Santa Maria Fairpark Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 820558512
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Santa Maria, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8054510841
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $74,774
- Expenses
- $70,591
- Assets
- $153,094
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Katy Dockstader (Board President)
People named in this filing
- Katy Dockstader (Board President)
- Ken Andersen (Treasurer)
- Megan Senter (Board 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 mission of Santa Maria Fairpark Foundation, Inc., is to preserve and enrich the heritage of the 37th District of Agriculture Association - Santa Maria Fairpark - and showcase agricultural industries to the community. We offer support to the 4-H, FFA, Grange and like-minded youth programs, supporting agricultural education opportunities, maintaining a standard of excellence and expansion in the facilities by supporting capital improvement programs.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Santa Maria Fairpark Foundation awarded college scholarships to 5 local youth involved in 4-H, FFA, or Grange in 2024 who are pursuing careers in the field of agriculture.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 72% for direct work, and 28% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue 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: 45
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 44.2%; rating input score 44
- Program expense ratio: 46.8%; rating input score 47
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.6%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.17; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 44.2% of revenue deployed · 46.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $33K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 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 44/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 47/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.