Tennessee · Nonprofit
RHEA COUNTY FAIR
RHEA COUNTY FAIR (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $68,516 to it, the largest being Tennessee Association of Fairs Inc ($31,016). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $78k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $69k
- Net assets
- $47k
What Rhea County Fair does
Mission
To describe, promote, and exhibit agriculture and its impacts to the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The organization conducts an annual rural fair on a county-owned property site. We provide livestock and other agricultural exhibits and competitions for community members and students to participate in. One of our primary focuses is agricultural education. Our attendance is around 7,000 people annually.
$70,912 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $70,912.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $13k → $49k.
From the IRS filings of RHEA COUNTY 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
RHEA COUNTY FAIR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
45% 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 RHEA COUNTY FAIR.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 80% · 2023 51% — 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
86% of RHEA COUNTY FAIR's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
RHEA COUNTY FAIR runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,510 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,510 food & nutrition nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like RHEA COUNTY FAIR
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RHEA COUNTY FAIR: 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 RHEA COUNTY FAIR?
- RHEA COUNTY FAIR (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $68,516 to it, the largest being Tennessee Association of Fairs Inc ($31,016). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RHEA COUNTY FAIR have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $68,516 in grants to RHEA COUNTY FAIR, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RHEA COUNTY FAIR?
- Tennessee Association of Fairs Inc is the largest funder on record, with $31,016 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RHEA COUNTY FAIR find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 4 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