MEMBERS' CHOICE DONATION GUIDELINES and RECIPIENTS

click for text of policy adopted by the Board on 5/6/15

Note: No need to nominate Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition - the club makes a separate annual donation to SCBC.

Each year in the fall (when we are able), the SRCC solicits nominations from members via an online process. Members then vote and any organization that gets at least 5% of the final vote tally will receive a donation. Each member may nominate up to THREE organizations.

The following criteria govern nomination(s):

• Nominees must be local to the Bay Area and have 501(c)(3) non-profit status. 
• Nominations are required to include the full name of the nominee and include a web address for the nominee’s own website. 
• Any club member who does nominate an organization should be no more than a general member of the group they wish to nominate. In other words, no board members or officers of a particular group will be allowed to nominate their own organization.

Once the nominations have been reviewed by the Board of Directors, those organizations which meet the stated criteria will be announced and members will be asked to place their votes (each member gets three votes) on the Club’s website.

Any organization not receiving at least 5% of the final vote tally will not receive a donation. Organizations awarded grants will be announced at the following General Meeting and in other club communiques.

2024 Members' Choice Donations

• Recipients 2022 click here to see thank you letter from Santa Rosa Southeast Greenway

• 2018 MEMBERS' CHOICE DONATIONS: RECIPIENTS

  Due to the Tubbs Fire and unforeseen expenses due to the loss of our warehouse and equipment, the SRCC participated in a scaled-down version of the donation program for 2018.  The club made a $1000 donation to each of these organizations: 

  Earle Baum Center's Tandem Bike Program

  The donation will go to the "Baum Squad" to help repair bikes and keep them on the road.

  United Cerebral Palsy of the North Bay "Cycle Without Limits" Program

  “Cycle Without Limits” Summer Bike/Swim Program is an instructional program that teachers children with disabilities how to ride conventional two-wheeled bicycles. The five-day camp is sponsored by UCP of the North Bay and Sonoma State University. The unique “Cycle Without Limits” bikes use air cylinders to keep the rider safely upright while allowing for a progressively greater lean.

  Community Bikes

  Community Bikes is a reuse and repair training program operated by LITE Initiatives. The staff teaches all interested parties how to maintain, repair and refurbish bikes and bike equipment. They also restore and sell donated bikes to the public. The majority of the bikes are donated by individuals, though many are picked up from agencies and businesses. After being carefully tested and refurbished, bikes are sold or donated to the needy depending on the preferences of the donor. All of the work to date has been funded by sales, volunteer work and donations of money and reusables, plus small grants

  
  

• 2016 MEMBERS' CHOICE DONATIONS: RECIPIENTS

  The voting for the recipients for the 2016 year-end donations has ended and the results are shown below. Three of the nominees met the minimum threshold of 10% of the votes and the $7,500 in funds was allocated proportionally. 

  Nominee	Votes	Fraction of Votes Cast	Fraction of Votes For Qualifying Nominees	Funding Allocation
  Santa Rosa Southeast Greenway	30	0.156	0.385	$      2,885
  Community Bikes	28	0.146	0.359	$      2,692
  Women’s Recovery Services	20	0.104	0.256	$      1,923
  Earle Baum Center	14	0.073
  Sonoma County Parks Foundation	14	0.073
  Sonoma County Trails Council	14	0.073
  Cycle Without Limits	13	0.068
  Redwood Empire Food Bank	11	0.057
  Team Swift	11	0.057
  Santa Rosa Pump Track	9	0.047
  Audubon Canyon Ranch	6	0.031
  Redwood Empire Mountain Bike Alliance	6	0.031
  Carousel Fund	5	0.026
  Vic Pozzi/Mike Haberski Scholarship Fund	5	0.026
  Norcal Mountain Bike League	3	0.016
  Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program	2	0.010
  German Shepherd Rescue of Northern California	1	0.005
  Total	192	1.000	1.000	$     7,500
  				7500

• Recipients 2014