Ohio · Nonprofit
CENTRAL OHIO MOUNTAIN BIKING ORGANIZATION
CENTRAL OHIO MOUNTAIN BIKING ORGANIZATION (Ohio) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,997 to it, the largest being CARDINAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ($14,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $150k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $33k
- Net assets
- $134k
What Central Ohio Mountain Biking Organization does
Mission
Since COMBOs inception as a trail building organization in 1995 it has grown exponentially. From a few miles of trail to over 125 and from a small exclusive community into a large multifaceted all encompassing institution focused on creating advocating and preserving quality mountain biking in Central Ohio. We are 100% focused on the creation advocacy and preservation of quality mountain biking in Central Ohio.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
2025 SummerRace series. This included bicycle races at various location. Over 800 rider registrations across events. Raised over 35,000 with all revenue after expenses going to maintain and build trails within Ohio.
$11,206 spent19% of program spendingCOMBO is responsible for mainitainingmultiple bike trails within the state. This includes Ohio state parks AW Marion Great Seal Scioto Alum Creek three trails,Colombus Berliner Park Metro parks Chestnut Ridge and Newark parks Horns hill. COMBO has MOU agreements with all of the parks. Without COMBO thousands of mountain bike riders in central ohio would have almost nowhere to ride.
$44,353 spent75% of program spendingRan rider education programs to help teach beginner intermediate and advanced skills to riders.
$3,329 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $58,888.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $78k to $113k (+44%).
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.
42% of CENTRAL OHIO MOUNTAIN BIKING ORGANIZATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $531 → $4k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 CENTRAL OHIO MOUNTAIN BIKING ORGANIZATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
CENTRAL OHIO MOUNTAIN BIKING ORGANIZATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
41% 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 CENTRAL OHIO MOUNTAIN BIKING ORGANIZATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 64% · 2022 83% · 2023 89% — 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.
Where its funders are
97% of CENTRAL OHIO MOUNTAIN BIKING ORGANIZATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
CENTRAL OHIO MOUNTAIN BIKING ORGANIZATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CENTRAL OHIO MOUNTAIN BIKING ORGANIZATION
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTRAL OHIO MOUNTAIN BIKING ORGANIZATION: 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 CENTRAL OHIO MOUNTAIN BIKING ORGANIZATION?
- CENTRAL OHIO MOUNTAIN BIKING ORGANIZATION (Ohio) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,997 to it, the largest being CARDINAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ($14,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTRAL OHIO MOUNTAIN BIKING ORGANIZATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $32,997 in grants to CENTRAL OHIO MOUNTAIN BIKING ORGANIZATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTRAL OHIO MOUNTAIN BIKING ORGANIZATION?
- CARDINAL HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $14,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTRAL OHIO MOUNTAIN BIKING ORGANIZATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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