Ellington Farmers Market Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812223411
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Ellington, CT, USA
Phone
8603068879
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$180,246
Expenses
$116,677
Assets
$232,344
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARC DIWINSKY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DIANNE TRUEB (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARC DIWINSKY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • AARON FOSTER (BOARD MEMBER)
  • RYAN MAKUCK (BOARD MEMBER)

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

The goal of the ellington farmers' market is to provide our community with a variety of products that are grown, harvested, produced or handcrafted in the state of ct, connect residents to food production, help create healthier eating habits, enhance the quality of life in the ellington area by supporting low income families through matching snap and farmers' market nutrition program vouchers and provide a community activity which fosters social gathering and interaction and preserve ellington's unique agricultural heritage by supporting local farmers.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide our community with a variety of products that are grown, harvested, produced or handcrafted in the state of ct, connect residents to food production, help create healthier eating habits, enhance the quality of life in the ellington area by supporting low income families through matching snap and farmers' market nutrition program vouchers and provide a community activity which fosters social gathering and interaction and preserve ellington's unique agricultural heritage by supporting local farmers

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 available resources goes toward mission work. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 35.3%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.99; rating input score 79; 79th 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: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.3% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $117K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.