Friends of the Kittitas County Fair Grounds Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911746393
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Ellensburg, WA, USA
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Utilities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $114,241
- Expenses
- $92,546
- Assets
- $366,362
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Becky McDowell (President)
- Becky Sherley (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Eric Celigoy (Director)
- Heather Harrell (Treasurer)
- Greg Zempel (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
Primary purpose is to provide a source of funding for improvements to the Kittitas Co Fairgrounds, provide scholarships to area high school seniors and promote the Kittitas Co Fair.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provide for auction of 4-H, FFA and Grange member livestock at the county fair for further development of agriculture industry.
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
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 51
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 46.9%; rating input score 47
- Program expense ratio: 57.9%; rating input score 58
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.96; 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: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 46.9% of revenue deployed · 57.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $54K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 22 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2009 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.