Chester Agricultural & Mechanical Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 066044475
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Chester, CT, USA
- Phone
- 8605265947
- Rating
- 37
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fairs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $150,783
- Expenses
- $133,183
- Assets
- $472,524
- Liabilities
- $22,683
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Timothy Comstock (President)
- Kim Price (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Timothy Comstock (President)
- Gary Stevens (Director)
- EDITH ROCHETTE (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To hold an annual agricultural fair
What it reported doing in 2024
The Chester Agricultural & Mechanical Society held its 144th annual agricultural fair in 2024. There were over 200 farm stock entries and approximately 9,200 people attended the fair.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0.3%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.7%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.55; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0.3% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.