Fair and Exposition Society of Jones County Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$3.6m
year to 30 September 2025
Expenses
$3.6m
year to 30 September 2025
Total assets
$6m
Minus $11k liabilities
Net assets
$6.1m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
13
4.6 years on average
Staff
182
180 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
5
named in Part VII
Fair and Exposition Society of Jones County Inc's network
13 people1 organisationi13 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (13). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
13 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 14 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Decker | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Cindy Dirks | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Darin Siebels | Vice Chair | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Grace Carpenter | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jeff Hinz | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| John Carlson | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Katrina RIX | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Lee Hardersen | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Lowell Tiedt | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Quinton Monk | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Todd Barkema | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Tom Yeoman | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Zach Borst | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
5 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Capron | Chair | 2024 |
| Jani Teleen | Company secretary | since 2018 |
| Jani Telleen | Company secretary | since 2021 |
| Lucas Gobeli | General Manager | since 2021 |
| Patrick Recker | Treasurer | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 September 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Gobeli | General Manager | 20 | $59k | ||
| Patrick Recker | Treasurer | 1 | $2k | ||
| Katrina Rix | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lee Hardersen | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Darin Siebels | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Todd Barkema | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Zach Borst | Board Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| John Carlson | Board Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| Grace Carpenter | Board Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| Adam Decker | Board Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| Cindy Dirks | Board Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| Jeff Hinz | Board Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| Tony Hoeger | Board Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| Klayton Kiburz | Board Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| Jame Kies | Board Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| Parker Kray | Board Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| Kasey Lyon | Board Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| Shelbie Reyhons | Board Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| Jo Oswald | Board Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| Ben Capron | Chair | 0 | $0 | ||
| Jani Telleen | Secretary | 0 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Fair and Exposition Society of Jones County Inc
- EIN
- 421294397
- Address
- Po Box 150, Monticello, IA, 52310-0150
- State
- Iowa
- Mission
- County fair - to organize and conduct the great jones county fair held annually in monticello ia. Approximately 100,000 people attend and participate. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- N52 Recreation and sports
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Recreation & Sports
- Size band
- 7 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1986
- IRS ruling date
- 1 October 1987
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsLee Hardersen
≥8years on the filingsTom Yeoman
≥7years on the filingsLowell Tiedt
≥4years on the filingsAdam Decker
Latest return
year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $6m
- Total liabilities
- Minus $11k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $6.1m
- Contributions and grants received
- $191k
- Program service revenue
- $3.3m
- Employees
- 182
- Volunteers
- 180
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1m | $4.1m | Deficit $1m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Fair And Exposition Society Of Jones County, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Iowa Secretary of State, active business entities (data.iowa.gov ez5t-3qay). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Iowa Secretary of State. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Iowa
- Entity type
- Revised Domestic Non-Profit
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 19 February 1987
- Registered agent
- Lucas Gobeli (city and state not held)