Nonprofit · EIN 34-0791444
ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC
Tax-exempt · ASHLAND, OH 44805
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,734,262 | $1,093,882 | $640,380 | $4,398,146 | $26,365 | $4,371,781 |
| November 30, 2024 | 990 | $2,460,464 | $1,149,759 | $1,310,705 | $3,742,150 | $10,749 | $3,731,401 |
| November 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,220,712 | $1,150,638 | $70,074 | $2,443,596 | $22,900 | $2,420,696 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended November 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $735,183
- of which government grants
- $16,761
- Program service revenue
- $907,629
- Investment income
- $87,791
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $18,656
- Other revenue
- $3,659
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $228,871
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $255,567
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $1,425
- Occupancy
- $166,827
- Depreciation
- $61,120
- Program services (functional)
- $797,461
- Management and general (functional)
- $270,864
- Fundraising (functional)
- $25,557
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,742,150
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,398,146
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $26,365
- Net assets, end of year
- $4,371,781
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $2,121,220
- Gross unrelated business income
- $2,760
- Gross receipts
- $1,745,106
- Employees
- 62
- Volunteers
- 316
- Year formed
- 1851
- State of legal domicile
- OH
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended November 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAVIS ARNOLD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MANDY ATTERHOLT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRISTAL BACON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JIM BEATTIE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BEN CARPENTER | DIRECTOR/1ST Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JACOB CARPENTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUSAN DENBOW | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STACEY DILLARD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WESLEE FLIGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WYATT FLIGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WALT GRAVEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BARBARA HENDRIX | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MITCH JOHNSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEFF JONES | DIRECTOR/2ND Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KRISTINE LAFEVER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
17 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DENNY LUKITY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHELLE MAYNARD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TERRY MCCONNELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM NOLAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHANE QUEER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK RAFELD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ADAM REIDENBACH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MELVIN REISINGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVE SNYDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUSAN STAKE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAN STONE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN TWINING | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK WERTZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARTIN WESNER | DIRECTOR/PRE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KEN WOODE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BARRY LITTEN | MANAGER Officer | 40 | $0 |
| CATHERINE RICE | TREASURER Officer | 40 | $0 |
990 for the year ended November 30, 2024: 32 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLTON ALLEMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MANDY ATTERHOLT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JIM BEATTIE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BEN CARPENTER | DIRECTOR/1ST Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JACOB CARPENTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EDNA COX | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUSAN DENBOW | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WESLEE FLIGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WYATT FLIGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WALT GRAVEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BARBARA HENDRIX | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DONALD FOSTER III | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MITCH JOHNSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEFF JONES | DIRECTOR/2ND Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KRISTINE LAFEVER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DENNY LUKITY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHELLE MAYNARD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TERRY MCCONNELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM NOLAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHANE QUEER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK RAFELD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ADAM REIDENBACH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MELVIN REISINGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVE SNYDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUSAN STAKE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAN STONE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN TWINING | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK WERTZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARTIN WESNER | DIRECTOR/PRE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KEN WOODE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BARRY LITTEN | MANAGER Officer | 40 | $0 |
| CATHERINE RICE | TREASURER Officer | 40 | $0 |
990 for the year ended November 30, 2023: 32 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLTON ALLEMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MANDY ATTERHOLT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JIM BEATTIE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BEN CARPENTER | DIRECTOR/1ST Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JACOB CARPENTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EDNA COX | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUSAN DENBOW | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RAELYN FLIGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WESLEE FLIGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WALT GRAVEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BARBARA HENDRIX | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DONALD FOSTER III | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MITCH JOHNSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEFF JONES | DIRECTOR/2ND Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KRISTINE LAFEVER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DENNY LUKITY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHELLE MAYNARD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TERRY MCCONNELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM NOLAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHANE QUEER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK RAFELD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ADAM REIDENBACH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MELVIN REISINGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVE SNYDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUSAN STAKE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAN STONE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN TWINING | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK WERTZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARTIN WESNER | DIRECTOR/PRE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KEN WOODE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BARRY LITTEN | MANAGER Officer | 40 | $0 |
| CATHERINE RICE | TREASURER Officer | 40 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2042 CLAREMONT AVE, ASHLAND, OH 44805-3544
- In care of
- % MARTIN WESNER
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- CATHERINE RICE, 2042 CLAREMONT AVENUE, ASHLAND, OH 44805
- Signed the 990
- CATHERINE RICE, TREASURER
- Phone
- (419) 289-0466
- Website
- WWW.ASHLANDCOUNTYFAIR.COM
- Return prepared by
- DITZ & ASSOCIATES INC
Mission
ORGANIZE AND CONDUCT THE ANNUAL COUNTY FAIR. THIS IS A 7 DAY EVENT. THE PURPOSE OF THE FAIR IS TO IMPROVE THE AGRICULTURE, DOMESTIC INDUSTRY, AND SUCH INTERESTS OF THE COUNTY AS THE BOARD DEEMS PROPER.
Program accomplishments
- ORGANIZED AND CONDUCTED THE ANNUAL COUNTY FAIR. THIS IS A SEVEN (7) DAY EVENT. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 435 EXHIBITORS ENTERED 644 ENTRIES FOR JUDGING AND DISPLAY. 905 JUNIOR FAIR MEMBERS ENTERED 1,340 ENTRIES FOR JUDGING AND DISPLAY. USED 550 FAIRBOOKS FROM 2025 FOR SENIOR FAIR AND 0 JR. FAIR BOOKS, ONLINE FOR 2025.Expenses $496,614 · revenue $764,564
- MAINTAINED GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS. GOAL IS TO KEEP BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IN GOOD REPAIR TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO ENJOY. ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING AND NEW BUILDINGS WERE MADE.Expenses $152,622 · revenue $120,024
- HARNESS RACING THERE WERE TWO HARNESS RACE PROGRAMS HELD DURING THE FAIR.Expenses $148,225 · revenue $23,041
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in November, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | November 30, 2025 | April 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | November 30, 2024 | April 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2022 | November 30, 2023 | April 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 34-0791444
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2018
- Accounting year ends
- November
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Food, agriculture and nutrition (K20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,398,146
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,745,106
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | November 2025 | $1,734,262 | $1,093,882 | $4,398,146 | XML |
| 990-T | November 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | November 2024 | $2,460,464 | $1,149,759 | $3,742,150 | XML |
| 990-T | November 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | November 2023 | $1,220,712 | $1,150,638 | $2,443,596 | XML |
| 990-T | November 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | November 2022 | $1,153,853 | $1,043,345 | $2,378,661 | IRS |
| 990-T | November 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | November 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | November 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 34-0791444).
Questions about ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC
- What is the EIN of ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC is 34-0791444.
- Is ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2018.
- Are donations to ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending November 30, 2026) is due April 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended November 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC?
- The 990 for the year ended November 30, 2025 names CATHERINE RICE.
- Who are the officers and directors of ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC?
- The 990 for the year ended November 30, 2025 lists 32 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does ASHLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended November 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,734,262, expenses of $1,093,882 and total assets of $4,398,146 at year end.
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