Youth Bicyclists Of Nevada County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
261344243
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Nevada City, CA, USA
Phone
5302770943
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,493
Expenses
$3,315
Assets
$4,793
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jeanette Lowe (Founder/President)

People named in this filing

  • Jeanette Lowe (Founder/President)
  • Estelle Barber (Treasurer)
  • Duane Strawser (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

The Youth Bicyclists of Nevada County (YBONC) Foundation was developed to provide youths in the community an active participation through the sport of cycling, focusing on reducing foreseen obesity and diabetes type illnesses as predicted in the next 20-30 years with today's youths. Our mission is to establish and facilitate a safe environment for young cyclists, and educate the values of nutrition and healthy lifestyles to help promote wellness.

What it reported doing in 2025

The California Dirt Mountain Bike Series is on of YBONC Foundation's main fundraisers to support programs for Nevada County, CA youth bike clubs. 100 or more riders per event for youth, adults and pros.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; 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: 26.2%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.45; rating input score 57; 57th 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: -56.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1,230.9% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $40K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 7 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.