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FRIENDS OF THE OMAHA FARMERS MARKET

FRIENDS OF THE OMAHA FARMERS MARKET (Nebraska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $307,600 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($307,600). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$64k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$308k
Net assets
$49k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 67%
01What it does

What Friends of the Omaha Farmers Market does

Mission

To provide access to fresh produce and foods and operate a snap redemption program it allows a partnership with the douglas county health department and state of nebraska

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Snap administration and operation of the open market

    $116,146 spentof which $63,875 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $116,146.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($42k) Expenses 100 ($30k) Net assets 100 ($33k)2020 Revenue 270 ($112k) Expenses 250 ($75k) Net assets 212 ($71k)2021 Revenue 237 ($98k) Expenses 350 ($105k) Net assets 193 ($64k)2022 Revenue 280 ($116k) Expenses 353 ($105k) Net assets 225 ($75k)2023 Revenue 144 ($60k) Expenses 209 ($62k) Net assets 217 ($72k)2024 Revenue 214 ($89k) Expenses 200 ($60k) Net assets 303 ($101k)2025 Revenue 154 ($64k) Expenses 389 ($116k) Net assets 147 ($49k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (154)Expenses (389)Net assets (147)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $33k to $71k (+113%).

$33k
$71k
$90k
$81k
$79k
$110k
$131k
2019202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of FRIENDS OF THE OMAHA FARMERS MARKET’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,734 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$12k
’19
$37k
’20
−$6k
’21
$11k
’22
−$3k
’23
$29k
’24
−$52k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $9k → $40k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF THE OMAHA FARMERS MARKET’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.

Where its funders are

100% of FRIENDS OF THE OMAHA FARMERS MARKET's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.

NE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Nebraska out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRIENDS OF THE OMAHA FARMERS MARKET has grown faster than half of the 1,510 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−82% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,510 food & nutrition nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Government funding FRIENDS OF THE OMAHA FARMERS MARKET receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.

Federal$20k
grants $20kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of Agriculture$20k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE OMAHA FARMERS MARKET

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 Nebraska

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF THE OMAHA FARMERS MARKET?
FRIENDS OF THE OMAHA FARMERS MARKET (Nebraska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $307,600 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($307,600). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE OMAHA FARMERS MARKET have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $307,600 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE OMAHA FARMERS MARKET, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE OMAHA FARMERS MARKET?
THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $307,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE OMAHA FARMERS MARKET find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 1 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