Oregon · Nonprofit
SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC
SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC (Oregon) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $278,318 to it, the largest being Farmers Market Fund ($258,318). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $289k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $278k
- Net assets
- $137k
What Southern Oregon Growers Assoc does
Mission
Farmers market- provide information of alternative methods of cultivation to the public and participate in community nutrional awareness programs as well as low income food assistance
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Provide information alternative method of cultivation to the public and participate in community nutritional awareness programs. Provide supplemental nutrition for low income individuals through ebt (food stamps) matching funds from state and local support assist various 4-h and faa groups. Encourage young people to become farmers. Work with master gardeners and master preservers to assist in educating the public. Bring 3000-5000 visitors each market day to the downtown area of grants pass which benefits the growers as well as local merchants, community event coordinators and tourism
$292,059 spentof which $1,200 as grants$289,092 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $292,059.
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 $81k to $133k (+65%).
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: 2022 44% · 2023 35% · 2024 57% · 2025 57%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC’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. 3 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Cindy Mclachlan
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $12k → $83k.
From the IRS filings of SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC’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
SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% 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
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 SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
100% of SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC's grant income comes from Oregon 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
SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC has grown faster than half of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC: 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 SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC?
- SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC (Oregon) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $278,318 to it, the largest being Farmers Market Fund ($258,318). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $278,318 in grants to SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC?
- Farmers Market Fund is the largest funder on record, with $258,318 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHERN OREGON GROWERS ASSOC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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