TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES INC

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1200

Street

111 JOHN ST STE 260

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

• ADVOCACY - THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF TA'S ADVOCACY PROGRAM IS TO ENGAGE AND EMPOWER NEW YORKERS TO INCREASE BIKING, WALKING, AND PUBLIC TRANSIT OPTIONS AND ACHIEVE VISION ZERO - THE REVOLUTIONARY GOAL OF ZERO DEATHS OR SERIOUS INJURIES CAUSED BY TRAFFIC. TA TURNED OUT ACTIVISTS TO HUNDREDS OF SEPARATE PUBLIC-FACING EVENTS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY BOARD MEETINGS, RALLIES, COMMUNITY VISIONING SESSIONS, AND PETITION DRIVES, AND HELD SCORES OF MEETINGS AND ENGAGEMENTS WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS. AS A RESULT OF THESE ACTIVITIES, TA ACHIEVED NUMEROUS CAMPAIGN MILESTONES THIS YEAR, INCLUDING POSITIVE COMMUNITY BOARD VOTES, THE ENDORSEMENT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF MANY PROJECTS.

  Expenses $2,566,087

• RESEARCH AND REPORTING - TA EMPLOYS ORIGINAL RESEARCH AND REPORTING TO PUSH ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS AND POLICY AREAS FORWARD. THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF ITS DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND SENIOR EDITOR, TA RESEARCHES AND RELEASES SIGNATURE POLICY REPORTS. IN ADDITION TO THESE REPORTS, TA HAS RELEASED MORE THAN A DOZEN ORIGINAL ARTICLES ON THE INTERNET WEBSITE, WWW.MEDIUM.COM, COMBINING PERSONAL STORYTELLING WITH STATISTICAL EVIDENCE TO EXPLORE POLICIES FROM RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN TRAFFIC VIOLENCE CASES TO TACTICAL URBANISM AS A RESPONSE TO FISCAL CRISIS.

  Expenses $907,830

• OUTREACH TOURS AND EVENTS - TA'S ANNUAL BIKE TOURS PROVIDE AN ENTRY-LEVEL PATH TO ON-STREET BICYCLING, INCLUDING THE BOROUGH TOUR IN STATEN ISLAND, WHICH OFFERS A CHOICE OF EITHER 35-MILE OR 50-MILE FAMILY-ORIENTED BICYCLE PARADES THAT LOOP THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE NEW YORK CITY'S BICYCLING POPULATION HAS EXPLODED. TA ALSO CEMENTED THEIR REPUTATION AS AN INTERNATIONAL LEADER ON VISION ZERO BY HOSTING THEIR ANNUAL VISION ZERO CITIES CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER 2024. THE CONFERENCE BROUGHT TOGETHER TRAFFIC SAFETY EXPERTS AND POLICYMAKERS FROM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD TO SHARE COMMON CHALLENGES, PRACTICAL GUIDANCE, AND CUTTING-EDGE SOLUTIONS.

  Expenses $624,949 · Revenue $309,363

• MEMBERSHIP - TA HAS APPROXIMATELY 2,500 DUES-PAYING MEMBERS, WHICH FORM THE CORE OF THEIR SUPPORTER BASE. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MEMBERS ARE KEPT UP TO DATE ON TA'S WORK AND HOW MEMBERS CAN GET INVOLVED. TA HOSTS MEMBERSHIP EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO THANK SUPPORTERS AND GET THEM EXCITED ABOUT TA'S PRIORITY PROGRAMS AND CAMPAIGNS. TA ORGANIZES A CITYWIDE BIKE TO WORK DAY ANNUALLY, AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BICYCLISTS DEMONSTRATE HOW SIMPLE USING BICYCLES FOR TRANSPORTATION CAN BE.

  Expenses $218,989 · Revenue $19,562

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $4,233,846

  Expenses

  $5,103,587

  Contributions

  $3,887,941

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,691,309

  Expenses

  $4,993,330

  Contributions

  $4,307,812

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,379,545

  Expenses

  $4,379,689

  Contributions

  $3,988,806

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $5,804,814

  Expenses

  $3,489,864

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,614,019

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,134,510

  Expenses

  $3,062,643

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,167,274

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,907,222

  Expenses

  $3,677,609

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,288,049

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,876,549

  Expenses

  $3,929,151

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,109,762

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,137,877

  Expenses

  $4,207,203

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,333,292

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,910,060

  Expenses

  $4,074,816

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,175,508

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,162,242

  Expenses

  $4,085,073

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,265,583

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,274,721

  Expenses

  $3,457,248

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,452,361

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $3,004,595

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,593,427

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,691,154

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,537,040

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.

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

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $852,425

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $799,700

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $733,135

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND

  $253,636

  2022 · IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE

• JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND

  $227,786

  2023 · IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE

• ASSETS UNDER MOVEMENT

  $125,000

  2024 · Project support

• NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL

  $118,426

  2024 · TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT STORIES FOR SAFE STREETS

• THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST

  $115,000

  2024 · FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $101,000

  2024 · MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES

• THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST

  $100,000

  2024 · FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.

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

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