Montgomery County Fair Association Inc.
Montgomery County Fair Association Inc.
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More about this organization
Mission
The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide scholarships, prizes and awards to high school seniors for their achievements in agricultural and home economics classes. Adult residents of Montgomery County are limited to prizes and awards in separate programs for homemaking, fine arts, and horticulture.
About
The scholarship program began in 1993 when the scholarship trail ride committee was established. The funds raised went to scholarships for graduating seniors. Along with the proceeds from the scholarship trail ride, 5% of the livestock and homemaking auctions of the fair are taken as a contribution to the scholarship fund. Since the program began in 1993 over $2.6 million has been given in college scholarships. In 2018, the MCFA awarded a total of $125,000 in scholarships to graduating seniors in Montgomery County! College-bound graduates received 50 $2500 academic scholarships and $20,500 in prize scholarships from a combination of the fair queen contest, colt show hi-point program, replacement heifer program and calf scramble program.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
In the filing, the mission of the non-profit is noted as “The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide scholarships, prizes and awards to high school seniors for their achievements in agricultural and home economics classes.”.
When referring to its responsibilities, they were outlined as: “The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide scholarships, prizes and awards to high school seniors for their achievements in agricultural and home economics classes. adult residents of montgomery county are limited to prizes and awards in separate programs for homemaking, fine arts, and horticulture.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is legally registered to operate is TX, as per legal records.
- The filing documents the non-profit's address in 2020 as PO BOX 869, CONROE, TX, 77305.
- According to the non-profit's form, they have 5 employees on their payroll as of 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are less than $100,000.
- Revenue is between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue less expenses is $130,437.
- The organization has 33 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1979.
- The organization pays $167,343 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $0 in fundraising expenses.