Brian Rimm

Outride grants are focused on increasing access to cycling and its benefits for social, emotional, and cognitive health.

Priorities

Rider Education

High Quality Programming

Safe Infrastructure

Positive Youth Development

Inclusive Access to Cycling

Grant Programs

Outride offers two grant programs, Riding for Focus and Community Impact Grant, that both aim to empower people, especially youth, to experience the social, emotional, and cognitive health benefits of cycling. Click on the below dropdown links to learn more.

 

  • Our in-kind (non-monetary) grant for establishing a Riding for Focus (R4F) program. An R4F grant includes a fleet of bikes, helmets, curriculum, training module, program evaluation services, and access to our nationwide R4F community.

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  • Our monetary grant that supports implementing programs that increase access to cycling.

    Community Impact Grants support a wide range of cycling programs, including:

    • Rider education programs

    • After school programs

    • Earn-a-bike

    • Racing and development teams

    • Bike parks and pump tracks

    • Skills camps

    • Workforce development in the cycling industry

    • Community ride programs

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We make grants that:

  • Identify specific, measurable goals and objectives that are aligned with our mission to empower all people to experience the social, emotional, and cognitive benefits of cycling

  • Have clear strategies or programs to achieve those goals

  • Support an equitable, inclusive, and diverse cycling community

We do not fund:

  • Political campaigns

  • Standalone events

  • Individuals

  • Bike advocacy/policy/lobbying initiatives

  • Programs not focused on cycling

  • Cycling programs without an intentional focus on social, emotional, and cognitive health or expanding equity and access

Outride has granted our Riding For Focus Program to 400 schools across the US and Canada.

Pictured: Kingsbridge Middle School - New York, New York

Outride has awarded over $2 million dollars in community grants to more than 255 community cycling projects across the US.

Pictured: Silver Stallion Bicycle & Coffee Works - Gallup, NM