North Carolina · Nonprofit
WORLD MARKETPLACE INC
WORLD MARKETPLACE INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $126 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($126). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $232k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $126
- Net assets
- $42k
What World Marketplace Inc does
Mission
To create opportunities for artisans in developing countries to earn income by bringing their products and stories to our market through long-term fair trading and relationships
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In 2025 the organization purchased over 200,000 in inventory from artisanss in developing countries who are paid a fair living wage for their products ten thousand villates in asheville nc is a fiar trade retailer of artisan-crafted home decor personal accessories and gift itmes from across the globe and features products from more that 130 artisan groups in some 30 countries. The organization helps break the cycle of poverty and impacts the lives of 20,000 makers in 30 countries. The organization is committed to the following ethical practices: ensuring makers earn a fair living wage in safe working conditions caring for the earth investing in partnerships that empower communities and celebrates craft and culture
$236,842 spent100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $236,842.
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 2022 to 2023, from $352k to $251k (−29%).
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: 2020 15% · 2021 7% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of WORLD MARKETPLACE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (73% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Cindy Rice
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 $35 → $38.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 WORLD MARKETPLACE 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 WORLD MARKETPLACE 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $126 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
WORLD MARKETPLACE INC's revenue fell 35% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding WORLD MARKETPLACE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $26k on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $26k
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 WORLD MARKETPLACE 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WORLD MARKETPLACE 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 WORLD MARKETPLACE INC?
- WORLD MARKETPLACE INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $126 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($126). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WORLD MARKETPLACE INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $126 in grants to WORLD MARKETPLACE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORLD MARKETPLACE INC?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $126 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORLD MARKETPLACE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2018–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing