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← SOUTHERN OFF-ROAD BICYCLE ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SOUTHERN OFF-ROAD BICYCLE ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$555,042
Total expenses
$571,665
Contributions and grants received
$467,430
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$66,267
Investment income
$820
Other revenue
$20,525
Total assets, end of year
$211,513
Total liabilities, end of year
$29,983
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$181,530
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$448,862
Management and general expenses
$70,404
Fundraising expenses
$52,399
Program service expenses (Part III)
$441,767

Program services were 78.5% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $600

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $422,596

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $44,234

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Bike Tn Project

    total $35,450 · related or exempt $35,450

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Spring Summit

    total $27,814 · related or exempt $27,814

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Fall Board Meeting

    total $3,003 · related or exempt $3,003

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $820 · related or exempt $820

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $3,895

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $3,895

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $21,099

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $8,204

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $12,895

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $5,449

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,714

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $3,735

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $76,787 · program services $46,072 · management and general $7,679 · fundraising $23,036

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $87,339 · program services $33,005 · management and general $37,192 · fundraising $17,142

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,422 · program services $1,888 · management and general $177 · fundraising $1,357

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,972 · program services $3,366 · management and general $919 · fundraising $1,687

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,500 · program services $6,419 · management and general $3,760 · fundraising $3,321

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,159 · fundraising $4,159

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $564 · program services $501 · management and general $49 · fundraising $14

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,279 · program services $328 · management and general $2,787 · fundraising $164

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,332 · program services $7,932 · management and general $467 · fundraising $933

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $38,981 · program services $38,975 · management and general $2 · fundraising $4

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $58,841 · program services $57,423 · management and general $1,418

  • 24a · Other expenses: Membership Kits

    total $18,678 · program services $18,678

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bike TN Photographer

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: Hivepass & Stripe Fees

    total $15,804 · program services $15,804

  • 24d · Other expenses: Membership payouts to cha

    total $196,866 · program services $196,866

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $28,141 · program services $11,605 · management and general $15,954 · fundraising $582

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $32,225 · end of year $29,092

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $156,358 · end of year $150,562

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $16,618

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,568 · end of year $15,241

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $17,552

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $12,431

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $198,151 · end of year $181,530

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $198,151

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

To ensure that our public lands offer fun, challenging, and sustainable mountain biking for all mountain bikers. We believe everyone should ha ve access to the social, physical, and mental benefits of mountain biking

Activities or mission (Part I)

Advocacy education and resource sharing to ensure our public lands offer sustainable mountain biking for all mountain bikers

  • SORBAs largest program service is the centralized administration of the membership system for SORBA Main and its affiliated chapters. SORBA collects and processes all membership dues,manages member data, and allocates each chapter?s portion of dues to support local trail building, maintenance, volunteer coordination, and mountain bike advocacy. This shared membership platform ensures consistent member experience, accurate reporting, and reliable funding for chapter-level program delivery.

    Expenses $397,595 · Revenue $422,596

  • The Summit Provide Volunteers, land managers, advocates, and members days of trail stewardship. We provide workshops, presentations, panels providing SORBAs organizations and partners with the tools to create a robust and diverse organization. The Summit also provides a space for voting matters by the board members.

    Expenses $41,474 · Revenue $27,814

  • The Fall BOD meeting provides volunteers, land managers, advocates, and members with days of trail stewardship. We provide workshops presentations, panels, providing SORBAs organizations and partners with the tools to create a robust and diverse organization. The Fall BOD meeting provides a space for voting matters by the board members.

    Expenses $2,698 · Revenue $3,003

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Philip Darden

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $72,000
    From this org
    $72,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chris Doane

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dan Thrailkill

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jim Grover

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Erin McMahon

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
31 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632439349300203

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