NORTH COAST GROWERS ASSOCIATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

K20

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 4232

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

• AGRICULTURE PRODUCER SUPPORT AND OPERATION OF CERTIFIED FARMERS' MARKETS:9 FARMERS' MARKETS WERE OPEN IN 2025: "OLD TOWN FARMERS' MARKET" EUREKA, CA; "HENDERSON CENTER FARMERS' MARKET" EUREKA, CA; "FORTUNA FARMERS' MARKET" FORTUNA, CA; "MCKINLEYVILLE FARMERS' MARKET" MCKINLEYVILLE, CA; "ARCATA PLAZA FARMERS' MARKET" LOCATED ON THE PLAZA IN ARCATA, CA; "SHELTER COVE FARMERS' MARKET" SHELTER COVE, CA; "MIRANDA FARMERS' MARKET" MIRANDA,CA; AND "GARBERVILLE FARMERS' MARKET", GARBERVILLE, CA; "FRIDAY NIGHT MARKET" EUREKA, CA . OVER 150 LOCAL FARMERS PARTICIPATE IN THESE MARKETS, ALONG WITH ARTISAN CRAFT AND FOOD PRODUCERS. OVER 4,500 CUSTOMERS ATTEND WEEKLY. EMPLOYEES OF NCGA STAFF THESE FARMERS' MARKETS. NUTRITION EDUCATION AND FOOD ACCESS PROGRAMS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF FARMERS' MARKET OPERATIONS. CALFRESH (SNAP) OUTREACH EFFORTS TO PROMOTE CALFRESH AND ENROLL INDIVIDUALS IN THE CALFRESH PROGRAM (INCLUDING ADVERTISING, OUTREACH, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FIELD TRIPS AND MARKET TOURS) AS WELL AS THE PROCESSING OF CALFRESH BENEFITS THROUGH THE EBT SYSTEM (ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER- CUSTOMERS SWIPE THEIR EBT CARDS THROUGH A POINT OF SALE DEVICE THAT DEBITS THE CUSTOMER CARD AND ELECTRONICALLY DEPOSITS THE DAILY TOTAL INTO NCGA BANK ACCOUNT). NCGA STAFF FACILITATES TOKENS (THE CALFRESH BENEFITS), WHICH ARE ISSUED TO CUSTOMERS AND THEN SPENT WITH THE FARMERS; THIS IS PASS THROUGH INCOME, AND THEREBY CATEGORIZED AS A LIABILITY. A CONTRACT WITH THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SUPPORTS THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR THIS PROGRAM. THE TARGET POPULATION FOR THIS PROGRAM IS ALL LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY. WE SEE AN AVERAGE OF OVER 500 INDIVIDUAL CALFRESH RECIPIENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM WEEKLY, WITH OVER 15,000 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN 2025. OVER 200 LOCAL FAMILY FARMS BENEFIT FROM CALFRESH SPENDING AT NCGA FARMERS MARKETS. THE MARKET MATCH NUTRITION INCENTIVE PROGRAM PROVIDES A MATCH TO THE CALFRESH SPENDING, THIS MATCH IS KNOWN AS "MARKET MATCH" IN THE STATE OF CA. CUSTOMERS SPEND THE SCRIPT WITH THE FARMERS AND THE FARMERS REDEEM THESE WITH MARKET STAFF. THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED IN PART WITH GRANTS FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA NUTRITION INCENTIVE PROGRAM (CNIP), THE FEDERAL GUS SCHUMACHER NUTRITION INCENTIVE PROGRAM (GUSNIP FORMERLY CALLED FINI).

  Expenses $610,215 · Revenue $274,531

• HARVEST HUB: HARVEST HUB, A FOOD HUB RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ORDERING, AGGREGATION, AND DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL FOOD, PROVIDES CONNECTIONS BETWEEN FARMERS AND BUYERS INCLUDING LOCAL SCHOOLS, TRIBES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS. NCGA STAFF ALSO FACILITATES A WEEKLY HARVEST BOX, MULTI-FARM CSA STYLE PRODUCE BOX DISTRIBUTION DELIVERY DIRECT TO CUSTOMERS. "HARVEST BOX" HAS LED TO STRENGTHENED CONNECTIONS WITH LOCAL RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND HEALTH CENTERS. HARVEST HUB SUPPORT INCLUSION OF LOCALLY SOURCED FISH IN THE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMBOLDT DOCKSIDE MARKET IN EUREKA.

  Expenses $657,510 · Revenue $81,369

• AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND FARMER TRAINING:NCGA OFFERS FARMER TECHNICAL TRAINING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, TRAINING SERIES, ON-FARM ADVISING, HANDS-ON LEARNING AND CLASSROOM BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. THIS INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT GRANTS AND PROGRAMS FOR FARMERS, WORKING DIRECTLY WITH MULTIPLE USDA AND CDFA PROGRAMS. THESE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES STRENGTHEN TECHNICAL SKILL-BUILDING, LEADING TO MORE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION.

  Expenses $572,099

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $2,180,742

  Expenses

  $1,999,480

  Contributions

  $1,821,490

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,184,290

  Expenses

  $1,077,391

  Contributions

  $774,967

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,465,227

  Expenses

  $1,305,442

  Contributions

  $1,150,137

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $889,802

  Expenses

  $883,607

  Contributions

  $678,357

  Grants paid

  $2,500

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $788,617

  Expenses

  $718,608

  Assets (EOY)

  $214,030

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $560,402

  Expenses

  $480,736

  Assets (EOY)

  $132,940

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $431,562

  Expenses

  $434,871

  Assets (EOY)

  $56,557

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $426,538

  Expenses

  $420,504

  Assets (EOY)

  $58,909

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $395,454

  Expenses

  $368,193

  Assets (EOY)

  $50,969

• 2016 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $121,671

  Expenses

  $125,426

  Assets (EOY)

  $25,497

• 2014 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $164,539

  Expenses

  $171,847

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,841

• 2013 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $96,085

  Expenses

  $106,112

  Assets (EOY)

  $28,345

• 2012 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $109,636

  Expenses

  $90,912

  Assets (EOY)

  $32,325

• 2011 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $85,389

  Expenses

  $96,972

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,601

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• ECOLOGY CENTER

  $286,913

  2024 · FOOD INSECURITY NUTRITION INCENTIVE (FINI) GRANT PROGRAM

• ECOLOGY CENTER

  $235,313

  2023 · FOOD INSECURITY NUTRITION INCENTIVE (FINI) GRANT PROGRAM

• ECOLOGY CENTER

  $201,225

  2022 · FOOD INSECURITY NUTRITION INCENTIVE (FINI) GRANT PROGRAM

• HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION

  $36,000

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $12,500

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

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