Cedar Valley Cyclists Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
421187999
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Waterloo, IA, USA
Phone
3192907980
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recreational l Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$27,119
Expenses
$27,851
Assets
$74,285
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Andrew Weidner (President)
  • Troy Buzynski (Past President)

People named in this filing

  • Andrew Weidner (President)
  • Gretchen Harken (Secretary)
  • Deborah Bartels (Treasurer)

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

The mission of Cedar Valley Cyclists is to promote safe, social, and inclusive bicycling activities for people of all ages and abilities. As part of this mission, CVC: promotes bicycle safety, supports local, state, and national bicycling and trails organizations, advocates for increased support for cycling among the general public, government agencies, and elected officials; hosts rides to support local charities, assists with local cycling events and organizes a support charter for RAGBRAI(R).

What it reported doing in 2025

The mission of CVC is to promote safe, social, and inclusive bicycling activities for people of all ages and abilities. As part of this mission, CVC: promotes bicycle safety, supports local, state, and national bicycling and trails organizations, advocates for increased support for cycling among the general public, government agencies, and elected officials, hosts rides to support local charities, assists with local cycling events and organizes a support charter for RAGBRAI.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 53
  • Growth: 40

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: -2.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.67; rating input score 72; 72nd 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: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd 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 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.