Amherst Mobile Market Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
990433992
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Amherst, MA, USA
Phone
4139926200
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$152,481
Expenses
$74,290
Assets
$83,163
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROSSANA SALAZAR (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RANI PARKER (DIRECTOR)
  • JOSE LUGO (DIRECTOR)
  • ROSSANA SALAZAR (PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mission: the amherst mobile market (amm) is a community driven, multilingual, mobile, farmers market that offers high-quality, fresh, affordable, local and culturally desirable foods to amherst communities challenged by poor food access and limited income. As the community's market, we work to build a rich and supportive environment by serving as a hub for nourishment, information, connection, belonging and empowerment.vision: we envision neighborhoods where all people have easy and sustained access to high-quality, fresh, local, affordable and culturally desirable foods close to their homes. We envision welcoming communities where everyone can access the knowledge they seek, develop and use their own unique voice, and find belonging and respect amongst their neighbors.

What it reported doing in 2025

Amm operated 3 markets per week in amherst in 2025 at: university village, wednesdayscolonial village, thursdayseast hadley road bus stop, saturdayseach market included a combination of produce purchased at local farms (examples: warner farm; bardwell lettuces) and culturally appropriate foods not locally grown, such as bananas and mangoes from a wholesaler in chicopee. The amm operated for 21 weeks during the summer and fall. The amm delivered free shares worth $20 each of fresh produce for 70 qualifying very low-income families. Sales were made to roughly 400 families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 46%; rating input score 46
  • Program expense ratio: 94.3%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 51.3%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.12; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 107.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 138.7% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 177.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 46% of revenue deployed · 94.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $70K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.