Crawfordsville Strawberry Festival

Legal name: Strawberry Festival Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
351836706
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Crawfordsville, IN, United States
Phone
7653663240
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$74,673
Expenses
$99,315
Assets
$136,302
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • David S Long (President)

People named in this filing

  • David S Long (President)
  • Brenda L Barton (Secretary)
  • Dale L Petrie (Treasurer)

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

Welcome to the heart of the Crawfordsville Strawberry Festival, where dedication meets community spirit—powered by hardworking volunteers who create a memorable, family-friendly experience celebrating strawberries and community unity. Current day is a three day event that includes – Entertainment, Arts and Craft vendors, Commerical booth vendors, Food vendors, Children’s entertainment, 5K Run/Walk, Blood Drive, Car Show, Cornhole, Queen Contest, Softball Tournament, Tennis Tournament, Tractor Show 2024 – Celebrating five decades of community and flavor at the Crawfordsville, Indiana Strawberry Festival’s 50th Anniversary. Copyright Crawfordsville Indiana Strawberry Festival - All Rights Reserved 2026.

What it reported doing in 2024

This is a one time a year, 3 day food and entertainment festival, with our only program service to conduct an annual festival which encourages fun and fellowship of within our community, as well as provide a resource for local charitable organizations to make money. Approximately 15,000 people attend the three day event. there is no entry fee for the festival.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 68% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 69.9%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -33%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 65% of revenue deployed · 69.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $69K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.