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STATE FAIR OF VIRGINIA INC

STATE FAIR OF VIRGINIA INC (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being VIRGINIA PORK COUNCIL INC ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$285k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$30k
Net assets
$893k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What State Fair of Virginia Inc does

Mission

To expand leadership capacity and educational opportunities for youth participants in the annual state fair of virginia and other programs at the meadow event park. Connect producers, teachers, leaders, industry and business in an effort to offer encouragementand recognition to virginia's youth as they participate in competitions and educational programs.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The primary venue of successful execution of the mission is the state fair of virginia. The 2025 state fair of virginia attendance of approximated 215,000.in 2025, the state fair of virginia scholarship program rewarded 313 young people for their hard work and achievement in thirty-nine sanctioned state fair competition areas through livestock competitions, 4-h & ffa competitions, skills usa, and other competitions.

    $40,850 spentof which $103,550 as grants$114,551 earned by the program
    24% of program spending

  2. Sale of champions/youth livestock awarded scholarshipsany youth that participate in market shows at the current year fair are eligible. These include: youth market goat, youth market beef, youth market hog and youth market lamb shows. Application categories are broken out by age juniors (9-12), intermediate (13-15) and seniors (16 and older) with four scholarships being awarded to each category. Judging was based on applicants' state fair participation, as well as on leadership and community service activities and an essay. Funds allocated for the scholarships represent a portion of proceeds from the current years sale of champions benefit auction.

    $130,202 spent
    76% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $171,052.

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 ($276k) Expenses 100 ($345k) Net assets -93 ($-483131)2018 Revenue 96 ($265k) Expenses 109 ($376k) Net assets -114 ($-593928)2019 Revenue 543 ($1.5M) Expenses 111 ($382k) Net assets 100 ($520k)2020 Revenue 106 ($291k) Expenses 36 ($123k) Net assets 132 ($688k)2021 Revenue 106 ($293k) Expenses 93 ($321k) Net assets 127 ($659k)2022 Revenue 98 ($269k) Expenses 100 ($346k) Net assets 107 ($559k)2023 Revenue 177 ($487k) Expenses 115 ($397k) Net assets 126 ($653k)2024 Revenue 93 ($257k) Expenses 35 ($122k) Net assets 151 ($783k)2025 Revenue 103 ($285k) Expenses 51 ($175k) Net assets 172 ($893k)
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Revenue (103)Expenses (51)Net assets (172)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 2017 to 2018, from $646k to $929k (+44%).

$646k
$929k
$1.0M
$1.2M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.2M
$1.3M
$1.4M
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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: 2017 9% · 2018 9% · 2019 2% · 2020 35% · 2021 9% · 2022 9% · 2023 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

60% of STATE FAIR OF VIRGINIA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$69k
’17
−$111k
’18
$1.1M
’19
$168k
’20
−$28k
’21
−$77k
’22
$91k
’23
$135k
’24
$110k
’25
63
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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Listed191818202123232424
Joined·+0+3+4+2+2+2+5+1
No longer listed·13210241
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of STATE FAIR OF VIRGINIA 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 STATE FAIR OF VIRGINIA INC's grant income comes from Virginia funders.

VA

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

STATE FAIR OF VIRGINIA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin39% · top quartile
Months of reserve63.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like STATE FAIR OF VIRGINIA 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 Virginia

Fauquier County Fair Inc86%Virginia FFA Foundation Inc85%Virginia Foundation for Agriculture Innovation and Rural Sustainability85%Shenandoah County Agricultural Foundation82%Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation Inc82%Frederick County Fair Association Inc81%Virginia Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom81%Virginia Community Food Connections80%

Nationally

State Fair of West Virginia90%Fauquier County Fair Inc86%Virginia FFA Foundation Inc85%Virginia Foundation for Agriculture Innovation and Rural Sustainability85%Washington State Fair Foundation83%Mountain State Forest Festival Association Inc83%Tennessee State Fair Association83%Washington County Fair Assoc82%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

22
board members
95%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

64%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

VA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Virginia Farm Bureau Holding Corporation · corp_trust

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for STATE FAIR OF VIRGINIA 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 STATE FAIR OF VIRGINIA INC?
STATE FAIR OF VIRGINIA INC (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being VIRGINIA PORK COUNCIL INC ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does STATE FAIR OF VIRGINIA INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $30,000 in grants to STATE FAIR OF VIRGINIA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of STATE FAIR OF VIRGINIA INC?
VIRGINIA PORK COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like STATE FAIR OF VIRGINIA INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2017–2025), 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