Vermont · Nonprofit
FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHEEL
FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHEEL (Vermont) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,100 to it, the largest being FORREST C & FRANCES H LATTNER FOUNDATION ($21,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $190k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $38k
- Net assets
- $190k
What Fellowship of the Wheel does
Mission
As a subordinate/chapter organization of the vermont mountain bike association (ein 03-0356194), the organization operates under the primary mission of its central organization, that being
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Trailbuilding - develop, maintain and sustain multi-purpose recreational trails throughout vermont for the benefit of the general community.
$136,588 spent$190,252 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $136,588.
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 2018 to 2019, from $93k to $124k (+34%).
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.
99% of FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHEEL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $4k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHEEL’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
FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHEEL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 98% · 2019 98% · 2020 95% · 2021 94% · 2022 99% · 2023 65% — 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
FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHEEL draws 58% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHEEL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHEEL
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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHEEL: 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 FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHEEL?
- FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHEEL (Vermont) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,100 to it, the largest being FORREST C & FRANCES H LATTNER FOUNDATION ($21,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHEEL have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $38,100 in grants to FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHEEL, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHEEL?
- FORREST C & FRANCES H LATTNER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $21,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHEEL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 4 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