Minnesota · Nonprofit
STEELE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
STEELE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being GANDRUD FOUNDATION ($3,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Steele County Agricultural Society does
Mission
To promote agriculture, horticulture, and livestock through exhibits, shows and competitions as well as to promote manufacturing and home economics through exhibits, shows and competition.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Organization of the annual county fair that ran august 12-17, 2025, including livestock shows, carnival, grandstand events, 4-h exhibits and concessions. The 2025 steele county free fair had attendance of over 250,000 people. The income and expenses are the remainder after the maintenance and premium amounts were deducted from the totals. Most of the income and expenses go directly towards the cost of putting on the fair. We supported about 20 community groups (youth, religious and civic organizations) with around $40,000 of funding.
$1,528,905 spent$1,396,798 earned by the program92% of program spendingCounty fairgrounds for the use of the community for public events, private events and storage. The expenses are estimated based on use of buildings, the estimated man-hours and other expenses for the principal buildings and areas used by the community for events and activities. We often donate staff time to community events and sometimes donate the use or rental of buildings. The income is tracked more specifically for this category and reflects actual data.
$108,439 spent$252,681 earned by the program6% of program spendingPremiums and awards for entries made in the areas of livestock, agriculture, home and creative arts, 4-h & ffa. These expenses vary from year to year depending upon the number of entries and changes in premium amount paid. We receive some support from the state of minnesota department of agriculture for premiums paid.
$31,723 spent$13,288 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,669,067.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.3M to $2.8M (+24%).
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 5% · 2018 5% · 2019 5% · 2020 25% · 2021 21% · 2022 6% · 2023 6% · 2024 3% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of STEELE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $1k.
From the IRS filings of STEELE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY’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 STEELE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from Minnesota 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
STEELE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like STEELE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for STEELE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY: 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 STEELE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY?
- STEELE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being GANDRUD FOUNDATION ($3,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STEELE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,000 in grants to STEELE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STEELE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY?
- GANDRUD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STEELE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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