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WISH FOR WHEELS

EIN 59-3803048 DENVER, CO

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Revenue 2024
$2,014,942
Expenses 2024
$1,840,374

Program services were 70.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P58
Classification
1000
Street
7794 E HAMPDEN CIR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WISH FOR WHEELS IS A COLORADO BASED NON-PROFIT THAT GIVES AWAY BICYCLES TO CHILDREN RESIDING IN LOW INCOME AREAS. WISH FOR WHEELS DONATES THESE BIKES THROUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS CHOSEN BASED ON MEDIAN INCOME FOR THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDING BICYCLES TO CHILDREN RESIDING IN LOW INCOME AREAS - WE PROVIDE NEW BIKES/HELMETS TO 2ND GRADERS IN TITLE I SCHOOLS.

  • WISH FOR WHEELS EXISTS TO EMPOWER CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES WITH THE GIFT OF A NEW BIKE AND HELMET. OUR COMMUNITIES ARE STRENGTHENED AS VOLUNTEERS COME TOGETHER TO SERVE THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THROUGH THE GIFT OF A NEW BICYCLE AND HELMET, WE TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF 2ND GRADERS IN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, BROADENING THEIR SCOPE FOR PERSONAL GROWTH AND A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE WHILE BUILDING THEIR CONFIDENCE AS THEY MASTER A NEW SKILL. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2004, WISH FOR WHEELS HAS GIFTED OVER 100,000 BIKES AND CONNECTED OVER 550 COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR VOLUNTEERS TO OVER 400 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. OUR GOAL IS TO GIVE A NEW BIKE AND HELMET TO EVERY TITLE 1 SECOND GRADER IN THE US.

    Expenses $1,289,620 · Grants $780,427

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Bradley Appel

    FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $128,591
    From this org
    $120,104
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,487
    Hours/week
    40
  • Greg Greenwood

    CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $123,942
    From this org
    $112,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,254
    Hours/week
    40
  • Andy Shober

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anthony Shontz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Gutknecht

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Anton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Ayres

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Justin England

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate Tate

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathleen Stubbs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lance Armstrong

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren Hemphill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lindsay Ah Loo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maigread Eichten

    DIRECTOR AS OF 3/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nick Travaille

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shelly Raaths

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacie McWilliams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Loralee Briggs Davis

    MANAGING DIRECTOR AS OF 7/2024

    Total calculated
    $150,357
    From this org
    $142,687
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,670
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,687
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,670
    Filer's total
    $150,357

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,014,942
    Expenses
    $1,840,374
    Contributions
    $1,977,833
    Grants paid
    $780,427
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,188,456
    Expenses
    $1,896,122
    Contributions
    $2,149,081
    Grants paid
    $940,017
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,763,333
    Expenses
    $1,483,208
    Contributions
    $1,755,711
    Grants paid
    $710,983

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $716,731
    Expenses
    $620,041
    Assets (EOY)
    $569,893
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $422,108
    Expenses
    $372,852
    Assets (EOY)
    $462,232
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $920,019
    Expenses
    $723,474
    Assets (EOY)
    $456,562
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $846,216
    Expenses
    $867,059
    Assets (EOY)
    $213,162
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $818,853
    Expenses
    $774,527
    Assets (EOY)
    $240,144
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $565,268
    Expenses
    $508,970
    Assets (EOY)
    $196,124
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $325,176
    Expenses
    $311,643
    Assets (EOY)
    $135,924
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $287,626
    Expenses
    $238,778
    Assets (EOY)
    $107,782
  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $179,987
    Expenses
    $152,125
    Assets (EOY)
    $58,999
  • 2012 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $55,145
    Expenses
    $64,650
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,489

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2011

Tax period
1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012
Principal officer
Brad Appel
Mailing address
8101 E Prentice Ave Suite 800Greenwood Village CO 80111
Website
www.wishforwheels.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.