CicLAvia

Legal name: Ciclavia Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273428380
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
2133650605
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Physical Fitness and Community Recreational Facilities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,389,549
Expenses
$3,694,421
Assets
$1,612,209
Liabilities
$386,430

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROMEL PASCUAL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROMEL PASCUAL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $170,726 total reported compensation
  • MEISHA RAINMAN (CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER): $165,096 total reported compensation
  • ALEXANDRA MERLINO (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $158,140 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

CicLAvia catalyzes vibrant public spaces, active transportation, and good health through car-free streets.

What it reported doing in 2024

Ciclavia, inc. (ciclavia), is a California nonprofit corporation with an uplifting mission to catalyze vibrant public spaces, active people-powered transportation, and good health through an incredibly popular carfree streets program. Ciclavia knows no boundaries, touching the lives of people from all neighborhoods, walks of life, economics, ethnicities, cultures, mobility, and ages. Ciclavia helps shape policies that affect the community, climate resiliency, mobility & sustainable transportation, and personal and collective wellness. Since its founding in 2010, ciclavia has built a global reputation while earning the trust of the local community.ciclavia delivered nine (9) events throughout the greater los angeles region during this period, including a return to anchor communities of south la and the heart of la. Ciclavia also introduced a new model, celebrations powered by ciclavia. These events are produced in partnership with la department of transportation to showcase recent transportation safety improvements. Venice boulevard! And ready for reseda encouraged residents to try out new protected bike lanes and safety features within the comfort and familiarity of ciclavia programs. Combined, approximately 150,000 people attended the nine (9) events.every event is free to attend. Large scale ciclavia sundays average 25,000 participants per event, while ciclaminis and celebrations average 5,000 participants per. The demographics reflect that of los angeles county with 38% hispanic, 38% white, 14% asian, and 7% african american. All ciclavia events highlight the local cultural, small business, art and architecture of the neighborhoods we're in.ciclavia is supported by a range of external revenue streams, including a contract with the city of los angeles funded primarily through a metro open streets grant. The city's investment in-and expectations of-ciclavia have doubled in recent years, as local leaders look to the organization to expand its operations and host an increased number of programs. We have eight (8) events planned for fy '25. Other revenue sources include corporate sponsors, foundation and other government grants, and individual donations (including board) and product sales.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 72% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.7%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 80.3%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.99 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.8%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.3%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 67.7% of revenue deployed · 80.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $171K · 25 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.