Morgan Hill, Cali., August 11, 2021 - The Outride Fund today announced their largest and most rewarding grant round to date, donating a total of $530,000 to 53 local organizations across the country. With a focus on empowering local communities and improving diversity, equity, and inclusion for youth riders, this round of funding is another huge step towards making cycling more accessible.
Congratulations to all the Summer 2021 Outride Fund Awardees:
- Chugach Mountain Bike Riders, Ben's Bike Playground, Chugiak, AK, $10,000
- The Salty Spoke, Mentoring Rural Alaska Youth Bike Mechanics, Sitka, AK, $15,000
- Dine' WE CAN, Indian Wells Bike Skills Park, Indian Wells, AZ, $15,000
- El Grupo Youth Cycling, Bike Club Expansion, Tucson, AZ, $15,000
- Recycle Bikes For Kids Recycle Bikes For Kids, North Little Rock, AR, $5,000
- ActiveSGV, Bike San Gabriel Valley, El Monte, CA , $15,000
- Marin County Bicycle Coalition, Cory's Ride, Fairfax, CA, $10,000
- Cycles of Change, Youth Bike Advocate Development with Cycles of Change, Oakland, CA, $15,000
- Trips for Kids Marin, Miles for Smiles: Get More Kids On Bikes, San Rafael, CA, $10,000
- Alamosa Bicycle Coalition, Alamosa Bicycle Coalition, Alamosa, CO, $5,000
- Bridges High School, Bridges HS - Bike Tech in Schools, CARBONDALE, CO, $10,000
- Kids on Bikes, Cresta Bike Park, Colorado Springs, CO, $5,000
- Southwest Open School, SWOS - Bike Tech in Schools, CORTEZ, CO, $10,000
- Mile High 360, Mile High 360 Cycling Program, Denver, CO, $15,000
- The Cycle Effect, TCE's Girls Mountain Bike Program, Eagle, CO, $15,000
- EUREKA! McConnell Science Museum, EUREKA! Cycles for Science, Grand Junction, CO, $12,000
- Cloud City Wheelers, Oregon Gulch Trail, Leadville, CO, $7,500
- Silverthorne Elementary School, STEM Bike Program, Silverthorne, CO, $5,000
- Hartford Rolling Anvils Youth Cycling Team, Middletown, CT, $15,000
- Chris' Cycle Centre, Mystic Cycle Centre Supporting Youth Cycling Programs, Mystic, CT, $2,500 PrimeAbility, STAY PRIME CYCLING, Washington, DC, $3,500.00
- SORBA Athens, Bike Library Outreach at Walker Park, Athens, GA, $10,000
- Free Bikes 4 Kidz Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, $15,000
- Experimental Station, Blackstone Bicycle Works, Chicago, IL, $10,000
- Northwest Side Housing Center, Bikes for Belmont Cragin, Chicago, IL, $12,500
- KCCX Elite Cyclocross Club, KCCX/Outride, Olathe, KS, $10,000
- Front Yard Bikes, At-Home Earn-A-Bike, Baton Rouge, LA, $15,000
- Sidecountry Sports, Expanding Opportunities - Thomaston Town Forest & Beyond, Rockland, ME, $5,000 Nasson Bikes, Equipping the Middle School Bike Room, Springvale, ME, $1,250
- Urbandirt, School of Dirt, Boston, MA, $5,000
- Hale Reservation, Inc., Hale on Wheels, Westwood, MA, $5,000
- Free Bikes 4 Kidz, Minnesota, Eden Prairie, MN, $12,500
- Pedal Power Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN, $10,00
- The Minnesota Cycling Center (MNCC), ABCs - The Science of Cycling, Minneapolis, MN, $5,000 FamilyMeans, FamilyMeans Youth Bicycle Program, Stillwater, MN, $5,000
- Nebraska Interscholastic Cycling League, Girls Inc. Getting Rad, La Vista, NE, $15,000
- Silver Stallion Bicycle & Coffee Works, Silver Stallion Mobile Ride Center - Park Tool School, Gallup, NM, $11,500
- Elmira Bikes, Elmira, NY, $5,000
- I Challenge Myself, Cycling Apprenticeship Program, New York, NY, $15,000
- Individuals Making Positive Advancements in their Communities Together, Newburgh Rise and Ride, Newburgh, NY, $12,500
- Grow Cycling Foundation, Spiro, OK, $15,000
- Free Bikes 4 Kidz Eugene-Springfield, Eugene, OR, $10,000
- Community Cycling Center, Free Bicycle Camps for Youth, Portland, OR, $15,000
- Centre County Crows Composite Team, Centre County Crows Take Flight, State College, PA, $2,000
- 1 PVD Cycling, Providence, RI, $5,000
- Rural America Initiatives, Ateyapi Ridez, Rapid City, SD, $15,000
- Ghisallo Cycling Initiative, Cycle Academy at Langford Elementary, Austin, TX, $15,000
- Richmond Cycling Corps, Outride 2021, Richmond, VA, $15,000
- Galbraith Gravity Junior Racing, Bellingham, WA, $5,000
- Lincoln Park BMX Association, Port Angeles Pumptrack, Port Angeles, WA, $15,000
- Free Bikes 4 Kidz Yakima, Yakima, WA, $10,000
- Spooner Area School District, Fat Tire Bikes in the Snow, Spooner, WI, $5,000
- Coombs Outdoors, Coombs Outdoors Youth MTB Initiative, Jackson, WY, $7,500
About Outride
Founded in 2014, Outride is a non-profit organization that partners with schools, community partners, coaches, teams, and cyclists to advance more equitable, inclusive, and healthy futures for youth. Through research, school-based cycling programs, and matching community grants, Outride harnesses the benefits of cycling for the cognitive, socio-emotional, and physical well-being of youth while also helping to cultivate inclusive cycling communities. Outride's mission is to increase access to cycling so that every kid can experience the freedom, joy, and community that riding a bike can provide. Learn more at outridebike.org
