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West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc

West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc (West Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $128,871 to it, the largest being CLAUDE WORTHINGTON BENEDUM FOUNDATION ($60,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$290k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$129k
Net assets
$68k
2/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc does

Mission

To strengthen the capacity of West Virginia farmers markets and positively impact the communities they serve by providing education, advocacy, and access to healthy, locally grown food.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Education & Outreach programs increase awareness of the importance of local farmers markets throughout West Virginia and assist those markets in their efforts to positively impact the communities they server by providing education, advocacy, and access to healthy, locally grown food.

    $73,653 spent
    35% of program spending
  2. Veterans and Heroes Membership Program offers subsidized membership to the WV Department of Agricultures Veterans and Heroes Program.

    $54,131 spent
    26% of program spending
  3. FarmacyWV & FarmacySCBG Programs addresses the ongoing battle with chronic illness by working with healthcare providers to provide fresh fruits and vegetables from a local farm for 15 weeks. The program also provides an eight-week session designed to help participants discover the wonders of agriculture and how to support local farmers.

    $42,276 spent
    20% of program spending
  4. WVFMA Mini-Grant Program supports tangible items in two categories: Infrastructure and Marketing. Both help markets stateewide grow and serve their communities

    $39,563 spentof which $39,563 as grants
    19% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $209,623.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($146k) Expenses 100 ($108k) Net assets 100 ($75k)2019 Revenue 101 ($148k) Expenses 174 ($189k) Net assets 46 ($34k)2020 Revenue 129 ($188k) Expenses 140 ($152k) Net assets 94 ($70k)2021 Revenue 38 ($56k) Expenses 87 ($94k) Net assets 42 ($32k)2022 Revenue 229 ($334k) Expenses 272 ($294k) Net assets 95 ($71k)2023 Revenue 162 ($237k) Expenses 234 ($253k) Net assets 73 ($55k)2024 Revenue 199 ($290k) Expenses 256 ($278k) Net assets 90 ($68k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (199)Expenses (256)Net assets (90)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 2021 to 2022, from $33k to $80k (+143%).

$75k
$37k
$72k
$33k
$80k
$56k
$68k
2018201920202021202220232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 12% · 2022 75% · 2023 98% · 2024 69%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (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. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$37k
’18
−$41k
’19
$36k
’20
−$38k
’21
$40k
’22
−$16k
’23
$13k
’24
2.9
months of
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.

2018202220232024
Listed9111311
Joined··+4+0
No longer listed··22
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $32k.

2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 West Virginia 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.

How concentrated its funding is

West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

53% 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 West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc.

47%
largest funder
81%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 47% — diversifying over time.

“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

West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside West Virginia, across 3 states in all.

PA
CT
WV

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

’22
’23
West Virginia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc has grown faster than half of the 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.

Operating margin4% · below the median
Months of reserve2.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $348k on record.

Federal$348k
grants $348kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of Agriculture$348k

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 West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 24%Fundraising 0%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

WV

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc?
West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc (West Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $128,871 to it, the largest being CLAUDE WORTHINGTON BENEDUM FOUNDATION ($60,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $128,871 in grants to West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc?
CLAUDE WORTHINGTON BENEDUM FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in West Virginia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 6 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