California · Nonprofit
NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION
NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,383,530 to it, the largest being ECOLOGY CENTER ($1,245,874). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $457k
What North Coast Growers Association does
Mission
To operate certified farmers' markets for the benefit of both producers and consumers. To promote awareness of and support for farmers' markets. To work with other direct marketing associations to share resources and improve market management. To educate consumers, and to promote and improve access to local agricultural products for the community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Agriculture producer support and operation of certified farmers' markets:9 farmers' markets were open in 2025: "old town farmers' market" eureka, ca; "henderson center farmers' market" eureka, ca; "fortuna farmers' market" fortuna, ca; "mckinleyville farmers' market" mckinleyville, ca; "arcata plaza farmers' market" located on the plaza in arcata, ca; "shelter cove farmers' market" shelter cove, ca; "miranda farmers' market" miranda,ca; and "garberville farmers' market", garberville, ca; "friday night market" eureka, ca . Over 150 local farmers participate in these markets, along with artisan craft and food producers. Over 4,500 customers attend weekly. Employees of ncga staff these farmers' markets. Nutrition education and food access programs are an integral part of farmers' market operations. Calfresh (snap) outreach efforts to promote calfresh and enroll individuals in the calfresh program (including advertising, outreach, educational activities such as field trips and market tours) as well as the processing of calfresh benefits through the ebt system (electronic benefits transfer- customers swipe their ebt cards through a point of sale device that debits the customer card and…
$610,215 spent$274,531 earned by the program33% of program spendingHarvest hub: harvest hub, a food hub responsible for the ordering, aggregation, and distribution of local food, provides connections between farmers and buyers including local schools, tribes and other institutions. Ncga staff also facilitates a weekly harvest box, multi-farm csa style produce box distribution delivery direct to customers. "harvest box" has led to strengthened connections with local resources, community, and health centers. Harvest hub support inclusion of locally sourced fish in the local food system through the development of the humboldt dockside market in eureka.
$657,510 spent$81,369 earned by the program36% of program spendingAgricultural business development and farmer training:ncga offers farmer technical training and business development through educational workshops, training series, on-farm advising, hands-on learning and classroom based learning opportunities. This includes support for access to government grants and programs for farmers, working directly with multiple usda and cdfa programs. These training opportunities strengthen technical skill-building, leading to more agricultural production.
$572,099 spent31% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,839,824.
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 2022 to 2023, from $237k to $463k (+96%).
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 56% · 2018 50% · 2019 56% · 2020 59% · 2021 63% · 2022 63% · 2023 59% · 2024 55%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Portia Bramble
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $90k → $271k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION’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
NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 76% · 2019 100% · 2020 85% · 2021 97% · 2022 100% · 2023 87% — 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
98% of NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $100k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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
NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.7M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$1.7M
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 NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION: 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 NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION?
- NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,383,530 to it, the largest being ECOLOGY CENTER ($1,245,874). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,383,530 in grants to NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION?
- ECOLOGY CENTER is the largest funder on record, with $1,245,874 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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