Bike Santa Cruz County Education Fund
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To promote the use of bicycles, with the goal of creating safe, convenient, and enjoyable bicycling.
- Income
- $65,609
- Spending
- $52,559
- Reserves
- 15.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 48%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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, 2024, 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 (2)
- $49,511 spent. Organized 6 Bike Light Give-Aways at small and large community events in partnership with the City of Santa Cruz to encourage and support cycling safety. Approximately 400 individuals received both front and rear safety lights for their bicycles. Attended and presented at 2 Bike to School events. Promoted safe cycling throughout the County at community events. Hosted Open Streets in Santa Cruz, the largest open and public event in the city with over 60 organizations and 10,000 attendees. In order to encourage people to bike to local events, we provided free valet bike parking to attendees. Events included concerts, street fairs, and community events. Our goal is to reduce traffic congestion and encourage sustainable transportation. We provide this service at approximately 8 events, which translates into about 800 individuals served.
- The Bike Camp programs provided over 40 local students in need with bike safety and maintenance training, and, upon completion of the curriculum, their own free bicycle (if they needed a bike), a new helmet and accessories. They also received leadership training and nutrition education. The planned outcomes are to increase the youths' knowledge of nutrition guidelines and healthy, easy to prepare snacks, increase the youths' knowledge of bicycle safety, increase their use of bicycles as transportation, grow the bicycling community, and to encourage civic engagement.The Middle/High School Bike Club provided 40 youth, at two local schools, with after-school bike safety training. Participants received the following benefits: weekly activity and exercise, bike safety training, and on the bike practice in a group setting. The planned outcomes of this program are to increase youths' knowledge of bicycling safety and thus, increase their confidence, increase their use of bicycles in daily transportation, and to provide a continuing education for youth who complete the Earn-a-Bike program.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 2024.
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 December 2017.
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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