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LEAP INC

LEAP INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $113,321 to it, the largest being THE LIONS CLUB OF MOTLEY MINNESOTA ($41,988). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$412k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$113k
Net assets
$212k
2/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 28%
01What it does

What Leap Inc does

Mission

Objectives are to: 1. Work as a liaison between the community and school district, 2. Support volunteerism in the school and community, 3. Identify viable ways for the school to adapt to current economics and demographic circumstances, 4. Determine the strengths and weaknesses of the district through focus group meetings and decide which options provide the most benefits for the community and the school district, 5. Building a stronger staples community that will enrich the quality of life now and for future generations, 6. Determine the strengths and weaknesses of the community through focus group meetings and decide which options provide the most benefits for the community and businesses, 7. Facilitate the citizens, city government, and businesses in staples to improve communication and planning and work together on projects.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Tourism - leap manages tourism dollars collected via a city lodging tax for the city of staples. A tourism committee helps to direct a consultant who markets the staples area through billboards, the explore mn travel guide, the mn lodging association, and to provide content for a discover staples (discoverstaplesmn.org) website and visitor guide. In addition, regional promotions and local events were marketed.

    $34,927 spent
    10% of program spending
  2. Events - helped support the city of staples with its summer celebration and hosted community meals for both thanksgiving and christmas.

    $59,006 spentof which $2,030 as grants$3,367 earned by the program
    16% of program spending
  3. Assisted other local organizations with a christmas 4 kids event, gradblast, senior banner displays for graduation, and assistance to morrison county ag.

    $31,996 spentof which $28,970 as grants
    9% of program spending
  4. Central mn barn quilts - obtained supplies for barn quilts. Barn quilts are displayed around town as a tourist attraction. . Cardinal performance arts center - hired a consultant regarding space planning and set up website. . Christmas event - christmas light display assistance. . Community capital - began accepting donations for capital improvements in the community, starting with building a pickleball court and upgrades for a building used by the local food shelf. . Friends of the library - purchase items and provide grants to support programming for the local public library. . Health connections - provides a forum for communication and collaboration to improve the health of people in the communities of todd and wadena counties. The major focus points for the year were lactation & car seat classes. . Hooked on fishing - assisted a local group of volunteers in planning a "hooked on fishing, not drugs" event for local kids. . Sisters with sass - assisted the group with donating to other charitable events. The group is a women's mentorship program focused on empowering women through work, education, and well-being. . Sm activities foundation - assisted with meeting supplies. . Sm…

    $234,358 spentof which $80,239 as grants$69,904 earned by the program
    65% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $360,287.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($83k) Expenses 100 ($65k) Net assets 100 ($63k)2019 Revenue 118 ($98k) Expenses 160 ($104k) Net assets 91 ($57k)2020 Revenue 104 ($86k) Expenses 98 ($64k) Net assets 127 ($80k)2021 Revenue 118 ($98k) Expenses 177 ($115k) Net assets 100 ($63k)2022 Revenue 218 ($181k) Expenses 168 ($110k) Net assets 213 ($134k)2023 Revenue 272 ($225k) Expenses 373 ($243k) Net assets 185 ($117k)2024 Revenue 277 ($230k) Expenses 282 ($183k) Net assets 260 ($164k)2025 Revenue 496 ($412k) Expenses 560 ($364k) Net assets 335 ($212k)
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Revenue (496)Expenses (560)Net assets (335)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 2021 to 2022, from $63k to $134k (+114%).

$63k
$57k
$80k
$63k
$134k
$117k
$164k
$212k
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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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2023 22% · 2024 20% · 2025 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

72% of LEAP INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$18k
’18
−$6k
’19
$23k
’20
−$17k
’21
$72k
’22
−$17k
’23
$47k
’24
$48k
’25
7.0
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

202320242025
Listed242424
Joined·+4+5
No longer listed·45
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $33k.

2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of LEAP 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.

How concentrated its funding is

LEAP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

64% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LEAP INC.

37%
largest funder
68%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 42% · 2022 44% · 2023 61% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.

How long its funders stay

40% of LEAP INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 22% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

100% of LEAP INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN

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

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’18
’19
’21
’22
’23
Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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

LEAP INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin12% · above the median
Months of reserve7.0mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)26% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

24
board members
79%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

92%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds LEAP INC?
LEAP INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $113,321 to it, the largest being THE LIONS CLUB OF MOTLEY MINNESOTA ($41,988). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LEAP INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $113,321 in grants to LEAP INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LEAP INC?
THE LIONS CLUB OF MOTLEY MINNESOTA is the largest funder on record, with $41,988 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LEAP INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 9 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