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North County Farmers Market Association

North County Farmers Market Association (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $275,542 to it, the largest being ECOLOGY CENTER ($275,542). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$159k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$276k
Net assets
$150k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 29%
01What it does

What North County Farmers Market Association does

Mission

To operate certified farmers markets for the benefit of consumers and producers

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. To operate certified farmers markets for the benefit of consumers and producers

    $133,063 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $133,063.

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 ($142k) Expenses 100 ($141k) Net assets 100 ($76k)2020 Revenue 112 ($159k) Expenses 117 ($166k) Net assets 92 ($70k)2021 Revenue 117 ($167k) Expenses 105 ($149k) Net assets 115 ($88k)2022 Revenue 127 ($181k) Expenses 120 ($169k) Net assets 130 ($99k)2023 Revenue 155 ($220k) Expenses 141 ($200k) Net assets 156 ($119k)2024 Revenue 137 ($194k) Expenses 133 ($189k) Net assets 164 ($125k)2025 Revenue 112 ($159k) Expenses 94 ($133k) Net assets 197 ($150k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (112)Expenses (94)Net assets (197)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 2024 to 2025, from $125k to $150k (+21%).

$77k
$75k
$92k
$99k
$119k
$125k
$150k
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

0% of North County Farmers Market Association’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,373 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$737
’19
−$6k
’20
$18k
’21
$11k
’22
$20k
’23
$6k
’24
$26k
’25
7.0
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $22k → $32k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
Ecology Centerunclassified
$276k
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of North County Farmers Market 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.

Where its funders are

100% of North County Farmers Market Association's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California 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

North County Farmers Market Association runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.

Operating margin16% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for North County Farmers Market 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 County Farmers Market Association?
North County Farmers Market Association (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $275,542 to it, the largest being ECOLOGY CENTER ($275,542). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does North County Farmers Market Association have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $275,542 in grants to North County Farmers Market Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of North County Farmers Market Association?
ECOLOGY CENTER is the largest funder on record, with $275,542 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like North County Farmers Market 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 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