Twin Sisters Market
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 473583770
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Everson, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2069408482
- Rating
- 96
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fruit and Vegetable Markets
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $178,364
- Expenses
- $199,404
- Assets
- $114,309
- Liabilities
- $723
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- CHRISTOPHER HENDERSON (EX OFFICIO D)
- KETHER SCHARFF-GRAY (VICE PRESIDE)
- ALEXANDER HARRIS (PRESDIENT)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to increase access to fresh, nutritious food in whatcom county, and to support a living wage for the farmers who grow it.
What it reported doing in 2024
Mobile market (neighborhood markets / mobile farmers market) the core service: delivering fresh locally grown food (produce, eggs, meat, etc.) into underserved or food desert communities via mobile markets. We served nearly 340 families per month and provided low-barrier market access for 28 local farmers and food producers, with 75% of market sales going directly to farmer members food access / ebt & senior vouchers / snap market match we accept ebt/snap and approximately 10% of our customers pay with ebt and are able to benefit from our snap market match program which can double ebt spending. We also connected 150 whatcom county seniors with senior food vouchers to use at our markets. Local produce recovery program we pay farmers for all produce supplied (even if unsold) and redirect surplus produce to food banks. In 2024 we delivered 5631 lbs of produce to food banks in whatcom county.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 98.3%; rating input score 98
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: -11.8%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 22.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 55.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $196K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.