Indiana Bicycle Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
351886952
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone
7344767897
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recreational l Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$82,576
Expenses
$85,744
Assets
$77,179
Liabilities
$760

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Margaret Barawskas (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Jordan Ballinger (Director)
  • Jacob Boberg (Director)
  • Monica Crews (Director)

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

To make bike riding safe and equitable for all Hoosiers by educating bicyclists, motorists, and policymakers, and advocating for laws, policies, and infrastructure.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide the following educational materials: Law cards (Indiana laws that apply to cyclists), Bicycling Fun & Safety coloring book, Share the Road brochures, Safe Cycling in Indiana booklet, Bicycling is Fun! (kids brochure), to any organization, group or individual free of charge.Pedal and Park - bike valet program for events in the Central Indiana. Provide bike racks for use at events.Bicycle Indiana Resource Guide - Annual publication with calendar of funding rides, articles about bike-related organizations and happenings around Indiana, information about Bicycle Indiana, lists of bike shops and bike organizations statewide, and other relevant information for cyclists.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.8%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.8%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 64.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $86K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.