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TRUDGING BUDDIES INC

TRUDGING BUDDIES INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being DAVID BOHNETT FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$51k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$5k
Net assets
$30k
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Trudging Buddies Inc does

Mission

Trudging Buddies, Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to inspire and empower those who are recovering from alcoholism or addiction through involvement in service-oriented activities. By participating in physical and social programs, we build confidence, strength and community. We lead teams of cyclists and volunteer roadies for AIDS/LifeCycle, gaining resilience and spreading a message of hope while raising essential funds for organizations like Los Angeles LGBT Center and San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Together, we are Never Alone.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. AIDS LifeCycle- Assisted 85 riders and volunteers to participate in the event and raise $450,000 for charity.

    $12,857 spent
    51% of program spending

  2. Social Programming to provide alcohol and drug free events to help people stay sober.

    $6,701 spent
    27% of program spending

  3. Scholarship to help people with no resources to participate. We help people get on their feet.

    $5,620 spent
    22% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $25,178.

02The organization over time

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Dave O'Brien

Chief Executive Officer

As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of TRUDGING BUDDIES 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

100% of TRUDGING BUDDIES INC's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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

TRUDGING BUDDIES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,898 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin20% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,898 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like TRUDGING BUDDIES INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In California

Positive Pedalers74%Bicycle Angels Inc71%Strides in Recovery Inc71%Road Runners Club of America70%Sober in the Sun Inc69%Save Black Boys-California69%Kiwanis Club of Thousand Oaks Charitable Foundation69%Trips for Kids National69%

Nationally

Positive Pedalers74%Charity Treks Inc74%Riders for a Cause Inc72%Living Life on 2 Wheels Inc71%Addicts Fighting Back71%Bicycle Angels Inc71%Harbor to the Bay Inc71%Strides in Recovery Inc71%
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

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TRUDGING BUDDIES 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 TRUDGING BUDDIES INC?
TRUDGING BUDDIES INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being DAVID BOHNETT FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TRUDGING BUDDIES INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to TRUDGING BUDDIES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TRUDGING BUDDIES INC?
DAVID BOHNETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TRUDGING BUDDIES INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), 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