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CYCLISTS OF GITCHEE GUMEE SHORES

CYCLISTS OF GITCHEE GUMEE SHORES (Minnesota) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,105 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($18,450). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$141k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$40k
Net assets
$323k
4/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Cyclists of Gitchee Gumee Shores does

Mission

Cyclists of Gitchee Gumee Shores (coggs) is dedicated to developing and maintaining world-class mountain biking opportunities for all in the twin ports area.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Coggs builds and maintains trails in the duluth, mn area. In 2024, coggs rebuilt and oversaw the construction of two miles of duluth traverse trail at spirit mountain, designed to meet adaptive mountain bike standards. Coggs also partnered with the city of duluth and spirit mountain to build 4,797 linear feet of intermediate downhill jump trail and 1.5 miles of traditional cross-country trail, expanding both the accessibility and variety of trails at the spirit mountain trail center. In addition, coggs hosted or partnered on four middle and elementary school bike rodeos and organized a bike club at the harbor highlands ymca, providing bikes and instruction to 20 middle schoolaged participants.

    $105,809 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $105,809.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($184k) Expenses 100 ($151k) Net assets 100 ($128k)2019 Revenue 104 ($192k) Expenses 63 ($95k) Net assets 176 ($224k)2020 Revenue 64 ($118k) Expenses 88 ($134k) Net assets 164 ($209k)2021 Revenue 60 ($110k) Expenses 68 ($102k) Net assets 170 ($217k)2022 Revenue 98 ($180k) Expenses 83 ($125k) Net assets 213 ($272k)2023 Revenue 89 ($164k) Expenses 70 ($106k) Net assets 259 ($330k)2024 Revenue 76 ($141k) Expenses 98 ($149k) Net assets 253 ($323k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (76)Expenses (98)Net assets (253)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $128k to $224k (+76%).

$128k
$224k
$209k
$218k
$273k
$343k
$327k
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

73% of CYCLISTS OF GITCHEE GUMEE SHORES’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$33k
’18
$97k
’19
−$16k
’20
$8k
’21
$55k
’22
$59k
’23
−$8k
’24
23
months of
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

Ansel Schimpff

Executive director

Board chair

Jake Boyce

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed991015131414
Joined·+2+5+5+3+3+3
No longer listed·240523
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $17k.

3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 CYCLISTS OF GITCHEE GUMEE SHORES’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

CYCLISTS OF GITCHEE GUMEE SHORES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

60% 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 CYCLISTS OF GITCHEE GUMEE SHORES.

46%
largest funder
85%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 53% · 2021 83% · 2022 93% · 2023 73% — 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

60% of CYCLISTS OF GITCHEE GUMEE SHORES'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 $16k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from funders outside Minnesota, across 4 states.

MN
SD
MO
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CYCLISTS OF GITCHEE GUMEE SHORES holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−5% · below the median
Months of reserve22.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like CYCLISTS OF GITCHEE GUMEE SHORES

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

71% of spending goes to programs.

Program 71%Management 23%Fundraising 6%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds CYCLISTS OF GITCHEE GUMEE SHORES?
CYCLISTS OF GITCHEE GUMEE SHORES (Minnesota) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,105 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($18,450). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does CYCLISTS OF GITCHEE GUMEE SHORES have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $40,105 in grants to CYCLISTS OF GITCHEE GUMEE SHORES, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CYCLISTS OF GITCHEE GUMEE SHORES?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $18,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CYCLISTS OF GITCHEE GUMEE SHORES find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 7 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