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US nonprofit · EIN 455286248 · Appleton, WIiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 455286248) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code SONFI), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Grass Hoppers Sports Inc's network

4 peoplei4 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

4 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Ed ZelhoferTreasurer2021
5 yrs
Katie OfficerCompany secretary2022
4 yrs
Seth KurkowskiVice President2021
5 yrs
Thomas GaleckePresident2021
5 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Ed ZelhoferTreasurer20$40k
Thomas GaleckePresident20$30k
Seth KurkowskiVice President10$10k
Katie OfficerSecretary1$3k

About

Legal name
Grass Hoppers Sports Inc
EIN
455286248
Address
4118 N Crane Dr, Appleton, WI, 54913-9616
State
Wisconsin
Mission
promote community youth athletics and promote community active lifestyle programs by providing camps and scholarships primarily funded by volleyball events (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
N70 Recreation and sports
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Recreation & Sports
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2012
Principal officer
Thomas Galecke (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 February 2014
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
3, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
SONFI

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥5years on the filingsEd Zelhofer
≥5years on the filingsSeth Kurkowski
≥5years on the filingsThomas Galecke
≥4years on the filingsKatie Officer

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$260k
Total liabilities
$172k
Net assets or fund balances
$88k
Contributions and grants received
$684k
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$29k
Employees
4
Volunteers
40