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Fresh Ground Leapfrog Cafe Inc

Fresh Ground Leapfrog Cafe Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being R BRAD MARTIN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($55,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$137k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$55k
Net assets
$54k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What Fresh Ground Leapfrog Cafe Inc does

Mission

The nonprofit organization is dedicated to offering assistance and resources to hikers navigating the Appalachian Trail and various trails nationwide. This includes providing essential support such as trail information safety guidelines gear recommendations and access to emergency services. The organizations primary mission is to ensure that hikers have a safe and enjoyable experience while exploring the natural beauty of the trails.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Provided support for Hikers across the national trails of the United States throughout 2025. This included providing fresh cooked meals and overall general support for hikers at multiple locations on the trails.

    $65,305 spent
    78% of program spending
  2. Provided donations to many hiker related support organizations organizations across the US. This included Hiker Hostels and as well as individuals supporting the hiker community.

    $17,809 spent
    21% of program spending
  3. Provided general education for hikers to teach safe hiking practices. This hiker education also helped to minimize and prevent accidents and sickness along the US hiking trails.

    $523 spent
    1% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $83,637.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($82k) Expenses 100 ($80k) Net assets 100 ($3k)2024 Revenue 103 ($84k) Expenses 107 ($86k) Net assets 29 ($945)2025 Revenue 168 ($137k) Expenses 104 ($84k) Net assets 1679 ($54k)
202320242025
Revenue (168)Expenses (104)Net assets (1679)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $945 to $54k (+5643%).

$3k
$945
$54k
202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of Fresh Ground Leapfrog Cafe Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 16,168 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$1k
’23
−$2k
’24
$53k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $10k.

Funder
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of Fresh Ground Leapfrog Cafe Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

Fresh Ground Leapfrog Cafe Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 1 state in all.

TN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
North Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Fresh Ground Leapfrog Cafe Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin39% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)30% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like Fresh Ground Leapfrog Cafe Inc

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In North Carolina

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NC

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Fresh Ground Leapfrog Cafe Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Fresh Ground Leapfrog Cafe Inc?
Fresh Ground Leapfrog Cafe Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being R BRAD MARTIN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($55,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Fresh Ground Leapfrog Cafe Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $55,000 in grants to Fresh Ground Leapfrog Cafe Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Fresh Ground Leapfrog Cafe Inc?
R BRAD MARTIN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Fresh Ground Leapfrog Cafe Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing