Michigan · Nonprofit
Grass Lake Farmers Market
Grass Lake Farmers Market (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $244,394 to it, the largest being THE CHELSEA HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOUNDATION ($206,994). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2020
- $23k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $244k
- Net assets
- $45k
What Grass Lake Farmers Market does
Program
To provide the public with a location for community gathering space including maintenance and imporovement of the local space.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
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 $15k to $44k (+186%).
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.
93% of Grass Lake Farmers Market’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $85k → $7k.
From the IRS filings of Grass Lake 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.
How concentrated its funding is
Grass Lake Farmers Market leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 89% · 2019 87% · 2020 100% · 2021 73% · 2022 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of Grass Lake Farmers Market's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
Grass Lake Farmers Market runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,381 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,381 food & nutrition nonprofits under $100k, FY2020
Organizations like Grass Lake 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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Grass Lake Farmers Market: 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 Grass Lake Farmers Market?
- Grass Lake Farmers Market (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $244,394 to it, the largest being THE CHELSEA HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOUNDATION ($206,994). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Grass Lake Farmers Market have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $244,394 in grants to Grass Lake Farmers Market, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Grass Lake Farmers Market?
- THE CHELSEA HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $206,994 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Grass Lake Farmers Market find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2020 (financials across 2017–2020), and the filings of 2 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing