Connecticut · Nonprofit
MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC
MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $115,500 to it, the largest being MERIDEN FOUNDATION ($71,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $59k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $116k
- Net assets
- $10k
What Meriden Farmers Market Inc does
Mission
Manage and operate a Farmers Market
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Bonus Bucks Program - Provide additional locally grown, fresh produce to low income families and seniors. Local farmers are reimbursed for providing produce and other farm products to low income families and seniors living in Meriden CT.
$27,937 spentof which $27,937 as grants49% of program spendingManage and operate a Farmers Market - Provide a weekly market which allows residents of Meriden to buy locally grown farm products
$23,464 spentof which $23,464 as grants41% of program spendingCT Fresh Match Program - To encourage individuals to purchase and consume healthy farm produce, the Meriden Farmers Market provides funds to individuals by matching the amount of food purchased with their SNAP cards.
$6,118 spentof which $6,118 as grants11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $57,519.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2025 to 2026, from $8k to $10k (+20%).
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.
72% of MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC’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.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Pam Fields
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $15k.
From the IRS filings of MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET 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
MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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 100% · 2018 52% · 2019 62% · 2020 46% · 2021 67% · 2022 67% · 2023 67% — diversifying over time.
“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
78% of MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC's grant income comes from Connecticut 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
MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC has grown faster than half of the 38 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 38 food & nutrition nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Government funding MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $33k on record.
- State Aid Grants$20k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$13k
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 MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET 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 Connecticut
Nationally
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET 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 MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC?
- MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $115,500 to it, the largest being MERIDEN FOUNDATION ($71,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $115,500 in grants to MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC?
- MERIDEN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $71,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2023–2026), 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