 ($1.2M) Net assets 235 ($1.0M)2025 Revenue 148 ($1.4M) Expenses 155 ($1.3M) Net assets 245 ($1.1M)
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Revenue (148)Expenses (155)Net assets (245)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 2020 to 2021, from $382k to $707k (+85%).

$451k
$522k
$589k
$382k
$707k
$846k
$910k
$1.0M
$1.1M
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

0% of Oakland County 4-H Fair Association’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$65k
’17
$67k
’18
$70k
’19
−$230k
’20
$324k
’21
$141k
’22
$84k
’23
$125k
’24
$38k
’25
9.8
months of
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.

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Listed252826222528212725
Joined·+7+2+0+4+7+2+6+8
No longer listed·444149010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $12 → $79.

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% 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 Oakland County 4-H 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

Oakland County 4-H Fair Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% 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

77% 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 Oakland County 4-H Fair Association.

77%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 83% · 2022 68% · 2023 80% — 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

77% of Oakland County 4-H Fair Association's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $87 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Michigan, across 1 state.

NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
’23
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $290 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Oakland County 4-H Fair Association holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Months of reserve9.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like Oakland County 4-H 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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 18%Fundraising 2%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

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Questions and answers

Who funds Oakland County 4-H Fair Association?
Oakland County 4-H Fair Association (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $377 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($290). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Oakland County 4-H Fair Association have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $377 in grants to Oakland County 4-H Fair Association, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Oakland County 4-H Fair Association?
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $290 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Oakland County 4-H Fair Association find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 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