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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MAINE FEDERATION OF FARMERS MARKETS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,168,572
Total expenses
$1,019,828
Contributions and grants received
$568,110
Grants paid
$182,827
Program service revenue
$598,455
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$2,007
Total assets, end of year
$390,666
Total liabilities, end of year
$185,406
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$205,260
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$915,396
Management and general expenses
$78,963
Fundraising expenses
$25,469
Program service expenses (Part III)
$915,396

Program services were 89.8% 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)

    $333,698

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $234,412

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Fiscal Sponsor Service

    total $575,062 · related or exempt $575,062

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Annual Convention

    total $12,486 · related or exempt $12,486

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Bumper Crop Vouchers

    total $10,907 · related or exempt $10,907

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $1,507 · related or exempt $1,507

  • 11b · Other revenue: Pilot project

    total $500 · related or exempt $500

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,007

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $179,415 · program services $179,415

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,412 · program services $3,412

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $81,002 · program services $60,752 · management and general $12,150 · fundraising $8,100

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $103,402 · program services $77,551 · management and general $15,511 · fundraising $10,340

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,758 · program services $3,568 · management and general $714 · fundraising $476

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $12,031 · program services $9,023 · management and general $1,805 · fundraising $1,203

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,831 · program services $10,373 · management and general $2,075 · fundraising $1,383

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,063 · program services $3,797 · management and general $759 · fundraising $507

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $300 · program services $225 · management and general $45 · fundraising $30

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,519 · program services $10,889 · management and general $2,178 · fundraising $1,452

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,044 · program services $4,169 · management and general $1,320 · fundraising $555

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,081 · program services $7,561 · management and general $1,512 · fundraising $1,008

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,408 · program services $1,408

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,424 · management and general $2,424

  • 24a · Other expenses: Farmshare subgrants

    total $516,985 · program services $479,385 · management and general $37,600

  • 24b · Other expenses: MHB program

    total $29,114 · program services $29,114

  • 24c · Other expenses: Local food promotion

    total $20,856 · program services $20,856

  • 24d · Other expenses: NESARE Project

    total $12,274 · program services $12,274

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,909 · program services $1,624 · management and general $870 · fundraising $415

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $156,476 · end of year $272,488

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $31,489 · end of year $116,228

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,950

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $26,256 · end of year $117,853

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $93,089 · end of year $10,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $57,553

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $54,100 · end of year $205,260

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,520 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MFFM's mission is to cultivate a vibrant, sustainable, farmers' market community as a vital part of Maine's local food network. The federation works with farmers, consumers and communities to make wholesome, locally-grown food available to all residents, and to educate consumers about food resources and to support farm vitality.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MFFM's Mission is to cultivate a vibrant sustainable farmers' market community, as a vital part of Maine's local food network. The Federation works with farmers, consumers and communities to make wholesome, locally-grown foods available to all residents, to educate consumers about food resources and to support farm viability.

  • Charitable - MFFM's charitable activities focus on reducing the barriers to local food for low-income Mainers, connecting communities with farmers' markets to promote healthy eating, and addressing food distribution problems by working to increase farmers' markets' produce capacity in rural areas.

    Expenses $741,042 · Grants $182,827 · Revenue $446,763

  • Market Support & Promotion - MFFM provides services to markets, and on behalf of markets, that help to boost the success and food access goals of farmers' markets in their communities. This includes the Bumper Crop program, a workplace wellness program that helps connect employers and their employees to farmers' markets. This led to over $60,000 in Bumper Crop voucher redemption at farmers' markets across the state. MFFM also provides fiscal agency support to markets, hosting their central payment terminals to accept SNAP and credit cards, and then reimbursing vendors directly. These services ease the burden on market organizers, who are often volunteers, and boost our mission.

    Expenses $155,354 · Revenue $104,491

  • Educational - MFFM educates the public regarding the benefits of eating nutritious food, where to find it, how to access it affordably, and how to prepare it, as well as the importance of local agriculture to Maine's food system and ecology. MFFM also provides education to Maine farmers and farmers' market organizers regarding making their products accessible to low-income residents, selecting and participating in farmers' markets, food safety, effective marketing and market research, conflict management, and how to build community partnerships.

    Expenses $19,000 · Revenue $49,208

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sherie Blumenthal

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hillary Crowell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelsey Kobik

    Director

    Total calculated
    $4,760
    From this org
    $4,760
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Deena Parks

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Glenn Stevens Shourds

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Whatley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lorelei Cimeno

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jane Torres

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura McCandish

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Guzzi

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolyn Snell

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jenna Nelson Patton

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carl Costanzi

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Debiasi

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $76,242
    From this org
    $74,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,142
    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433139349301403

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