Little Market Inc

A MAIN FOCUS OF THE CHARITY'S CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IS WORKING WITH CO-OPS, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES COMPRISING WOMEN ARTISANS IN IMPROVISHED COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT ASIA, AFRICA, AND LATIN AND SOUTH AMERICA. TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, THE CHARITY ARRANGES TO PURCHASE HANDICRAFTS FROM THE ARTISANS CO-OPS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES AT FAIR TRADE PRICES THAT PAY A LIVING WAGE. AS A MEMBER OF THE FAIR TRADE FEDERATION, THE CHARITY IS COMMITED TO CREATING AN ACCESSIBLE MARKETPLACE SO THAT THESE ARTISANS CAN PURCHASE THE MATERIALS NEEDED FOR PRODUCTION, WITH THE REMAINING FIFTY-PERCENT PAID UPON DELIVERY. THE CHARITY THEN SELLS THE HANDICRAFTS THROUGH AN ONLINE MARKETPLACE ON THE CHARITY'S WEBSITE, WITH SUCH HANDICRAFTS MARKED-UP FROM WHOLESALE TO COVER THE CHARITY'S OVERHEAD COSTS.

- MAKING GRANTS AND EXPENDITURES TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE CODE; - EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT ISSUES OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH MAY INCLUDE SECURING THE RIGHTS OF MARGINALIZED PRODUCERS AND WORKERS, REDUCING GLOBAL POVERTY, AND EMPOWERING WOMEN; - SUPPORTING AND EMPOWERING FEMALE ARTISANS, PARTICULARLY IN IMPOVERISHED AND DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES; - PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GREATER EQUITY IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE BY SUPPORTING, ENGAGING IN, AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT FAIR TRADE PRINCIPLES; - ENGAGING IN OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL; - COOPERATING WITH OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHETHER LOCAL, NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL, FOR ANY OF THE FOREGOING PURPOSES; AND - CONDUCTING ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT MAY BE NECESSARY, USEFUL, OR DESIRABLE FOR THE FURTHERANCE OR ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE FOREGING PURPOSES, PROVIDED THAT THOSE ACTIVITIES WOULD NOT ENDANGER THE CORPORATION'S NOT-FOR-PROFIT OR TAX EXEMPT STATUS.