International Mountain Bicycling Association
“Create, enhance, and protect great places to ride mountain bikes.”
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.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “Education of mountain cyclists.”
Where the money went, FY2016
The work, and what it cost
Watching the machines
$1.1MGeneral 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, most of it $1,140,292 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, fiscal year 2016, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
93 cents of every dollar goes to the work
That ratio is a good sign, not a scorecard. Plenty of great groups run leaner and lumpier. What matters is the extremes, and IMBA is nowhere near one.
Backed on the record by Walton Family Foundation, latest filing FY22.
$1,140,292 programs, $80,042 management, $0 fundraising. Form 990, FY2016.
The people
Who does the work
Succeeds Dan Brillon in the officer table.
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. This one caught a changing of the guard in the act: the FY2016 officer table lists Dan Brillon, the return itself is signed by Dave Wiens. Orgs that claim their page can update it same-day. 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.
Make it 15The filings
5 years of filings
5 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at 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.
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
93 cents of your dollar goes straight to the work above.
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38 years on the ground, 14 volunteers, 93 cents of every dollar on the line. That is who is holding it. There is room for one more.