The Chippewa County Fair Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 383838751
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Dafter, MI, USA
- Phone
- 9066323952
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fairs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $764,791
- Expenses
- $721,246
- Assets
- $958,718
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JIM KRONEMEYER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- APRIL BATHO (BOARD MEMBER)
- HEATHER BLACK (BOARD MEMBER)
- BEN BORQUE (BOARD MEMBER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To foster, encourage and promote interest in the improvement and production of better livestock and agricultural products among youth and adult groups. To hold and conduct fairs at which livestock and agricultural, industrial, and domestic products will be exhibited or shown in competition for prizes among youth and adult groups.
What it reported doing in 2024
Annual chippewa county fair- livestock and agricultural activities held at fair to promote interest in adults and children.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 95% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.4%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.7%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.33; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $721K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 23 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.