Massachusetts · Nonprofit
WORCESTER PUBLIC MARKET INC
WORCESTER PUBLIC MARKET INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,150,000 to it, the largest being THE FLETCHER FOUNDATION ($650,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $359k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Worcester Public Market Inc does
Mission
Accommodate a broad spectrum of sizes and types of merchants from individual stall-type vendors to enclosed shops; and from raw produce to value-added food products and ready-to-eat foods.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Accommodate a broad spectrum of sizes and types of merchants from individual stall-type vendors to enclosed shops; and from raw produce to value-added food products and ready-to-eat foods.
$554,685 spent$206,004 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $554,685.
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.
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 $2.0M to $5.5M (+170%).
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: 2019 35% · 2020 2% · 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
42% of WORCESTER PUBLIC MARKET INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $100k → $400k.
From the IRS filings of WORCESTER PUBLIC MARKET 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
WORCESTER PUBLIC MARKET INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 57% · 2021 100% · 2022 75% — 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
100% of WORCESTER PUBLIC MARKET INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts 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
WORCESTER PUBLIC MARKET INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding WORCESTER PUBLIC MARKET INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $500k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$500k
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 WORCESTER PUBLIC MARKET 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.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WORCESTER PUBLIC MARKET INC: 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 WORCESTER PUBLIC MARKET INC?
- WORCESTER PUBLIC MARKET INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,150,000 to it, the largest being THE FLETCHER FOUNDATION ($650,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WORCESTER PUBLIC MARKET INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,150,000 in grants to WORCESTER PUBLIC MARKET INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORCESTER PUBLIC MARKET INC?
- THE FLETCHER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $650,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORCESTER PUBLIC MARKET 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 2018–2024), 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