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Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition

Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (California) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $933,056 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($250,750). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$553k
Funders on record
25
Grants received
$933k
Net assets
$111k
11/25 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 38%
01What it does

What Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition does

Mission

Bicycling-related advocacy, education and outreach

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Department of Public Health Vision Zero: In 2023 We hosted monthly bicycle safety classes for the Department of Public Health in Florence-Firestone to support the county's Vision Zero program, funded by the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). Through a combination of in-class and on-bike exercises, we are equipping local cyclists with the tools to ride safely in Los Angeles, with a focus on quarters that are identified as part of the High-Injury Network (HIN)Program and ServicesLA Bike Fest (fall annually) - Fundraising party to celebrate various bicycle infrastructure projects throughout LA County. The event was managed by LACBC staff and volunteers and took place in Chinatown in DTLA. Operation Firefly (November to early March, annually) - Education and awareness events conducted weekly to raise awareness among bicyclists of the need for lights to ride at night, raise awareness among drivers that there are often cyclists riding at night, and to gather data regarding rider knowledge, understanding, and usage of bicycles during the extended evening hours of standard time. Locations are selected based on need and sponsorship and all events are staffed by LACBC staff and volunteers.…

    $349,360 spent
    82% of program spending
  2. LACBC organized campaigns, conducted bike safety education training, and hosted family-friendly community bike rides for a more livable Los Angeles through biking. The organization is involved in policy work in various regional cities through our Local Chapter system and our Neighborhood Bike Ambassador program.

    $63,491 spent
    15% of program spending
  3. Bicycle Safety Classes with Metro Bike Hub: In 2023 BikeLA hosted bicycle safety and maintenance classes in partnership with Metro Bike Hub at Metro stations to help promote the practice of multimodal transportation.

    $10,678 spent
    3% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $423,529.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($945k) Expenses 100 ($969k) Net assets 100 ($548k)2018 Revenue 66 ($620k) Expenses 101 ($976k) Net assets 35 ($192k)2019 Revenue 62 ($590k) Expenses 70 ($678k) Net assets 19 ($105k)2020 Revenue 47 ($442k) Expenses 47 ($455k) Net assets 17 ($92k)2021 Revenue 76 ($721k) Expenses 50 ($488k) Net assets 59 ($324k)2022 Revenue 75 ($705k) Expenses 89 ($861k) Net assets 31 ($169k)2023 Revenue 59 ($553k) Expenses 63 ($611k) Net assets 20 ($111k)2024 Revenue 59 ($553k) Expenses 63 ($611k) Net assets 20 ($111k)
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Revenue (59)Expenses (63)Net assets (20)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $670k to $345k (−48%).

$670k
$345k
$206k
$265k
$403k
$264k
$192k
$192k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 22% · 2021 44% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$24k
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−$356k
’18
−$87k
’19
−$13k
’20
$232k
’21
−$155k
’22
−$58k
’23
−$58k
’24
3.6
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.

Board chair

Cynthia Rose

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed791199944
Joined·+2+6+2+1+0+2+0
No longer listed·0441070
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 7 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $271k → $6k.

7 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition’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

Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% 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

89% 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 Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition.

27%
largest funder
63%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 57% · 2019 42% · 2020 47% · 2021 89% · 2022 56% · 2023 78% — 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

35% of Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 7 states in all.

WA
MT
MN
OH
CA
DE
TX

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

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California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $440k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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

Organizations like Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition

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 California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

69% of spending goes to programs.

Program 69%Management 14%Fundraising 17%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition?
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (California) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $933,056 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($250,750). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition have?
IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $933,056 in grants to Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $250,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 25 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