International Mountain Bicycling Association
“Create, enhance, and protect great places to ride mountain bikes.”
4 comments to the agencies, 93 cents of every dollar to the work.
The work
What they do
Trail building, advocacy, and education for mountain biking access on public lands. Works with USFS and BLM on trail designations and management.
Where the money went, FY2016
The work, and what it cost
General advocacy & education - The organization works to
$1.1M, 93% of spendingGeneral advocacy & education - The organization works to create innovative trail management solutions and enhance cooperation among different trail user groups.
Including $1,140,292 granted onward, all of it to International Mountain Bicycling Association-Colorado.
Read it as they filed it
General advocacy & education - The organization works to create innovative trail management solutions and enhance cooperation among different trail user groups. The organization also educates cyclists and promotes responsible off-road cycling through the distribution of written and electronic materials, including the publication of a monthly email newsletter and regular social media content. In addition, the organization encourages low-impact riding and volunteer trail work participation.-Continued on Schedule O-
IRS Form 990 Part III for fiscal year 2016, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
93 cents of every dollar goes to the work
A good sign, not a scorecard: what matters is the extremes, and this is nowhere near one.
$1,140,292 programs, $80,042 management, $0 fundraising. Form 990, FY2016.
The backers
Backed, each with its source, by Richard King Mellon Foundation Dtd 01-01-47, Seattle Foundation, Catena Foundation, Shell Usa Company Foundation and Walton Family Foundation, latest filing FY24.
The people
Who does the work
Took over from Dan Brillon; the FY2016 officer table still lists them.
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. If it’s out of date, tell us. Work at IMBA? Claim this page.
Those 14 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If IMBA is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Find your way inThe filings
5 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2012 | $4,547,421 |
| 2013 | $4,752,020 |
| 2014 | $4,824,996 |
| 2015 | $5,782,390 |
| 2016 | $372,338 |
From $4.5M in 2012 to $372K in FY16, with no missed filing in 5 years.
The returns as e-filed with the IRS, 3 years:
- FY2016Download the return
- FY2015Download the return
- FY2014Download the return
Source: IRS Form 990 e-file data, each return by its IRS object id, served by ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. A year in the chart without a link here is read from a later return’s own history table; its return is on ProPublica’s page for the group.
The record
On the record with the agencies
4 comments on federal decisions since 2023, each filed under the group’s own name on regulations.gov. The latest on decisions we track:
Year by year
In order
- 1988International Mountain Bicycling Association is formed.the directory; the return’s own formation year is 1989
- 2022First appears in the grants of Shell Usa Company Foundation and Walton Family Foundation.the funders’ returns
- 2023First appears in Catena Foundation’s grants.the funder’s return
- 2024First appears in the grants of Richard King Mellon Foundation Dtd 01-01-47 and Seattle Foundation.the funders’ returns
- 20251 comment to the Bureau of Land Management, under the group’s own name.regulations.gov
- 20263 comments, most to the Bureau of Land Management, under the group’s own name.regulations.gov
Green, a funder’s return. Hollow, a filing. Every row comes from a public record: 4 comments filed under its own name, 5 funders whose returns name it. Nothing here is written from memory.
Their ground
IMBA is not on our editors’ record for a threatened place yet. See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
International Mountain Bicycling Association files one related organization on its return: International Mountain Bicycling Association-Colorado (501(c)(3)). A related organization shares people or purpose; it does not share the books.
Ways in
How to help
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
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The mission is theirs. The backing is yours.