Washington · Nonprofit
WESTERN WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION
WESTERN WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,500 to it, the largest being THE DIMMER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($6,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $51M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $92M
What Western Washington Fair Association does
Mission
We provide washington's home to gather and celebrate for generations to come. Our core values are education, family and fun. Education - we encourage everyone to get to know washington. We provide a hands-on experience showcasing agriculture, the arts, and the marketplace. We promote creativity and innovation while honoring our traditions. We set the stage for learning and discovery in fun and unexpected ways. Family - we want everyone who has and will come through our gates to feel welcome. We honor our fair founders by encouraging people of all ages and backgrounds to come together to celebrate and make wonderful memories at a good value in a safe environment. We value all guests and fair family treating them with respect. Fun - the fair is the place to escape the ordinary - be entertained, experience the joy of lasting memories, feel the excitement of discovery and enjoy thrills, good food, and great people.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The association self produces five signature events including the washington state fair for 20 days typically in september, spring fair for eight days in april, the taste nw for three days the weekend before july 4th, oktoberfest nw for three days in october and holiday magic for thirteen days in december. The wsfec is also rented for approximately 130 events throughout the year.
$50,744,081 spentof which $32,558 as grants$45,947,670 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $50,744,081.
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 2020 to 2021, from $65M to $76M (+17%).
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: 2021 23% · 2022 4% · 2023 1% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of WESTERN WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (11% 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.
Chief executive
Renee Mcclain
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $5k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.2M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Washington State Fair Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money WESTERN WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of WESTERN WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION’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 WESTERN WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Washington 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
WESTERN WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 184 recreation & sports nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding WESTERN WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $68k on record.
- Department of Defense$68k
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 WESTERN WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 7 related entities
- 1900 Properties LLC · disregarded
- Midway Rides LLC · disregarded
- 9th & Meridian LLC · disregarded
- Oktoberfest Northwest LLC · disregarded
- Classic Rides LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WESTERN WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION?
- WESTERN WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,500 to it, the largest being THE DIMMER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($6,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WESTERN WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,500 in grants to WESTERN WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTERN WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION?
- THE DIMMER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTERN WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing