Spokeland

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 453069542
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2023–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location: Oakland, CA, USA
Phone: 5108529253
Rating: 66
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $88,970
Expenses: $56,229
Assets: $87,829
Liabilities: $30,000

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

PHUONG ANH BUI (BOARD DIRECT)
MICHAEL ALSTON (BOARD TREASU)
CHRISTOPHER SALAM (BOARD SECRET)

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

Bicycle repair & mechanic instruction

What it reported doing in 2025

The shop opens to the public twice per week offering professional mechanic support for bike repairs. Community members are guided by a spokeland mechanic to conduct a diagnosis, evaluation, and repair of their bicycle. 250 sessions.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 41
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 59
Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 34%; rating input score 34
Program expense ratio: 53.5%; rating input score 53

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: 36.8%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.56; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 34.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 102% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 34% of revenue deployed · 53.5% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $30K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.