Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS AND GARDENERS MARKETS INC
THE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS AND GARDENERS MARKETS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $285,935 to it, the largest being CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($206,193). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $286k
- Net assets
- $222k
What The Federation of Massachusetts Farmers and Gardeners Markets Inc does
Mission
Mass farmers markets partners wtih farmers, consumers, and communities to improve the health of individuals, strenghten community vitality, and enhance local farm viability through farmers markets.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Coupon program: clearing house for farmers that redeem wic and senior farmers market nutrition program coupons distributed by wic and dta, and other coupons issued from grant contracts.
$1,472,731 spent$1,636,345 earned by the program84% of program spendingFood incentive program: provide acess to snap and snap match funds for constituents at our three urban markets.
$187,267 spent$203,496 earned by the program11% of program spendingMarket fee program: organize and manage three urban farmers' markets (central square in cambridge, copley square in boston, davis square in somerville) where we educate more than 110,000 consumers annually and pilot programming and projects in order to support farmers' markets across the commonwealth.
$88,567 spent$157,930 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,748,565.
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 2017 to 2018, from $208k to $323k (+56%).
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: 2021 8% · 2022 7% · 2023 6% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of THE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS AND GARDENERS MARKETS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $34k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 THE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS AND GARDENERS MARKETS 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
THE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS AND GARDENERS MARKETS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
75% 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 THE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS AND GARDENERS MARKETS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 91% · 2021 100% · 2022 91% · 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
72% of THE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS AND GARDENERS MARKETS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $80k that is directly attributable, 67% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $206k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
THE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS AND GARDENERS MARKETS INC's revenue grew 64% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS AND GARDENERS MARKETS INC
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS AND GARDENERS MARKETS INC?
- THE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS AND GARDENERS MARKETS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $285,935 to it, the largest being CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($206,193). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS AND GARDENERS MARKETS INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $285,935 in grants to THE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS AND GARDENERS MARKETS INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS AND GARDENERS MARKETS INC?
- CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $206,193 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS AND GARDENERS MARKETS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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