The Bourbon County Fair Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
486119288
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Fort Scott, KS, USA
Phone
6202155939
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,708
Expenses
$71,012
Assets
$161,385

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRENT JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • EMELIA WHITEAKER (VICE PRESIDE)
  • TRENT JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
  • LYNDA FOSTER (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

Provide opportunities for youth & adults to show projects & promote agriculture in the area.

What it reported doing in 2025

Youth & adults domonstrate/display agricultrual & 4-h projects & achievements on an annual basis. Awards are given for excellence. Participate in volunteer effort to plan/present at county fair.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.9%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 96.4%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.4%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.27; rating input score 68; 68th 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: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.9% of revenue deployed · 96.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $68K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.