Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$2,151,951

Total expenses

$2,179,352

Contributions and grants received

$875,086

Grants paid

$30,300

Program service revenue

$1,248,219

Investment income

$28,646

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$837,604

Total liabilities, end of year

$189,126

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$648,478

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,688,730

Management and general expenses

$466,356

Fundraising expenses

$24,266

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,688,730

Program services were 77.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• Advocacy National, state and local bicycle advocacy: The League of American Bicyclists promotes and protects the rights of cyclists through advocacy, education and promotion. We advocate for cyclists on Capitol Hill, to the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other Federal Agencies. We work with our affiliates to affect state laws and local ordinances, policies and programs. Our online advocacy center engages people and offers opportunities to speak up for better bicycling to decision makers at all levels. In March, we successfully held the 23rd National Bike Summit, an annual advocacy meeting that brings cyclists to Capitol Hill to speak with representatives and senators. Bicycle Friendly America Program - The League works to make bicycling safe, comfortable, and accessible to all through the Bicycle Friendly State, community, University and Business programs. These programs offer technical assistance from League staff, in-depth applications that give participants an opportunity to self-evaluate, andcustom feedback to all applicants recognized or not. The program, launched in 2003, encourages applicants to provide better infrastructure, encouragement activities, education for cyclists and drivers, and publicly rewards them for doing so. Each application has specific questions that address the importance of reaching everyone through all of these efforts and engaging and underserved populations to bike for transportation and recreation.

  Expenses $905,139 · Grants $30,000

• Education - The League has been the national cycling education provider for over 50 years, providing printed and electronic materials/videos to build confidence for more biking and safer streets for all. The League offers the only national certification program for bicycling educators.The League has trained more than 6,800 League Cycling Instructors, with 2,300 currently active, which have taught more than hundreds of thousands of students to commute, share the road, ride in traffic, and more. Our curriculum includes a module for drivers to improve driver safety and the safety of bicyclists. The training helps people feel more secure about getting on their bikes. More than 40 League Cycling Instructor Certification Seminars are held around the country each year.

  Expenses $277,860

• Membership Services The League is dedicated to protecting the rights of cyclists and creating a bicycle-friendly America for everyone through advocacy, education, and promotion. We do that for our members through our programs and initiatives, through our magazine, American Bicyclist, our action alerts to members about legislation in their areas, and our bi-weekly e-newsletter.

  Expenses $268,857

• Promotion - The League is the national sponsor of National Bike Month and Bike to Work Day. The League promotes the events of its thousands of member clubs, organizations, and affiliated businesses. The League also showcases and celebrates the positive change and progress being made toward building a Bicycle Friendly America for everyone nationwide through its programming and communications. Lastly, the Leagues National Bike Challenge is a nationwide event uniting tens of thousands of current bicyclistsand encouraging countless new riders each year.

  Expenses $236,874 · Grants $150

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

12 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202443179349308179

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