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San Diego Mountain Biking Association (SDMBA)

Improving trail access for mountain biking in San Diego Coun ty

aka San Diego Mountain Biking Association   |   SAN DIEGO, CA   |  https://sdmba.com/
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San Diego Mountain Biking Association (SDMBA)

EIN: 20-1701837


Mission

The San Diego Mountain Biking Association (SDMBA) works to improve trail access for mountain biking in San Diego County.

Ruling year info

2005

Executive Director

Susie Murphy

President

Matt Bartelt

Main address

PO BOX 881491 www.sdmba.com

SAN DIEGO, CA 92168 USA

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EIN

20-1701837

Subject area info

Environment

Environmental education

Sports and recreation

Population served info

Children

Preteens

Adolescents

Adults

NTEE code info

Alliance/Advocacy Organizations (C01)

Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs (C60)

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

SDMBA recognizes that San Diego County needs more opportunities for quality trail experiences especially in dense urban and suburban communities.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Land Stewardship / Liaison Program

Land Stewardship / Liaison Programs. SDMBA Volunteer Liaisons provide direction, education, and hands-on building and maintenance of trails throughout San Diego County. Liaisons work with park rangers, city councils, community groups, and others concerned with maintaining accessible and sustainable recreational trails for our citizenship to provide balanced access for all trail users. Volunteer SDMBA member Liaisons work with park staff and managers, community development groups, local and regional governing bodies, community advisory councils, environmental groups, national and regional associations to promote access to these San Diego parks and other areas:Balboa Park/Morley Field - Black Mountain Open Space - California Riding and Hiking Trail (CRHT) - California State Parks- Crestridge Reserve - Daley Ranch - Elfin Forest - La Costa - Mission Trails Regional Park - Noble Canyon & USFS - North County Coastal - Penasquitos Canyon - San Diego County - San Dieguito River Park - San Marcos/San Elijo hills - Sweetwater/Otay - Sycamore Canyon/Goodan Ranch Open Space Preserves - Tecolote Canyon - Evan Ted Williams

Population(s) Served
Adults

Trail Building and Maintenance: Trail work Days are an important element of promoting access to trails by helping to design, maintain, and build sustainable trails for all users. Trail building includes construction of bridges, cutting fresh trails, repairing damaged trails, working around endangered habitats and species, private and military property owners, securing a wide variety of tools, organizing volunteers into workable trained teams, training team' bosses,' developing robust helpful relationships with area Liaisons and agencies, and providing a majority of work during our brief rainy season when trails are most workable.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Education and Youth Support: Looking toward the future, SDMBA involves youth through a variety of recreation opportunities intended to further young rider's safety, fun, education, and responsible use of sustainable trails and habitat. Volunteer time equivalencies, transportation, bike purchases for maintaining safe bike stable, insurance, waivers, safety materials, helmets, bike transport, trained /certified instructors, event advertising and PR costs, SWAG and other distributed materials, materials reimbursement all contribute to program operations. Featured Program Opportunities: IMBA Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day, portable pump track at community events throughout the county, Guided family rides and clinics in partnership with Sprockids San Diego and other partners.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth

Bike Skill Park Complex Development: SDMBA Volunteers, from 2008 to the present, researched and prepared materials to support building a family-oriented Bike Parks with skills / trials areas, jumps, and pump track for the city and its guests of all ages in various locations throughout the County. The Sweetwtater Bike Park and the Greg Cox Bike Park both in the South Bay are very successful in providing a safe place for all riders to practice their skills. Other spaces throughout the San Diego County area are also being explored as options for bike skills parks. Help us promote future bike skills parks for the present and future San Diego families.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Children and youth

Bike Bell Program: One of the main concerns of SDMBA, is sharing the trails with everyone. Having a signal for trail users to know that a mountain biker is coming goes a long way to happy sharing of trails. While first started as a way for hikers to let bears know of their presence, bear bells attached to mountain bikes make it very easy for hikers, equestrians, and other bikers to not be surprised by an oncoming mountain biker. This helps everyone have an enjoyable time in nature, helps prevent misunderstandings, and improves safety.SDMBA's first set of bike bells were provided through a generous grant from our friends at REI. SDMBA desires to expand the Bike Bell Program to new locations throughout the county. If you would like to help, SDMBA can always use a few extra funds to buy more bells and build distribution and collection boxes. Bike Bell Stations in San Diego County include Black Mountain, Penasquitos Canyon, Mission Trails Regional Park, and Noble Canyon.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Children and youth

Where we work

Awards

Advocate of the Year 2018

San Diego County Bicycle Coalition

Community Partner of the Year 2020

County of San Diego

Non profit of the Year 2021

Olivenhain Muni Water District

Affiliations & memberships

California Mountain Biking Coalition 2022

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Total number of organization members

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

2021-22 Upcoming projects and advocacy efforts:
-Continue to work on SDMBA strategic planning, board development, and volunteer committee structure
-Continue to work with Mission Trails Regional Park to pass the Master Plan Update which includes over 20 miles of new trail and a 13 acre bike skills park
-Push planning for bike skills parks across the county
-Create and rehabilitate trails in partnership with federal, state and local agencies and jurisdictions
-Strengthen partnerships with agencies and organizations such as US Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve, San Diego Canyonlands, Black Mountain Open Space Preserve, Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, San Dieguito River Park, and others.
-Challenge current and future developments in San Diego County to provide a quality recreational features including natural surface trails to their projects
-Continue to use volunteer expertise to assist in maintenance of trails across the county

Strategic Plan 2020-2023

Goal #1 Advocacy: Advocate for enhanced mountain biking opportunities and bike parks

-Continue progress on SDMBA Top 10 Priority Projects
Create criteria for the Top 10 Priority Projects
Two of the top 10 priority projects approved for work by end of 2017.
Half of the top 10 priority projects approved for work by 2022

Goal #2 Trails: Develop and improve trails

Develop a network of destination quality trails for various riding styles.
Continue advocacy work with public land managers and seek opportunities to connect existing trail networks
Support Trail Liaisons as they cultivate relationships with land managers and prioritize projects.

Goal #3 Education: Promote the sport of mountain biking through education

Educate trail users on established trail etiquette and mountain biking skills

Goal #4 Build an engaged mountain biking community

Strategically expanding the capabilities of our professional trail crew utilzing modern trail maintenance and building techniques using hand tools and mechanized equipment. Engaging with partners to improve trail planning, maintenance and building to ensure a quality product.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We demonstrated a willingness to learn more by reviewing resources about feedback practice.
done We shared information about our current feedback practices.
  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We act on the feedback we receive

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time

Financials

San Diego Mountain Biking Association (SDMBA)
Fiscal year: Jan 01 - Dec 31

Revenue vs. expenses:  breakdown

SOURCE: IRS Form 990 info
NET GAIN/LOSS:    in 
Note: When component data are not available, the graph displays the total Revenue and/or Expense values.

Liquidity in 2019 info

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

1323.55

Average of 1424.03 over 6 years

Months of cash in 2019 info

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

7.1

Average of 2.3 over 6 years

Fringe rate in 2019 info

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

8%

Average of 3% over 6 years

Funding sources info

Source: IRS Form 990

Assets & liabilities info

Source: IRS Form 990

Financial data

Source: IRS Form 990 info

San Diego Mountain Biking Association (SDMBA)

Revenue & expenses

Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

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San Diego Mountain Biking Association (SDMBA)

Balance sheet

Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.

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San Diego Mountain Biking Association (SDMBA)

Financial trends analysis Glossary & formula definitions

Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

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Profitability info 2018 2019
Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation -$6,788 $34,262
As % of expenses -3.3% 16.3%
Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation -$6,788 $29,526
As % of expenses -3.3% 13.7%
Revenue composition info
Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) $177,679 $254,719
Total revenue, % change over prior year 0.0% 43.4%
Program services revenue 33.9% 26.1%
Membership dues 0.0% 0.0%
Investment income 0.0% 0.0%
Government grants 0.0% 0.0%
All other grants and contributions 66.1% 73.8%
Other revenue 0.0% 0.1%
Expense composition info
Total expenses before depreciation $202,645 $210,690
Total expenses, % change over prior year 0.0% 4.0%
Personnel 34.3% 50.9%
Professional fees 25.0% 0.9%
Occupancy 0.0% 0.0%
Interest 0.0% 0.0%
Pass-through 0.7% 1.4%
All other expenses 40.0% 46.8%
Full cost components (estimated) info 2018 2019
Total expenses (after depreciation) $202,645 $215,426
One month of savings $16,887 $17,558
Debt principal payment $0 $0
Fixed asset additions $0 $37,412
Total full costs (estimated) $219,532 $270,396

Capital structure indicators

Liquidity info 2018 2019
Months of cash 6.8 7.1
Months of cash and investments 6.8 7.1
Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets 4.7 4.3
Balance sheet composition info 2018 2019
Cash $115,530 $124,414
Investments $0 $0
Receivables $0 $0
Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) $0 $37,412
Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) 0.0% 12.7%
Liabilities (as a % of assets) 0.0% 0.1%
Unrestricted net assets $79,130 $108,656
Temporarily restricted net assets $41,232 N/A
Permanently restricted net assets $0 N/A
Total restricted net assets $41,232 $50,999
Total net assets $120,362 $159,655

Key data checks

Key data checks info 2018 2019
Material data errors No No

Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

Documents
Form 1023/1024 is not available for this organization

Executive Director

Susie Murphy

As a native San Diegan, Murphy grew up backpacking and hiking on the county's trails and began mountain biking there in the mid-1990s. Murphy has volunteered with the Mountain Bike Assistance Unit at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park and is currently on the leadership teams of the San Diego Chapter of Girlz Gone Riding and the Wheel Women of San Diego. She also enjoys coaching for the Eastlake High School Mountain Bike Team.

“I am committed to the members and volunteers of the San Diego Mountain Biking Association and their dedication to our amazing sport," said Murphy. "I am excited by the momentum that has been generated by SDMBA's community activities and advocacy efforts. The relationships that are being developed with local, state, and federal land management agencies are going to improve the trails in the county for generations to come—I'm excited to be a part of it!"

source: https://www.imba.com/news/sdmba-hires-executive-director

President

Matt Bartelt

Number of employees

Source: IRS Form 990

San Diego Mountain Biking Association (SDMBA)

Officers, directors, trustees, and key employees

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

Compensation
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San Diego Mountain Biking Association (SDMBA)

Board of directors
as of 08/09/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
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Board co-chair

Matt Bartelt


Board co-chair

Kevin Loomis

Kevin Loomis

Xyon Business Solutions

Don Sutton

Tim Ingersoll

Renee Halsch

Matt Bartelt

Karen St. Germain

James Camy

Chris Bohannan

Gerry Krippner

Dom Dias

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 8/9/2022

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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability

No data

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Equity strategies

Last updated: 09/21/2021

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Data
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.