August 2016
2015 Annual Report At a Glance 2015 was an exceptional year for Cascade Bicycle Club. From the pivotal passing of the Move Seattle Levy to cementing our partnership with Washington Bikes by voting to merge to the successful completion of our capital campaign, Cascade made huge steps forward in improving lives through bicycling. It couldn’t have been done without our tremendous members, volunteers, staff and board. Education continued to grow and inspire more and more people to ride bicycles, with 24,600 students taught and a contract secured to reach EVERY third through fifth grade student in Seattle Public Schools with bicycle and pedestrian safety education. The Major Taylor Project expanded to 10 sites in four school districts, reaching 330 students who rode more than 47,000 miles. Cascade Events continued to break new ground, and new events like the Seattle Night Ride, Ride for Major Taylor and the Woodinville Wine Ride reached new audiences. Free Group Rides offerings also increased by 25 percent from 2014 to 2015. Membership exceeded 15,700 this year, and those who responded to our annual member survey gave an overwhelmingly positive response.
Thanks to generous Capital Campaign donors in 2015, this summer Cascade bike campers are enjoying the new Cascade Bicycling Center Traffic Garden!
We hit our Capital Campaign goal! This has transformed how we work and how we welcome folks — and the Cascade Bicycling Center expansion, to be completed in September 2016, will transform how our community learns to ride and gathers to bike. We transformed the region. Advocacy celebrated new milestone: the momentous passing of the $930 million Move Seattle Levy to invest
in better bikeways over the next nine years; the approved removal of Eastside railway to make room for the Cross Kirkland Corridor; and out of 40 races endorsed, the election of 36 bike-friendly leaders (Future endorsements will be carried out by Washington Bikes, now our 501(c)4 partner.) In a historic occasion, the merger with Washington Bikes was approved in December and
laid the groundwork to transform Cascade into a statewide advocacy and education organization, with a powerful partner in Washington Bikes. We’ve grown and succeeded tremendously in 2015, and your support makes it all possible. Here’s to a great 2016, and a momentous future of improving lives through bicycling statewide.
2015 Financials
Income
Expenses
Income
Expenses
Events & Rides
$3,300,429
Events & Rides
$1,969,324
Donations
$910,129
Bike Month
$258,964
Membership
$449,338
Membership
$232,835
Sponsorship
$207,428
MTP
$201,804
Advocacy
$30,000
Advocacy
$282,105
Grants
$314,232
Classes & Camps
$311,846
Communication
$35,140
Administration
$834,327
Classes & Camps
$72,983
Development
$262,630
Other
$13,359
Communication
$449,850
Other
$47,097
Bicycling Center
$46,174
Sponsorship
$186,096
Advocacy
$283,351
Administration
$183,597
Total Expenses
$1,548,366
Total Income
$4,014,362
Total Expenses
$3,768,441
Total Income
$1,551,869
Sponsorship
Communication
Other
Administration
Other
Administration
Classes & Camps
Advocacy
Communication
Advocacy
Grants
Bicycling Center
Advocacy
Membership
Sponsorship
Development
Membership
Events & Rides
Donations
Classes & Camps
s Events & Rides
MTP Bike Month
Total Income $4,014,362
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Total Expenses $3,768,441
Total Income $1,551,869
Total Expenses $1,548,366
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