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Steele County Agricultural Society

Owatonna, Minnesota · EIN 41-6038084 · Education · tax-exempt since 2014

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 77.1 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended September 2025.

Graded against 58,642 education nonprofits with revenue $2M–$10M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.20.9 months72
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.65% of practices65
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.87
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.6% from one source81
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.98.3%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.8%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.13not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Sep 2025Form 990$2.09M$1.86M$233K$3.24M20.937B
Sep 2024Form 990$2.17M$1.91M$269K$3.01M19.035B
Sep 2023Form 990$1.89M$1.76M$130K$2.74M18.641C
Sep 2022Form 990$2.07M$1.53M$541K$2.61M20.438C
Sep 2021Form 990$1.65M$1.31M$342K$2.07M18.914C
Sep 2020Form 990$263K$433K−$170K$1.73M47.840D
Sep 2019Form 990$1.45M$1.22M$231K$1.90M18.745C
Sep 2018Form 990$1.13M$1.07M$60K$1.67M18.648C
Sep 2017Form 990$1.11M$1.13M−$19K$1.61M17.148B
Sep 2016Form 990$1.04M$1.05M−$6,443$1.63M18.651B

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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