Help Cedar Mill Farmers Market Thrive

We love the Cedar Mill Farmers Market. Nothing beats strolling among the vendors, enjoying live music and locally prepared food, and then taking home fresh healthful produce grown on local farms. Kids look forward to each weekly activity that teaches them about food, nutrition, and nature and provides them with tokens to exchange with real farmers who grow real food. The educational experience is priceless.

The Cedar Mill Farmers Market is administered by an eight-person board. We donate our time and expertise to making the market a great place for you and your family. We enjoy our volunteer work tremendously, but our biggest challenge is balancing a budget while providing the services shoppers deserve.

Vendor fees, grants, sponsorships, and donations generate market income. Our most significant expenses include salaries for two part-time staff, rental of the market site, insurance, stipends for musicians, and supplies for our Power of Produce kids program. Our overall goal for 2024 is to raise $15,060 from sponsorships and donations. Eight generous sponsors have already donated $8,500, and donations for the remaining $6,560 are urgently needed from individual donors like you. We understand if you are not able to donate now, and most of all, we value seeing you at the market. But if you can donate, we much appreciate your generosity. Thank you.

Our Treasurer wants us to include this message: The market is a 501(c)6 organization, is not organized for profit, and no part of our net earnings (if any) inures to the benefit of private shareholders or individuals. The market is exempt from income taxes. However, the IRS does not consider donations to 501(c)6 organizations to be charitable donations for income tax purposes. Business sponsorships are tax-deductible business expenses.

Final note: if you have visited this site more than once, you may notice that our Go Fund Me goal is decreasing. We need a total of $15,060 in donations for 2024, and Go Fund Me is only one part of that. As we gain donations from business sponsors and cash donations at the market, we decrease the amount we need from this Go Fund Me effort. Check with us at the market information booth if you have questions.