Arizona · Nonprofit
HEIRLOOM FARMERS MARKETS INC
HEIRLOOM FARMERS MARKETS INC (Arizona) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,387 to it, the largest being WHOLESOME WAVE INC ($57,382). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $701k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $60k
- Net assets
- $497k
What Heirloom Farmers Markets Inc does
Mission
The mission of the organization is to operate world-class farmers markets that contribute to the success of food growers in southern arizona and create vibrant community gathering places. The organization is dedicated to promoting farm viability, sustainable land use and engaging our community in the local food economy. We're helping to build a community food system that honors producers, teaches consumers about good food and enhances the quality of life in southern arizona.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Serves a customer base of more than 1,500 per week and provides more than 100 small businesses at three markets in southern arizona. The markets provide fertile ground for small local farms and food businesses to grow, opportunities for shoppers to meet food producers and vibrant space with education and entertainment for people in their communities to gather.
$491,373 spent$444,841 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $491,373.
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 2021 to 2022, from $249k to $449k (+80%).
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: 2017 6% · 2018 3% · 2021 6% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
36% of HEIRLOOM FARMERS MARKETS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $41k → $5.
1 of 3 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 HEIRLOOM FARMERS MARKETS INC’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
HEIRLOOM FARMERS MARKETS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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
95% 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 HEIRLOOM FARMERS MARKETS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 100% · 2020 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
HEIRLOOM FARMERS MARKETS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5 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
HEIRLOOM FARMERS MARKETS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding HEIRLOOM FARMERS MARKETS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $119k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$119k
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 HEIRLOOM FARMERS MARKETS INC
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 HEIRLOOM FARMERS MARKETS INC: 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 HEIRLOOM FARMERS MARKETS INC?
- HEIRLOOM FARMERS MARKETS INC (Arizona) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,387 to it, the largest being WHOLESOME WAVE INC ($57,382). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HEIRLOOM FARMERS MARKETS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $60,387 in grants to HEIRLOOM FARMERS MARKETS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HEIRLOOM FARMERS MARKETS INC?
- WHOLESOME WAVE INC is the largest funder on record, with $57,382 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HEIRLOOM FARMERS MARKETS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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