Friends of Merced County Fair Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260742048
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Merced, CA, USA
Phone
2097770282
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$130,619
Expenses
$86,763
Assets
$357,949

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMANDA NEAL (Vice President)
  • JOHN PEDROZO (President)

People named in this filing

  • PHIL SCHIBER (Director)
  • STEVE MOITOZO (Director)
  • BENINA MONTES (Treasurer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To make improvements to the merced county fairgrounds, owned by the state of California. Improvements are capitalized until finished at which point they are turned over to the state of California.

What it reported doing in 2025

Soliciation of dues & contributions for improvements to merced county's state of California's fairgrounds. Outreach to the public to educate them of the need for improvements to the fairgrounds and preserve the agricultural activities and traditions of merced county and to solicit contributions towards this effort. Hosting a booth at the merced county fair to educate the public about the organization and the goals and progress of the organization. Local business entities sponsor and provide refreshments for help in obtaining contributions and memberships in our organization. The board of directors allocated funds to local agriculatural groups that utilize the fairground property and volunteer services to the fair grounds.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • 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: 33.6%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.13; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -18.2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.