Union County Tn Farmers Market

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474081458
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Maynardville, TN, USA
Phone
8606013581
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Agricultural Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$111,840
Expenses
$45,626
Assets
$163,464
Liabilities
$200

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Donna Riddle (President)
  • Pat Hurley (Vice-president)

People named in this filing

  • Donna Riddle (President)
  • Carol Aldrich (Treasurer)
  • Debbie Sylvia-Gardner (Secretary)

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 primary exempt purpose is to operate a farmers markets and shared-use commercial kitchen to support local farmers, food entrepreneurs, workforce training and community access to locally produced food.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025 the Union County TN Farmers Market held 29 markets with 62 vendor participating serving the public with locally produced products. Vendors sold approximately $88,000 gross goods and the market had approximately 7,100 visitors for the year. Compared to 2024, vendor participation increased 22%, visitors increased 37% total market sales increased 46% and SNAP participation increased 12%.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 35
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 22.7%; rating input score 23
  • Program expense ratio: 54.9%; rating input score 55

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 59.2%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.58; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 22.7% of revenue deployed · 54.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2017 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 23/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.