Montana · Nonprofit
ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION
ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION (Montana) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,728,738 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($888,659). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 65
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Adventure Cycling Association does
Mission
Adventure Cycling Association inspires, empowers and connects people to travel by bicycle.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The routes and mapping program is the flagship program of adventure cycling with the creation of the transamerica bicycle trail. Core to adventure cycling's educational and charitable purpose is the development of useful materials and tools for distributions to its members and the public. To date, the association has charted 52,848 miles of bike routes, which now comprises the adveture cycling route network. Adventure cycling expands logistical access by designing, devoloping, and curating reliable and safe bicycle touring routes. Access to and from adventure cycling routes is an important factor in getting people engaged in bicycle travel. States are less inclined to prioritize the safety of bicycle travelers unless they have routes designated by the states. Adventure cycling provides technical assistance to state departments of transportation (dot) so they designate miles of u.s. Bicycle routes system (usbrs). These desiganted miles and routes are elevated and better situated within the state dots to receive funding for infrastructure investments to improve safety for cyclists. The usbrs is available on ridewithgps for free to download so anyone can see what those routes are and…
$1,678,382 spent$7,537 earned by the program40% of program spendingThe tours program creates unique educational experiences for bike travel and helps participants learn skills related to bike travel, camping, wilderness, team-building, and leadership. The goal of these tours is to educate and provide people with the knowledge and skills to travel by bike so they have the confidence to do it on their own as well. This includes bicycle expedition educational tours, bicycle tour leader education development in the leadership training courses; and the tour leader mentoring program.
$1,516,471 spent$1,963,059 earned by the program36% of program spendingAdventure cycling produces a full-color magazine (adventure cyclist) and other materials designed to inform the members of the organization and the public about bicycle travel and inspire them to ride. Our communications department also produces a website with free information for cyclists of all backgrounds including a library of how-to guides. Sharing stories, educational resources, and inspiration makes bike travel possible for more people.
$556,346 spent13% of program spendingThe merchandise program offers our bike touring maps and branded merchandise. We also produce educational referece guides to assist in preparation for trips. This program breaks down the barrier to entry to the activity of bike travel. We also offer free advice to any caller or in-office visitor to help them plan their own person bicycle trips.
$293,506 earned by the programMembership: the membership program works with cyclists of all backgrounds to build a greater community of bicyclists in america. Membership promotes cycling by inspiring more people to travel by bicycle. This is done through membership solicitation, special events, publication creation, outreach to libraries, state bicycle coordinators, bicycle clubs, and bicycle shops. The organization has over 23,000 members. Membership builds community.
$414,291 spent10% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,165,490.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $3.5M to $5.3M (+51%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 10% · 2021 10% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Maria Elena Price
Board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $201k → $391k.
19 of 65 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 65 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
93% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 23% · 2019 41% · 2020 29% · 2021 34% · 2022 27% · 2023 30% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
46% of ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
92% of ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $225k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from funders outside Montana, across 22 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $2.7M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Montana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION?
- ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION (Montana) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,728,738 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($888,659). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 65 organizations giving $2,728,738 in grants to ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $888,659 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Montana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 65 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing