Tlbr

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882374746
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Whitefish, MT, USA
Phone
6195735176
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recreation& Sports N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,966
Expenses
$44,785
Assets
$82,801

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JESSICA CERRA (CHAIR/PRESID)
  • BRIAN GRUBB (DIRECTOR)
  • MEGHAN SNOW (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

Tlbr's mission and exempt purpose is to enhance the overall health of participants through exercise, education through hands-on sessions concerning bicycle skills, safety, maintenance, nutrition and self- improvement, and improves the overall welfare of participants and, particularly, underprivileged participants who may not have access to such opportunities, through participation in all of the foregoing and the awarding of scholarships.

What it reported doing in 2025

Tlbr did not host an annual bicycle race in whitefish, Montana this year 2025. Tlbr instead focused on the core focus of scholarships and support of local bicycle events. At other times throughout the year, tlbr offers group bicycle rides, educational sessions on bicycle handling skills, bicycle safety, bicycle maintenance, nutrition, general self-improvement, and community diversity and inclusion of the underprivileged. Scholarships totaling 27,000 were awarded in 2025. This represents a total champion scholar award scholarships provided at approximately 129,500 over the last five years.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 69% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.6%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 87.4%; rating input score 87

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: 34.1%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.85; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -52.8% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.6% of revenue deployed · 87.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $39K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.