Montgomery County Fair Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371181014
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Butler, IL, USA
Phone
2175322440
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$194,428
Expenses
$176,849
Assets
$407,809
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Martha Benning (President and Advertising Chair)
  • Jonah Davis (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Martha Benning (President and Advertising Chair)
  • Jonah Davis (Vice President)
  • Bettine Lentz (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Montgomery County Fair Association provides a venue for an annual 5-day county fair held in June and other activities throughout the year.

What it reported doing in 2024

The fair also selects a County Fair Queen, Junior Miss, Young Miss and Little Miss. The pageants are held on the first 2 days of the fair so that elected royalty can reign over the activities at the fair. The newly elected Queen will also participate in the Illinois Association of Agriculture Fairs annual convention in January 2026 and vie for the title of Miss Illinois County Fair Queen. We are proud to have 2 of our queens to hold that title in past years.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 82% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and total assets are large relative to annual expenses, but may not be spendable cash. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.31; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.