Fresh Ground Leapfrog Cafe Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 844353158
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Roanoke Rapid, NC, USA
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Support N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $136,963
- Expenses
- $83,637
- Assets
- $54,271
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Timothy Davis (President)
- Ren Ramsey (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Timothy Davis (President)
- Ren Ramsey (Vice President)
- Larry Richardson (Secretary-Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
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.
What it reported doing in 2025
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.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 61.1%; rating input score 61
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 38.9%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 27.5% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 131% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 61.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $84K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.