Washington · Nonprofit
Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition
Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition (Washington) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $658,884 to it, the largest being Cascade Bicycle Club ($334,335). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $889k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $659k
- Net assets
- $780k
What Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition does
Mission
Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition's (WMBC) mission is to preserve and enhance bicycle trail access in Whatcom County through stewardship, education, and advocacy.WMBC is a federal non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. We work with many diverse groups such as land managers, elected officials and educational institutions to promote and expand access for mountain biking and cycling on public and private land. We are stewards of the land we recreate on and coordinate efforts to build or maintain trails. We also promote biking and trail building through our education programs and events.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Trail Stewardship/Advocacy: This year we hosted 34 public trail days. We added a variety of new trails to Galbraith Mountain:-The Breaux Zone A family friendly area close to the bottom of Galbraith Mountain with a green and blue line that kids love; -Hidden Valley A hand built blue trail on the northside of the mountain; -Closing Time An exit trail intended to reduce two-way traffic leaving Galbraith Moutnain; -Space Wolf Alternate An alternate line on Space Wolf adds a new choice for riders. -Natural Delight A hand-built trail on Galbraith Mountain.We also re-built the Rank Advancement Zone, an area used by youth programs and camps throughout the year. Working with the City of Bellingham, we made some significant repairs to the trail Mali, alleviating standing water and drainage issues.We maintained 100 miles of trail throughout Whatcom County, including brushing more than 21 miles of trail on Galbraith.We rebuilt the dirt jumps at the Civic Dirt Jump area and built new lines at the Bellingham Waterfront.
$446,159 spent$52,429 earned by the program57% of program spendingEvents: We hosted a nine-race series on Wednesday evenings from May to June called the Whatcom World Cup that showcased our trails on Galbraith Mountain. The race series had 430 total racers and many first-time racers. Our longest running fundraiser, Shoot The Trails sold over 800 tickets and it was a big success. We also hosted the beer garden at the Northwest Tune-Up, and with over 100 volunteers, we operated the beer garden at the three-day festival.We hosted the inaugural Family Mountain Bike Day in September 2025. We hosted over 150 families that participated in a scavenger hunt, tie-dying shirts, coloring bike fenders, and other family friendly activities.
$63,134 spent$12,240 earned by the program8% of program spendingEducation: WMBC After School Ride Clubs (ASBC): 13 Bellingham elementary and middle school clubs, including Flying Squirrels girls riding group. ASBC's groups ride spring and fall on weekly rides. This program reached 454 students this year. We had over 90 volunteer ride leaders support this program.Youth Dig & Ride (YDR): Our Youth Trail Corp program rebranded this year to the Youth Dig & Ride Program. Our Youth Dig & Ride Day program is one of the best ways for middle schoolers to have fun in the woods with their friends, while also giving back to the Galbraith Trail community. Participants have the opportunity to trail build on their favorite trails, then go ride with their friends (and instructors) afterwards, learning the basics of trail building, history of stewardship on Galbraith, as well as riding with kids their age. They worked hard all year on Galbraith Mountain focusing on a variety of issues, strategies and solutions to help our trails run even better. We served over 62 students in 2025 and offered 13 trail days and one summer camp.WMBC/Vamos Outdoors Project: WMBC and Vamos Outdoors Project have partnered to offer Latin, Migrant, and multi-lingual youth in our…
$272,893 spentof which $12,323 as grants$26,883 earned by the program35% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $782,186.
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 2021 to 2022, from $868k to $514k (−41%).
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: 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition’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. 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
Eric Brown
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $10k → $50k.
6 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 Whatcom Mountain Bike 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
Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 62% · 2022 66% · 2023 59% — 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
60% of Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
97% of Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $226k 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.
Against its field
Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition has grown faster than three-quarters 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 Whatcom Mountain Bike 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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 Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition: 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 Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition?
- Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition (Washington) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $658,884 to it, the largest being Cascade Bicycle Club ($334,335). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $658,884 in grants to Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition?
- Cascade Bicycle Club is the largest funder on record, with $334,335 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 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