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← BOULDER COUNTY FARMERS MARKET

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BOULDER COUNTY FARMERS MARKET.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,818,511
Total expenses
$1,850,623
Contributions and grants received
$925,260
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$874,322
Investment income
$57,203
Other revenue
-$38,274
Total assets, end of year
$1,417,766
Total liabilities, end of year
$213,558
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,204,208
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,604,311
Management and general expenses
$246,312
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,604,311

Program services were 86.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $913,284

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $11,976

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,750

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FARMERS MARKET

    total $874,322 · related or exempt $874,322

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $47,395 · excluded $47,395

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $13,462

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $3,654

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $9,808

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $9,808 · excluded $9,808

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $278,431

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $316,705

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$38,274 · related or exempt -$38,274

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $224,729 · program services $176,038 · management and general $48,691

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $570,681 · program services $540,523 · management and general $30,158

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,432 · program services $10,211 · management and general $1,221

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $54,922 · program services $51,406 · management and general $3,516

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $85,119 · program services $75,624 · management and general $9,495

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,946 · management and general $2,946

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,526 · management and general $21,526

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,037 · program services $1,500 · management and general $7,537 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $201,678 · program services $184,486 · management and general $17,192

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,267 · program services $649 · management and general $7,618

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,871 · program services $1,854 · management and general $19,017

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $145,575 · program services $116,710 · management and general $28,865

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,711 · program services $2,496 · management and general $1,215

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,099 · program services $946 · management and general $6,153

  • 20 · Interest

    total $18,567 · management and general $18,567

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $2,887 · program services $735 · management and general $2,152

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,062 · program services $5,295 · management and general -$233

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,298 · management and general $18,298

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD ACCESS PROGRAM

    total $298,028 · program services $298,028

  • 24b · Other expenses: ONSTREET MARKET EXPENSES

    total $85,814 · program services $85,814

  • 24c · Other expenses: ONLINE MARKET EXPENSE

    total $50,705 · program services $50,705

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSE

    total $3,669 · program services $1,291 · management and general $2,378

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $74,210 · end of year $23,604

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,071,908 · end of year $1,217,167

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $261,590 · end of year $21,997

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $34,362 · end of year $38,499

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,152 · end of year $96,903

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $98,140

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $94,090

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,676 · end of year $4,050

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,200 · end of year $15,546

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $38,130 · end of year $48,673

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $27,847 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $145,111 · end of year $140,904

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $21,743 · end of year $23,981

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,230,267 · end of year $1,204,208

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE BOULDER COUNTY FARMERS MARKET IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OPERATING PRODUCER-ONLY FARMER MARKETS IN COLORADO SINCE 1987. OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT, PROMOTE AND EXPAND LOCAL AGRICULTURE, MAKING FRESH PRODUCTS ACCESSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LOCAL FOOD PRODUCERS AND FOOD CONSUMERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE SUPPORT LOCAL AGRICULTURE BY PROVIDING A MARKETPLACE FOR LOCAL PRODUCERS AND COMMUNITY.

  • THE BOULDER COUNTY FARMERS MARKET OPERATES VIBRANT FARMERS MARKETS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF LOCAL FOOD GROWERS AND PRODUCERS, STRENGTHEN THE LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY AND SERVE AS COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACES. THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT AND IMPROVE THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF LOCAL FARMERS. THE BOULDER COUNTY FARMERS MARKET OPERATES THREE MARKETS IN BOULDER AND LONGMONT AND AN ONLINE YEAR ROUND MARKETPLACE WITH CURBSIDE DISTRIBUTION IN LONGMONT, BOULDER AND LAFAYETTE , REPRESENTING OVER 170 FARMERS, RANCHERS, AND PACKAGED & PREPARED FOOD VENDORS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY, COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING AGENCIES, BOULDER COUNTY FARMERS MARKET RECEIVES FUNDING TO PURCHASE LOCAL FOOD FROM GROWERS AND PRODUCERS TO DISTRIBUTE TO OUR FOOD ACCESS PROGRAMS EXPANDING ACCESS TO LOCAL FOOD FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $1,604,311 · Revenue $836,048

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jill Skokan

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Ellis

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josh Olsen

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristan Christensen

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chloe Johnson

    BOARD COMMITTEE CHAIR-POLICY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christian Toohey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Devin Edgley

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 03/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dina Hemminger

    CHAIR-MARKETING COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Franklin Escobar

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julia Wolfe

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 03/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kirk Holwell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Kay

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rolando Marroquin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Liz Eckstein

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $102,630
    From this org
    $90,356
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,274
    Hours/week
    40
  • MacKenzie Sehlke

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $122,099
    From this org
    $112,242
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,857
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • FARMING ENDEAVORS LLC DBA SEEDS CAFE

    Restaurant · CO · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by BCFM

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
26 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202543309349301104

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