Hydro District Free Fair Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900535424
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Hydro, OK, USA
Phone
4055427648
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fairs

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,503
Expenses
$37,059
Assets
$376,856
Liabilities
$131,506

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHARLIE WIELAND (President)

People named in this filing

  • DONNA LAWLES (Treasurer)
  • CHARLIE WIELAND (President)
  • SUSAN KIMBLE (Secretary)

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

The organization operates the hydro district free fair. Revenues come from the cake auction, public donations, and sales tax allocated from caddo county, Oklahoma.the portion of the fair that is operated by this entity includes exhibits and livestock and commodities competitions. The organization provides prizes to competition winners, arranges judges for competition, and provides advertising for the fair. All labor is on a volunteer basis, so there are no wages.the organization accumulates money from the operation each year to build new fair buildings, which are then donated to the town of hydro. It also donates money to the hydro amusement company to buy new rides for the fair. The activity has been operated for 119 years. This accounts for 100% of the organization's activities.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization operates the hydro district free fair. Revenues come from the cake auction, public donations, and sales tax allocated from caddo county, Oklahoma.the portion of the fair that is operated by this entity includes exhibit and livestock and commodities competitions. The organization provides prizes to competition winners, arranges judges for competition, and provides advertising for the fair. All labor is on a volunteer basis, so there are no wages.the organization accumulates money from the operation each year to build new fair buildings, which are then donated to the town of hydro. It also donates money to hydro amusement company to buy new rides for the fair. We observe and see that the distributions are for their intended purpose.the activity has been operated for 119 years. This accounts for 100% of the organization's activities.

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
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.9%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 45.1%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.17; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.