FINANCE & Development
This document from the Hollywood Farmers Market in Portland, OR, illustrates how market managers might create and/or express rules regarding purchasing, payroll, treasury, employment, and contracts. 2016.
West Virginia Farmers Market Association Farmers Market Planning Toolkit
This toolkit walks users through the basics of creating a farmers market, including information on legal structures, governance, building a board of directors, and finding funding. 2023.
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Best Practices for Farmers Market Bookkeeping
From the Washington State Farmers Market Alliance, this guide walks market managers through the process of bookkeeping to ensure finances stay organized and are available for reporting purposes. While this document has some Washington-specific information, the majority of it applies to all market managers. 2016.
This template from the Oregon Farmers Market Association can help market managers track their expenses and even includes built-in algorithms that produce and auto-populate totals and charts. 2023.
This brief guide from RAFI-USA provides basic information about documenting disaster losses. 2017.
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Fundraising to Support Your Market
This infosheet from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources lists 8 different ideas for fundraising at farmers markets. 2024.
Fundraising Resources for Your Market
This website from the Washington State Farmers Market Management Toolkit provides helpful information about planning for fundraisers, with a lot of helpful resources linked at the bottom. 2021.
WEBINAR: Financial Freedom Through Fundraising
This webinar from the Community Farm Alliance gives great information to market managers about finding funders and donors within their local community. 2019.
Cultivating Individual Donors at Farmers Markets
This one-page resource from RAFI-USA provides market managers with information about creating relationships with potential individual donors. 2021.
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This spreadsheet is a wealth of information about available grants that NC market managers can apply for. 2024.
NCFMN Tools & Tangibles: Intro to Grants for Farmers Markets
This brief guide from NCFMN provides market-specific information about grant writing and applications. 2023.
Getting the Grant 101: The Essentials
This handy guide from The Grantsmanship Center outlines the basics of grant writing and walks readers through the most important components of a grant proposal. 2023.
A presentation from NC Cooperative Extension that traces the grant writing process. 2023.
Grants 101: A Short Summary of Federal Grants
An excellent resource from the federal government to help those new to the federal grant writing process. No date.
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NCFMN Tools & Tangibles: Sponsorships and Partnerships for Farmers Markets
This brief guide from NCFMN will help market managers create sponsor info sheets and develop relationships with potential sponsors and partners. 2024.
Sample Mount Holly Market Sponsorship Info Sheet
This sample info sheet provides information about the Mount Holly Farmers Market, including program descriptions and sponsorship levels. 2024.
Sample South End Farmers Market Sponsorship Info Sheet
This sample info sheet provides information about sponsorship levels and opportunities at the South End Farmers Market in Charlotte. 2023.
South End Farmers Market Sponsorship Application
This website provides a glimpse of what a sponsorship application might look like and what information it might include. No date.
Sample Adams County Farmers Market Association Sponsorship Brochure
This sample brochure provides potential sponsors with information about the Adams County landscape, the market’s successes and impacts, and sponsorship levels. 2014.
Sample Ypsilanti Farmers Market Sponsorship Info Sheet
This sample info sheet encourages sponsors to contribute to a special fundraising event at the Ypsilanti Farmers Market. 2016.