Nonprofit · EIN 56-0603707
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS & EXPOSITIONS
Tax-exempt · SPRINGFIELD, MO 65810
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $2,453,428 | $2,668,872 | -$215,444 | $3,179,932 | $501,887 | $2,678,045 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $2,158,527 | $2,254,714 | -$96,187 | $3,307,512 | $493,964 | $2,813,548 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $30,000
- Program service revenue
- $2,245,889
- Investment income
- $144,877
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $42,410
- Other revenue
- $32,662
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $425,018
- Other salaries and wages
- $437,234
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,235,746
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $60,683
- Accounting fees
- $50,368
- Occupancy
- $30,902
- Travel
- $43,732
- Depreciation
- $14,378
- Program services (functional)
- $2,104,875
- Management and general (functional)
- $563,997
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,307,512
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,179,932
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $501,887
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,678,045
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $62,325
- Publicly traded securities
- $2,340,626
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,678,045
- Gross unrelated business income
- $152,272
- Gross receipts
- $2,453,428
- Employees
- 14
- Volunteers
- 275
- Year formed
- 1919
- State of legal domicile
- MO
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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARLA CALICO CFE | PRESIDENT & Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $425,018 | $240,817 |
| JILL ALBANESE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| RAY ALLISON | 1ST VICE CHA Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| SHARI BLACK | 2ND VICE CHA Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| AMANDA BLAIR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| BRANDON BIRD CFE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER GIESIKE CFE | PRIOR PAST C Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JO REYNOLDS CFE | IMMEDIATE PA Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| KEN KARNS CFE | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| BRENDAN CHRISTOU | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDY DEGGELLER | FAIRS DIRECT Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT FOGLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID GRINDLE | PRESIDENT/CE Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDY IMPERATI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| RENEE MCCLAIN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
4 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| VINCENT NELSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| KADY PORTERFIELD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| BRYAN SCHULZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| LC SCRAMLIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARLA CALICO CFE | PRESIDENT & Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $198,326 |
| RAY ALLISON | 2ND VICE CHA Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| BRANDON BIRD CFE | ZONE 7 DIREC Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JENNIFER GIESIKE CFE | IMMEDIATE PA Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JEREMY PARSONS CFE | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JO REYNOLDS CFE | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| KELLY COLLINS CFE | ZONE 2 DIREC Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| KEN KARNS CFE | 1ST VICE CHA Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| STEVEN PATTERSON CFE | STATE & PROV Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| SANDY CLASS | FAIRS DIRECT Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ANDY DEGGELLER | FAIRS DIRECT Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| MITCHELL GLIEBER | ZONE 6 DIREC Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ANDY IMPERATI | ZONE 1 DIREC Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| SANDRA JACKLE | C.A.F.E. Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| BRAD JENKINS | FAIRS DIRECT Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| SCOTT KOZELKA | ZONE 4 DIREC Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JAIME NAVARRO | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| KADY PORTERFIELD | ZONE 8 DIREC Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| BRYAN SCHULZ | ZONE 5 DIREC Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| LC SCRAMLIN | ZONE 3 DIREC Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 4650 S NATIONAL AVE STE D1, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65810-2896
- In care of
- % MARLA J CALICO
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- DAVID GRINDLE
- Signed the 990
- DAVID GRINDLE, PRESIDENT/CEO
- Phone
- (417) 862-5771
- Website
- WWW.FAIRSANDEXPOS.COM
- Return prepared by
- ELLIOTT ROBINSON AND COMPANY LLP
Mission
THE PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO LEAD IN REPRESENTING AND FACILITATING THE EVOLVING INTERESTS OF AGRICULTURE FAIRS, EXHIBITIONS AND SHOW ASSOCIATIONS. THE IAFE IS A TRADE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING THE AGRICULTURE FAIRS OF THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND SEVERAL FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES ON HOW TO BETTER EXHIBIT LIVESTOCK, HOBBIES, CANNED GOODS, ETC.
Program accomplishments
- AN ANNUAL CONVENTION AND TRADE SHOW ARE HELD EACH YEAR. APPROXIMATELY 2,500 MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES ATTEND TO ELECT OFFICERS AND ATTEND WORKSHOPS. IN ADDITION, WE CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS.
- THE ASSOCIATION CONDUCTS MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES AND SPECIALTY SEMINARS RELATING TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURAL FAIRS' OPERATIONS, AN INSTITUTE OF FAIR MANAGEMENT AND CYBER SEMINARS. THE SEMINARS, CONVENTIONS, CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS ALL OFFER AN ELEMENT OF EDUCATION. VARIOUS SURVEYS OF ASSOCIATE AND FAIR MEMBERS ARE CONDUCTED ANNUALLY. SURVEY RESULTS ARE SHARED WITH ASSOCIATE AND FAIR MEMBERS.
- ALL OTHER RELATED MEMBERSHIP SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 56-0603707
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1944
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $3,179,932
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,453,428
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $2,453,428 | $2,668,872 | $3,179,932 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $2,158,527 | $2,254,714 | $3,307,512 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $2,081,371 | $2,027,089 | $3,380,620 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | 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 56-0603707).
Questions about INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS & EXPOSITIONS
- What is the EIN of INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS & EXPOSITIONS?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS & EXPOSITIONS is 56-0603707.
- Is INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS & EXPOSITIONS tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 1944.
- Are donations to INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS & EXPOSITIONS tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS & EXPOSITIONS 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 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS & EXPOSITIONS due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS & EXPOSITIONS last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS & EXPOSITIONS?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names DAVID GRINDLE.
- Who are the officers and directors of INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS & EXPOSITIONS?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 19 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $425,018 (MARLA CALICO CFE, PRESIDENT &).
- How much revenue does INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS & EXPOSITIONS have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,453,428, expenses of $2,668,872 and total assets of $3,179,932 at year end.
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