· Public charity
Farmers Market Fund
Helping under-served populations in oregon with greater access to healthy, locally grown food.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k25 grants · $177k
- $10k–50k28 grants · $719k
- $50k–250k8 grants · $820k
- $250k+3 grants · $2.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OREGON FOOD BANK | $2,132,461 |
| PACIFIC NW CSA COALITION | $302,048 |
| PORTLAND FARMERS MARKET | $251,126 |
| ROGUE VALLEY GROWERS | $171,990 |
| LANE COUNTY FARMERS MARKET | $144,499 |
| CORVALLIS ALBANY FARMERS MKT | $125,244 |
| SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC | $104,722 |
| HOLLYWOOD FARMERS MARKET | $78,586 |
| MONTAVILLA FARMERS MARKET | $78,373 |
| OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY | $63,590 |
| PEOPLES CO-OP FARMERS MARKET | $53,482 |
| BEND FARMERS MARKET | $41,820 |
| UMPQUA VALLEY FARMERS MARKET | $41,260 |
| SALEM SATURDAY MARKET | $41,142 |
| OREGON CITY FARMERS MARKET | $40,484 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $77k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
47 repeat relationships: 46 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $117k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
OREGON FOOD BANK5× · 2019–2024 · $5.6M · revenue +50%- PFPortland Farmers Market6× · 2019–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +16% · 41% of their budget
PACIFIC NW CSA COALITION6× · 2019–2024 · $801k · revenue +791% · 81% of their budget
Funded once
- CFCORVALLIS-ALBANY FARMERS' MARKETSone grant, 2020 · $29k · revenue +15%
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF OREGONgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $9k · revenue +96%- GFGRESHAM FARMER'S MARKET ASSOCIATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $9k · revenue +88%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To provide a venue for local farmers and small businesses to sell their products, improve nutrition by providing greater access to fresh local produce, educate residents about nutrition and sustainable agriculture and to build community…
The adams county farmers market association is committed to building vibrant farmers' markets which support small-scale producers, enhance the communities we serve, assist families with access to fresh nutritious food and educate the…
The mission of Columbia Farmers Market is to provide a space for our vibrant community of growers, producers, and makers by supporting, educating, and expanding sustainable Mid-Missouri agriculture. By
Helping under-served populations in oregon with greater access to healthy, locally grown food.
To promote a healthy and vibrant community by providing access to local nourishing food and high-quality artisan products. We support over 200 small businesses by providing direct consumer access, business development support, and…
Exclusively for charitable, educationl and/or scientific purposes. to improve community health and provide support tp local farmers through year round market for local farm products.
To educate consumers about our food system, hold space for farmers and producers to interact directly with their customers, and partner with our local schools to promote healthy lifestyles and deeper community connection
To promote local food access to all community members, regardless of income, to support local farmers with a direct to consumer sales outlet, and to support consumer to producer relationship and education.
The Washington State Farmers Market Association (WSFMA) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, membership organization whose mission is to support vibrant and sustainable farmers markets in Washington State through member services, education and advocacy.
A coalition of farmers markets serving rthe greater spokane area - raising public awareness and operating funds, centrally hiring and training staff, offering a ommon set of food access and education.
Our village gardens brings a spirit of hope to the people by growing and sharing food, learning and teaching skills, and empowering community leadership.(continued on schedule o)our village gardens leverages community organizing, skill…
How this is measured
41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 66 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Portland Farmers Market ↗
- Who funds PACIFIC NW CSA COALITION ↗
- Who funds COOS BAY DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds HOLLYWOOD FARMERS MARKET INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC ↗
- Who funds MONTAVILLA FARMERS MARKET ↗
- Who funds GORGE GROWN FOOD NETWORK ↗
- Who funds CEDAR MILL FARMERS MARKET ↗
- Who funds BEAVERTON FARMERS MARKET INC ↗
- Who funds THE OREGON CITY FARMER'S MARKET ↗
- Who funds Hillsboro Farmers Markets Inc ↗
- Who funds BEND FARMERS MARKET ↗
- Who funds Hillsdale Farmers Market Inc ↗
- Who funds Oregon Farmers Markets Association ↗
- Who funds Salem Saturday Market ↗
- Who funds Cave Junction Farmers Market ↗
- Who funds ST JOHNS CENTER FOR OPPORTUNITYS ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN COUNTY SMALL FARMERS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds ADELANTE MUJERES ↗
- Who funds THE DALLES FARMERS MARKET INC ↗
- Who funds PENDLETON FARMERS MARKET ↗
- Who funds SOUTH WATERFRONT COMMUNITY RELATIONS ↗
- Who funds CORVALLIS-ALBANY FARMERS' MARKETS ↗
- Who funds MCMINNVILLE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds TIGARD COMMUNITY LOCAL OUTREACH ↗
- Who funds ASTORIA DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Oregon Farmers Markets Association · The Ford Family Foundation · The Collins Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · The Roundhouse Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Farmers Market Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Farmers Market Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
- Oregon Farmers Markets Association: 90% of income from government
- Sugarloaf Community Association: 67% of income from government
- Montavilla Farmers Market: 32% of income from government
- Adelante Mujeres: 31% of income from government
- Antfarm Inc: 29% of income from government
- Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
- Coos Bay Downtown Association: 21% of income from government
- Community Development Corporation of Oregon: 7% of income from government
- Portland Farmers Market: 7% of income from government
- Food for Lane County: 5% of income from government
- Pacific Nw Csa Coalition: 3% of income from government
How this is measured
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