Fundable projects include paved bike paths and rail-trails as well as mountain bike trails, bike parks, BMX facilities, and large-scale bicycle advocacy initiatives.
We do not accept applications for bicycle recycling, repair, or earn-a-bike programs, or for bicycle rodeos. Additionally, due to our significant investment in the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, we are unable to support local Safe Routes advocacy initiatives at this time.
The Bikes Belong Grants Program has two application categories:
- Facility
- Advocacy
For the facility category, Bikes Belong will accept applications from nonprofit organizations whose missions are bicycle and/or trail specific. We will also accept applications from public agencies and departments at the national, state, regional, and local levels, however we encourage these municipalities to align with a local bicycle advocacy group that will help develop and advance the project or program.
For the advocacy category, Bikes Belong will only fund organizations whose primary mission is bicycle advocacy.
A key goal of the Bikes Belong grants program is to support bicycling in as many places as possible. Because of our limited funds, we rarely award grants to organizations and communities that have received Bikes Belong funding within the past three years.
If your organization is new, and you have not yet acquired your nonprofit status, you may submit an application with the assistance of another nonprofit that has agreed to serve as your fiscal agent. You will need to provide a letter from the fiscal sponsor outlining their role in the project.
