Washington · Nonprofit
Bike Works Seattle
Bike Works Seattle (Washington) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,930,737 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,445,970). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 76
- Grants received
- $5.9M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Bike Works Seattle does
Mission
Bike Works promotes the bicycle as a vehicle for change to empower youth and build resilient communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Bicycle Recycle & Reuse Program - Our bicycle recycle & reuse program provides a means for unwanted bikes to be donated refurbished by volunteers and program participants and turned into affordable carbon-free transportation. We process 5,000 - 7,000 donated bicycles every year and strip the unusable bikes for parts before sending the remainder to be responsibly recycled through partnerships. We give our volunteers meaningful opportunities to make a tangible difference while increasing their knowledge of bicycle maintenance and riding. Bike Works brings together diverse groups in a collaborative environment. We divert 250,000 pounds of waste from landfills annually and provided transportation through bicycle giveaways to those who cant afford to buy one our community bike shop.
$456,131 spent26% of program spendingYouth Programs - Through bicycle riding and mechanics we provide opportunities for youth to build self-confidence and transferrable skills explore the world give back to their community and be physically active. Bike Work programs are rooted in the belief that young people thrive when they are valued value themselves and feel a sense of belonging. Our youth program include: 1 Earn-A-Bike EAB Programs and Drop-In community service hours; 2 Partnerships with schools and community organizations to reach youth where they are with a focus on BIPOC youth; 3 The job skills training for young people aged 15-24 with limited resources. Participants are learning hard and soft skills and are encouraged to apply for paid apprenticeships at Bike Works; 4 Bicycle camps and clubs allow you to be active.
$406,160 spent$17,506 earned by the program23% of program spendingCommunity Resources Programs - Bike Works community programs reduce the barriers to bicycling due to cost lack of knowledge and lack of neighborhood resources. Through these programs Bike Works serves more than 1,000 people annually and include: 1 Bike-For-All! Bike giveaways giving youth and adults access to bikes helmets lights and locks who cant afford to buy them; 2The BikeMobile our mobile bike repair shop visits neighborhoods where people dont have access to bike repair and cycling education services; 3All-ages community rides bringing people together to have fun ride safely and raise money to support BIPOC led organizations in our community.
$413,377 spentof which $51,553 as grants$35,554 earned by the program24% of program spendingSocial Enterprise Community Bike Shop: The Bike Works bicycle shop is an earned revenue stream for Bike Work committed to servicing Seattle with affordable bicycle sales and professional service in a welcoming inclusive environment. Were a full service repair shop that also sells quality used bikes and a full range of new and used bike parts and accessories. All the profits for the bike shop go to support our free and sliding scale programs.
$463,932 spent$365,679 earned by the program27% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,739,600.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.1M to $2.1M (+85%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 20% · 2022 2% · 2023 16% · 2024 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of Bike Works Seattle’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Edward Ewing
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 20 funders to 38 funders, grant income rose $545k → $882k.
9 of 76 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 Bike Works Seattle’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 76 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
Bike Works Seattle has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
53% 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 Bike Works Seattle.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 34% · 2019 64% · 2020 31% · 2021 25% · 2022 19% · 2023 18% — diversifying over time.
“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
51% of Bike Works Seattle's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
51% of Bike Works Seattle's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
Bike Works Seattle's funding base is broadening — from 20 funders to 38 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,732 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Bike Works Seattle
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% 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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Bike Works Seattle: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Bike Works Seattle?
- Bike Works Seattle (Washington) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,930,737 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,445,970). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Bike Works Seattle have?
- IRS filings report 76 organizations giving $5,930,737 in grants to Bike Works Seattle, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Bike Works Seattle?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,445,970 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Bike Works Seattle find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 76 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing