California · Nonprofit
San Luis Obispo County Farmers Market Association Inc
San Luis Obispo County Farmers Market Association Inc (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $97,487 to it, the largest being ECOLOGY CENTER ($97,487). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $163k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $97k
- Net assets
- $83k
What San Luis Obispo County Farmers Market Association Inc does
Mission
Provide profitable markets for family operated small farms, and provide the community with a diversity of fresh quality in-season products direct from the farmers participating at the markets.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
a.applied for improvement grants requiring a 501(c)(6) Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation statusb. provided information/education on healthy eating habits via sponsoring healthy cooking demonstrations and providing recipes that include the nutritional value of the different veggies in the recipesc. used social media to reach a greater portion of the community with our healthy food program, and fresh vegetables available at our farmers' markets.
The program described on its FY2025 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $58k to $28k (−51%).
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.
100% of San Luis Obispo County Farmers Market Association Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $7k → $25k.
From the IRS filings of San Luis Obispo County Farmers Market Association 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.
Where its funders are
100% of San Luis Obispo County Farmers Market Association Inc's grant income comes from California 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
San Luis Obispo County Farmers Market Association Inc's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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Questions and answers
- Who funds San Luis Obispo County Farmers Market Association Inc?
- San Luis Obispo County Farmers Market Association Inc (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $97,487 to it, the largest being ECOLOGY CENTER ($97,487). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does San Luis Obispo County Farmers Market Association Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $97,487 in grants to San Luis Obispo County Farmers Market Association Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of San Luis Obispo County Farmers Market Association Inc?
- ECOLOGY CENTER is the largest funder on record, with $97,487 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like San Luis Obispo County Farmers Market Association Inc 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 2017–2025), 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