Chugach Mountain Bike Riders
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Educating and organizing the Chugiak-Eagle River community to build, maintain and ride sustainable mountain bike trails.
- Income
- $103,694
- Spending
- $97,169
- Reserves
- 20.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 49%
- Highest pay
- $32,553, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 86% of charities in its peer group (recreation and sports, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 20.5 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 6% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $21,756 spent. Trail building, maintenance, upkeep and repair. 2025 trail building efforts included two new trails in addition to hardening other multi-use trails, enabling year-round use. Trail upkeep included over 2000 hours of volunteer time spent maintaining and repairing miles of single track mountain bike trails.
- $12,341 spent. Summer youth riding program: CMBR Kids. The program targets youths between the ages of 8 and 17, teaching mountain bike riding skills, appreciation of outdoor trail use, and maintenance/upkeep of local trails. In 2025, 75 youth participated in the program along with close to 40 adult volunteers, over the course of the program.
- $11,128 spent. Hosted one local fat tire bike race in the winter and coordinated registration and payment for two other local winter races. In addition to providing awareness to trails and de facto advertising for the organization, it allowed approximately 150 local bikers to compete in three timed bike races. Races included skill divisions to enable racers of all skill levels to compete.
- $50,578 spent. Mountain bike trail maintenance, upkeep, organization, and education. Includes overhead expenses including insurance and office costs.
- $5,625 spent. The Alaska Off-Road Cycling Alliance. Providing leadership and coordination for the Alaska Off-Road Cycling Alliance (ORCA). ORCA is a group of advocates from across the state working to strengthen connections between existing mountain bike nonprofits, land managers and communities.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 2018.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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