Michigan · Nonprofit
THE INGHAM COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION
THE INGHAM COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,005 to it, the largest being AETNA FOUNDATION INC ($800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $160k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $156k
What The Ingham County Fair Foundation does
Mission
To obtain funds to support the ingham county fairgrounds to serve agricultural, business, cultural, educational, recreational, urban and youth interests of ingham county.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Horse shows for over 1,000 participants supporting agriculture and equine industries
$67,674 spent$90,045 earned by the program29% of program spendingExposition center improvements for county wide patrons, and surrounding residents
$163,012 spent$46,821 earned by the program71% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $230,686.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $232k to $156k (−33%).
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.
2% of THE INGHAM COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $812 → $70.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 INGHAM COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION’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 INGHAM COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
THE INGHAM COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $205 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.
Against its field
THE INGHAM COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE INGHAM COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE INGHAM COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION: 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 THE INGHAM COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION?
- THE INGHAM COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,005 to it, the largest being AETNA FOUNDATION INC ($800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE INGHAM COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,005 in grants to THE INGHAM COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE INGHAM COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION?
- AETNA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE INGHAM COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2021–2024), 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