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TRINITY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC

TRINITY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,802 to it, the largest being CHRISTINE & JALMER BERG FOUNDATION ($6,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$619k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$9k
Net assets
$1.3M
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Trinity County Fair Association Inc does

Mission

To provide for the management of the Trinity County Fair and year-round use of the fairgrounds in the best interest of the people of Trinity County and its rural values by partnering with county agencies and businesses, promoting agriculture and education, and maximizing available resources.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Trinity county fair

    $716,861 spent$409,896 earned by the program
    91% of program spending
  2. Bigfoot bbq/harvest festival

    $14,815 spent$10,204 earned by the program
    2% of program spending
  3. Junior Livestock Auction: The fair manages the money that comes in through the auction liability account. Sellers pay the slaughter charge and a 7% commission to the fair. The balance is distributed to the sellers.

    $59,980 spent$66,232 earned by the program
    8% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $791,656.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.0M) Net assets 100 ($1.6M)2021 Revenue 135 ($1.8M) Expenses 131 ($1.3M) Net assets 127 ($2.1M)2022 Revenue 104 ($1.4M) Expenses 159 ($1.6M) Net assets 113 ($1.8M)2023 Revenue 55 ($719k) Expenses 91 ($909k) Net assets 101 ($1.6M)2024 Revenue 48 ($619k) Expenses 94 ($941k) Net assets 81 ($1.3M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (48)Expenses (94)Net assets (81)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 $1.7M to $2.1M (+27%).

$1.7M
$2.1M
$1.9M
$1.7M
$1.4M
20202021202220232024
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 21% · 2021 22% · 2022 18% · 2023 16% · 2024 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

53% of TRINITY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 16,168 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$299k
’20
$443k
’21
−$237k
’22
−$190k
’23
−$322k
’24
2.4
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

Carrie Miller-Bayley

CEO

Board chair

Dennis Rourke

Board President

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed1312131314
Joined·+2+5+0+3
No longer listed·3402
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $82.

Funder
'18
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
2
1
1
1

1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 TRINITY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION 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

TRINITY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% 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

32% 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 TRINITY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC.

68%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 98% · 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

100% of TRINITY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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

’18
’20
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $401 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

TRINITY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC's revenue fell 52% between 2020 and 2024.

Operating margin−52% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−17% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding TRINITY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $696k on record.

Federal$696k
grants $0contracts $696k
17
18
20
21
23
Top agencies
  • Department of Agriculture$696k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like TRINITY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 15%Fundraising 1%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

73%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds TRINITY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC?
TRINITY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,802 to it, the largest being CHRISTINE & JALMER BERG FOUNDATION ($6,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TRINITY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $8,802 in grants to TRINITY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TRINITY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC?
CHRISTINE & JALMER BERG FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TRINITY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 3 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