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Washington Cnty Agricultural Society

Washington Cnty Agricultural Society (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being Washington County 4-H Federation MN ($12,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$770k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$13k
Net assets
$1.6M
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Washington Cnty Agricultural Society does

Mission

Conduct an annual county fair and provide facilities for nonprofit organizations.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Conduct annual county fair for five days in late July/early August to exhibit and promote agricultureal, horticultural, mechanical industrial, and other products of Washington County, including exhibits of the arts and science, and other public exhibitions pertinent to expositions of human art, industry, and skill and usual to county agricultural fairs.

    $521,314 spent
    70% of program spending
  2. Provide public facilities for 4-H activities, youth soccer, horse shows, Hmong and other ethnic groups, local government groups, various agriculture related organizations, and other nonprofit organizations.

    $226,073 spent
    30% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $747,387.

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 ($112k) Expenses 100 ($174k) Net assets 100 ($985k)2021 Revenue 502 ($560k) Expenses 294 ($512k) Net assets 105 ($1.0M)2022 Revenue 553 ($617k) Expenses 311 ($541k) Net assets 113 ($1.1M)2023 Revenue 729 ($814k) Expenses 399 ($694k) Net assets 125 ($1.2M)2024 Revenue 690 ($770k) Expenses 467 ($812k) Net assets 167 ($1.6M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (690)Expenses (467)Net assets (167)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 2021 to 2022, from $1.6M to $2.2M (+39%).

$1.6M
$1.6M
$2.2M
$1.7M
$2.1M
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 10% · 2021 3% · 2022 5% · 2023 2% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

3% of Washington Cnty Agricultural Society’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$62k
’20
$49k
’21
$76k
’22
$120k
’23
−$42k
’24
0.5
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.

20202021202220232024
Listed1821222020
Joined·+7+6+0+0
No longer listed·4520
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'25*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of Washington Cnty 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 Washington Cnty Agricultural Society's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN

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

Washington Cnty Agricultural Society has grown faster than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−5% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.5mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)62% · top quartile

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

21
board members
43%
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

MN

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Washington Cnty 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 Washington Cnty Agricultural Society?
Washington Cnty Agricultural Society (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being Washington County 4-H Federation MN ($12,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Washington Cnty Agricultural Society have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $12,500 in grants to Washington Cnty Agricultural Society.
Who is the largest funder of Washington Cnty Agricultural Society?
Washington County 4-H Federation MN is the largest funder on record, with $12,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Washington Cnty 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.

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 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