Bike Newton Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 800317410
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- West Newton, MA, USA
- Phone
- 8576360953
- Rating
- 36
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recreational l Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,360
- Expenses
- $1,307
- Assets
- $3,950
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LOIS LEVIN (PRESIDENT)
- NATHAN ARONOW (VICE-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LOIS LEVIN (PRESIDENT)
- NATHAN ARONOW (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- JONATHAN FRANKEL (TREASURER & ASSISTANT CLERK)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Bike newton, inc. Aims to promote bicycling as a viable method of transportation in newton, Massachusetts.
What it reported doing in 2025
Bike Newton continues to advocate in support of projects and legislation to increase the amount and safety of bicycle infrastructure in Newton. Such advocacy is in the form of attending and speaking at Newton City Council meetings, correspondence to the council and Mayor, and communication with other interested parties. Bike Newton also provides representatives to serve on Newton's Transportation Advisory Group in order to leverage such advocacy efforts. Some of the Newton projects of current advocacy interest to Bike Newton are as follows: (a) Needham Street Bike Lanes; (b) Walk, Roll & Bike Network Plan; (c) Newton Highlands Village Enhancement Project; (d) Elliot Street Traffic Calming Project; (e) Commonwealth Avenue Carriageway Redesign; (f) Hammond Pond Parkway Improvement Project; (g) Washington Street Pilot. Some of the legislative advocacy activities during the year were as follows: (a) Participation in Massachusetts State Lobby Day: meetings with Newton's elected officials to discuss proposed bills to the legislative session including: (i) S2230 - An Act relative to class 3 electric bicycles; (ii) H.3145 - An Act expanding community access to electric bicycles; (iii) H.3470 - An Act relative to bike use of crosswalks; (iv) H.3702 - An Act allowing the Idaho Stop; (v) H.3393 - An Act relative to automated enforcement. (b) Participation in National Bike Summit: Attended by Doug Cornelius, a Bike Newton Officer, the event included meetings with federally elected officials from Massachusetts including Rep. Auchincloss, Sen. Warren and Sen. Markey; (c) Bike Newton Candidate Questionnaire: a document developed by Bike Newton to facilitate the distribution of cycling and mobility issue opinions held by city candidates for elected office. In addition to project and legislative advocacy, Bike Newton contributed to the community during the year as follows: (a) Led over 20 community bike rides during the spring, summer and fall riding through Newton and surrounding towns; (b) Light Brigade Outreach: Bike Newton partnered with Safe Routes to School and the Newton Police Department for a bike light giveaway event to promote bike safety; (c) Staffed booths/information tables at: (i) Newton Harvest Fair/Green Expo; (ii) Newton South High School Earth Day.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and total assets are large relative to annual expenses, but may not be spendable cash. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.9%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.02; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -50.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -20.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.