Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
FARMERS MARKET COALITION
FARMERS MARKET COALITION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $111,729 to it, the largest being Vermont Law School ($87,693). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $463k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $112k
- Net assets
- $-12527
What Farmers Market Coalition does
Mission
To strengthen farmers markets for the benefit of farmers, consumers & communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The fmc training and technical assistance program provides support and resources to farmers market operators nationwide. This includes legal support through the farmers market legal toolkit, support for grantees of the gus schumacher nutrition incentive program, as well as resources that are available through the resource library on the fmc website.
$219,213 spent$396,643 earned by the program78% of program spendingThe fmc communications program serves to share timely and relevant information to fmc members and supporters as well as to raise awareness about other programs and opportunities. In addition the communications program is responsible for coordination and execution of national farmers market week and the creation of the national farmers market week toolkit. Each year the toolkit receives over 5,000 downloads.
$32,267 spent$50,000 earned by the program11% of program spendingFarmers markets have a stake in improving public policies on a wide range of issues from agriculture to public health. More than 8,600 farmers markets serve small towns and big cities, as well as people from all ages, races, and backgrounds. Moreover, the billions of dollars that farmers markets generate in communities across america create jobs and generate economic activity. Fmc works to improve and expand these programs, to help ensure the success of farmers markets, today and tomorrow.
$19,510 spent7% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$10,139 spent$8,750 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $281,129.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $980k to $281k (−71%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2025 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of FARMERS MARKET COALITION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $20k → $16.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FARMERS MARKET COALITION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FARMERS MARKET COALITION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FARMERS MARKET COALITION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 44% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
FARMERS MARKET COALITION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FARMERS MARKET COALITION's revenue fell 84% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FARMERS MARKET COALITION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FARMERS MARKET COALITION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FARMERS MARKET COALITION?
- FARMERS MARKET COALITION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $111,729 to it, the largest being Vermont Law School ($87,693). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FARMERS MARKET COALITION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $111,729 in grants to FARMERS MARKET COALITION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FARMERS MARKET COALITION?
- Vermont Law School is the largest funder on record, with $87,693 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FARMERS MARKET COALITION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing