Garrett County Agriculture Fair Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520691624
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Mchenry, MD, USA
Phone
3016160035
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$559,129
Expenses
$707,709
Assets
$3,435,019
Liabilities
$199,867

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GEORGE KELLER (SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • JASON RUSH (PRESIDENT)
  • JASON VANSICKLE (VICE-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GEORGE KELLER (SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • DEBRA BARNARD (SECRETARY)
  • HELEN BITTINGER (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote, educate, and facilitate participation in a wide range of agriculture and natural resource based educational activities and competitions; to create a destination for fostering economic development, promotion and education models for agriculture, natural resource and related individuals and organizations; to create a destination for fostering the preservation, promotion and educational elements of the industry and resource history and its importance to the area; to maintain and improve a facility to serve the above purposes in the county; to plan and conduct events and activities to educate and promote the above purposes; to further the above stated purposes without discrimination based upon race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or national origin.

What it reported doing in 2024

To educate the community about local agriculture. To provide participants with an annual event in which to display livestock, produce, etc., including showing for area 4-h organizations, etc.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 93% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -26.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.85; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -12.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 24 people listed
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 16 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.