Focus Area - Bicycle Advocacy
It's no secret, we like bikes! The bicycle is near and dear to our New Belgium hearts, as you might notice from the label of our flagship beer, Fat Tire. Not only is the bicycle all kinds of fun to ride, but as our friend Jimmy Hallyburton says, it allows us to experience our communities and our world at the speed of discovery: to connect with the world around us in a way that simply cannot be achieved when a car door is separating us from our surroundings. We believe the bicycle keeps the planet healthy, and we celebrate it daily here at the brewery.
Thank you to everyone who applied for the 2024 Bicycle Advocacy grant cycle! We awarded $167,589 to organizations working to increase ridership through programs focused on bicycle equity and access, safety education, and transportation justice! Ride On!
Interested in applying for a 2025 Bicycle Advocacy Grant? Details coming in early 2025.
SMALL GRANT GUIDELINES
We are looking to fund:
- Projects that break down barriers and foster support for riders
- Projects that focus on increasing daily ridership
- Projects that promote bicycle accessibility in communities facing historical and systemic inequities
- We prioritize funding for grassroots level organizations rooted in the communities they serve
- We prioritize funding for organizations with senior staff and/or board leadership positions held by individuals from the communities the organization serves
- We do not prioritize funding for adaptive mobility equipment. This is not a reflection on the value of the adaptive cycling organizations and programs. It only indicates our grant funds are limited.
We Do Not Fund
Programming or projects that fall outside the Bicycle Advocacy focus area
Organizations receiving New Belgium funding, sponsorship, and/or in-kind donation of beer or any New Belgium goods amounting to more than $2500 in a calendar year
Organizations without 501(c)3 status, while exceptions are made, we typically do not fund organizations utilizing a fiscal sponsor
Organizations who partner with Tour de Fat and receive funds from this event
Debt reduction
Requests from individuals including scholarships
Conferences, conventions, or workshops
Organizations/ programming for religious purposes
Fundraising events, music festivals, film festivals, or cultural events
Direct submittals from public or private schools
General operating requests, institutional overhead, indirect costs, or facilities and administration costs
Capital campaigns
Foundations who allocate requested funds to other organizations, individuals, or schools
City, County, or State agencies
Media projects including social media, podcast sponsorship, and more traditional areas of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the internet)
Sponsorship requests
Grant Sizes
Small grants range in size from $500 to $5,000
Non-Discrimination Policy
New Belgium does not provide support to organizations which, in their constitution or practice, discriminate against a person or group on the basis of race, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy and sexual orientation), gender identity or expression (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender individual), age (40 and over), physical or mental disability, citizenship, genetic information, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, marital status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. New Belgium Brewing Company does not knowingly support organizations that discriminate in their hiring, those they accept as volunteers, or the clients they serve.
Geographic Funding Area
Organizations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico are eligible for funding. We do not offer grants to international programs at this time. Thank you for your understanding.
Questions? Please reach out to nbbgives@newbelgium.com.
The 2024 grant cycle is now closed. 2025 grant guidelines and application details will be posted in early 2025.