Tennessee · Nonprofit
Smith County Fair Inc
Smith County Fair Inc (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $31,141 to it, the largest being Tennessee Association of Fairs Inc ($31,141). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $132k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $31k
- Net assets
- $65k
What Smith County Fair Inc does
Mission
To hold an annual county fair to enable local residents to showcase their talents and enjoy the exhibits of others as well as the midway attractions here in Smith County, Tennessee.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Coordinated the events for the annual county fair including various contests, shows, and carnival rides which are enjoyed by approximately 13,000 people.
$68,076 spentof which $19,542 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $68,076.
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 2020 to 2021, from $33k to $65k (+98%).
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.
5% of Smith County Fair Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $21k.
From the IRS filings of Smith County Fair Inc’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.
Where its funders are
100% of Smith County Fair Inc'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
Smith County Fair Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Smith County Fair Inc
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.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Smith County Fair Inc: 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 Smith County Fair Inc?
- Smith County Fair Inc (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $31,141 to it, the largest being Tennessee Association of Fairs Inc ($31,141). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Smith County Fair Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $31,141 in grants to Smith County Fair Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Smith County Fair Inc?
- Tennessee Association of Fairs Inc is the largest funder on record, with $31,141 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Smith County Fair Inc 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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