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THE HENDRICKS COUNTY 4-H & AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSN INC

THE HENDRICKS COUNTY 4-H & AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSN INC (Indiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,933 to it, the largest being HENDRICKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($40,601). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$1.7M
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$54k
Net assets
$2.0M
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What The Hendricks County 4-H & Agricultural Fair Assn Inc does

Mission

To operate a year-round event complex that benefits all hendricks county residents and to produce a successful annual 4-h county fair, while enhancing economic growth and increasing community involvement in hendricks county and showcasing the value of the fairgrounds through efficient operations and maintenance of the facility.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The association sponsors an annual fair and other activities in which youth may learn agricultural, consumer, family and home industries, and other life skills. The association also rents its facilities to other organizations, businesses, and clubs for a fee.

    $1,483,294 spent$672,678 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,483,294.

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 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($962k) Net assets 100 ($1.2M)2018 Revenue 97 ($1.1M) Expenses 117 ($1.1M) Net assets 96 ($1.2M)2019 Revenue 97 ($1.1M) Expenses 116 ($1.1M) Net assets 92 ($1.1M)2020 Revenue 82 ($913k) Expenses 91 ($877k) Net assets 95 ($1.2M)2021 Revenue 124 ($1.4M) Expenses 125 ($1.2M) Net assets 109 ($1.3M)2022 Revenue 151 ($1.7M) Expenses 135 ($1.3M) Net assets 140 ($1.7M)2023 Revenue 141 ($1.6M) Expenses 148 ($1.4M) Net assets 151 ($1.8M)2024 Revenue 144 ($1.6M) Expenses 143 ($1.4M) Net assets 169 ($2.0M)2025 Revenue 154 ($1.7M) Expenses 180 ($1.7M) Net assets 168 ($2.0M)
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Revenue (154)Expenses (180)Net assets (168)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 $1.4M to $1.8M (+23%).

$1.3M
$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.4M
$1.8M
$1.9M
$2.0M
$2.1M
$2.2M
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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 58% · 2018 59% · 2019 61% · 2020 69% · 2021 53% · 2022 62% · 2023 50% · 2024 51% · 2025 50%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

54% of THE HENDRICKS COUNTY 4-H & AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSN INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,035 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$146k
’17
−$52k
’18
−$42k
’19
$36k
’20
$168k
’21
$368k
’22
$140k
’23
$217k
’24
−$21k
’25
5.1
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.

Chief executive

Steven L Patterson

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed211818181818181818
Joined·+1+3+0+2+0+0+4+1
No longer listed·43020041
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $22k → $4k.

Funder
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'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
2
2
2
1
2

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 THE HENDRICKS COUNTY 4-H & AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSN 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.

How concentrated its funding is

THE HENDRICKS COUNTY 4-H & AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% 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

75% 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 THE HENDRICKS COUNTY 4-H & AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSN INC.

75%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 92% · 2021 77% · 2022 65% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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

75% of THE HENDRICKS COUNTY 4-H & AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSN INC'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 $13k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Indiana, across 1 state.

MN

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

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Indiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $41k 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

THE HENDRICKS COUNTY 4-H & AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSN INC is better cushioned than half of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve5.1mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 10%Fundraising 5%

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

94%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IN

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE HENDRICKS COUNTY 4-H & AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSN INC?
THE HENDRICKS COUNTY 4-H & AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSN INC (Indiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,933 to it, the largest being HENDRICKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($40,601). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE HENDRICKS COUNTY 4-H & AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSN INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $53,933 in grants to THE HENDRICKS COUNTY 4-H & AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSN INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE HENDRICKS COUNTY 4-H & AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSN INC?
HENDRICKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $40,601 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE HENDRICKS COUNTY 4-H & AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSN INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 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