SILICON VALLEY BICYCLE COALITION: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization
SILICON VALLEY BICYCLE COALITION (EIN 77-0338658)
Tax period
2015-07-01 to 2016-06-30
Filed
2017-04-24
IRS object ID
201741149349300869
Schema version
2015v3.0
Source
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EOY$430,216EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$144,409BOYAmt
EOY$621,793EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$152,512ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Prior Period Adjustments-$3,975PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$150,590OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedfalseFSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2Yes (X)PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$126,781CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$443,983CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$528,648CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$729,697CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$804,508CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$2,633,617TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$208,890CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$507,001CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$285,561CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$211,422CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$442,517CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$1,655,391TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$33,172CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$44,758CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$55,569CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$69,582CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$27,720CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$230,801TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$368,843CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$995,742CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$869,778CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,010,701CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,274,745CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$4,519,809TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$3,900CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$9,300CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$10,534CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$11,600CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$15,345CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$50,679TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$7,653CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$259,953CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$192,478CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$109,742CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$240,434CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$810,260TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$11,553CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$269,253CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$203,012CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$121,342CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$255,779CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$860,939TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509$3,658,870PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$17CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$24CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$11CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year$9CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$61TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$17CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$24CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$11CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year$9CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$61TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$12CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year$509CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$521TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$368,860CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$995,778CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$869,789CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,010,701CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,275,263CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$4,520,391TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5090.80940PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5090.82550PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.00000InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed Section4955 TaxfalseForm4720FiledSection4955TaxInd
Correction MadefalseCorrectionMadeInd

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$2,529FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$490FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$3,019FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$1,064,282FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$1,067,301FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$181,730FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$45,433FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 FiledfalseForm4720FiledInd

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus1$158,037CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$181,730CurrentYearAmt
Total$339,767TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$509,651LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus1$3,411CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$3,019CurrentYearAmt
Total$6,430TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus1$39,509CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$45,433CurrentYearAmt
Total$84,942TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$127,413GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus1$2,757CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$2,529CurrentYearAmt
Total$5,286TotalAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart II-B, Line 1i - Other Activities DescriptionFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationOne staff member travelled to Wash DC to meet with members of Congress. We send occasional letters on bicycle related issues to local council members or state legislatures, and occasionally publish information on legislative issues and encourage people to write letters or attend a hearing in our bi-weekly (every 2 weeks) email bulletin.ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescDue to TSCN DiversionDesc
Amt$9,577Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$9,577TotalLiabilityAmt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyfalseAgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1Annual DinnerEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$146,117GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$118,397CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$27,720GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1$41,985RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1$1,760EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$146,117GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$118,397CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$27,720GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events$41,985RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events$1,760EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$43,745DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$16,025NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
DescAuction itemsDesc
Contribution124ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$46,944NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesFMVMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsYes (true)ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (9 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 2: New ServicesBeginning in September, 2015, SVBC took over management of Bike to Work Day for the San Francisco Bay Region, coordinating the 2016 Bike to Work Day activities throughout nine Bay Area Counties. This function was previously managed by the Bay Area Bicycle Coalition, which merged with SVBC effective 12/31/15.In August, 2015, SVBC received a grant from ArtPlace America to fund a fiscally sponsored program, "Sunset Bridge" for the purpose of sponsoring repair and re-energizing of a bike/ped pathway over a major freeway which is a barrier to travel between neighborhoods in a poorer, mainly minority, section of San Jose. The pathway has suffered from poor maintenance and blight and was considered unsafe, but was designated as a part of an east-west San Jose bicycle route.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services DescriptionOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: The San Jose Bike Clinic, a volunteer-run fiscally sponsored program, has the mission of teaching bike repair and maintenance skills to interested persons and to encourage bicycle culture in the local area. The Bike Clinic was able to rent a space in downtown San Jose where they hold clinics four evenings a week. We worked with the City of San Jose to help plan and market Viva Calle San Jose, an open-streets program consisting of events that temporarily close long segments of city streets to vehicle traffic, making them fully accessible to people moving by foot, bike, scooter, skateboard, or any other means of non-motorized travel. We worked with several local companies and agencies to establish BikePool programs which organize groups of riders to ride together at specific times and places to help get more riders used to commuting by bicycle.We do valet bike parking at numerous venues throughout the year. Another fiscally sponsored project, Sunset Bridge received a grant from Art Place to clean up and energize a pedestrian bridge over Highway 101, which connects an ethnically diverse, but somewhat isolated, neighborhood with downtown San Jose. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5:
Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, EtBoard Treasurers Jim Parker and Alyssa have a business relationship.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b: Describe Decisions of Governing Body Approval by Members or ShareholdersThe board may not, without the approval of the members, adopt, amend, or repeal a bylaw provision that:1. Specifies or changes the maximum or minimum number of directors;2. Increases or extends the terms of directors;3. Changes the structure of the board from fixed to variable or vice versa;4. Increases the quorum for members' meetings;5. Changes members' proxy rights;6. Authorizes cumulative voting;7. Increases the number of directors appointed by the board rather than elected by the members; or8. Authorizes the board to fill a vacancy created by the removal of a director by the member.Members have the right to vote on the disposition of all or substantially all of the corporation's assets; any merger and its principal terms and any amendment of those terms; any election to dissolve the corporation.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessThe Form 990 is reviewed by the finance committee of the board of directors, including the treasurer, and by the executive director prior to filing. It is also posted for all directors to review.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsBoard members complete a questionnaire yearly requiring disclosure of possible conflicts.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementThe board considers comparability data that demonstrate the fair market value of the compensation which may include compensation studies by independent firms; written job offers for positions at similar organizations; documented telephone calls about similar positions at other organizations; or information obtained from the IRS Form 990 filings of similar organizations. The board documents how it reaches its decision, noting the terms of compensation and date it was approved; the members of the board who were present; and the comparability data obtained and relied upon.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableThey are posted on our website, and otherwise made available upon request.
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other IncreasesNet Assets transfer from Bay Area Bicycle Coalition = $150590

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