CIBA Foundation Grants for promoting Bicycling for All in Indiana

The CIBA Foundation is accepting applications to provide financial and other resources to partner organizations that support its mission of promoting safe cycling to the community.

Donor Name: CIBA Foundation

State: Indiana

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 02/01/2023

Size of the Grant: $500 and $5,000

Details:

The objectives and purposes for which the CIBA Foundation is organized and for which it will use its resources are as follows:

To inform, educate, advise and promote the general public awareness of the health, recreational, economic, social, cultural and other benefits arising from the use of bicycles and other types of human powered transportation devices.
To inform, educate and advise the general public concerning matters of bicycle safety.
To promote bicycling-related non-profit, charitable and educational purposes as deemed appropriate by its Board of Directors.

Grant proposals for community police bike programs may be accepted for:

Start-up police bike programs.
Requests must include a dollar-for-dollar match against funds raised from other local community sources.
Requests for the cost of bicycles, not parts, accessories or other program-related costs.

Award Categories

One-Time Event Or Ongoing Project Activity (beyond single day or weekend time frame)
- These types of projects could be a unique or ongoing class, workshop, clinic, or activity that promotes safe cycling to groups. In this context, safe cycling may be the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs and habits to enhance an understanding of bicycling to people of all ages and abilities, improving skills, building confidence, and teaching to cycle in a safe and effective manner. These projects may also include safe equipment use and distribution, such as helmets, lights, and reflectors.
Trails sand Infrastructure
- These projects would promote the physical structures or equipment supporting safe cycling. Types of projects may include: support of new, continuing, or existing bike trails or multi-use paths, bike lanes, information signs, rest areas, and repair facilities.
Education
- These projects would include instruction to riders and motorists of all ages on safety, rules-of-road, safe equipment (e.g., helmet use), existing bike laws.
Other
- These projects include any bicycling activity or related activity not specifically detailed above that aligns with their Mission Statement and encourages people to safely ride bicycles for fun, fitness, and/or transportation.
- Some examples could be:
  - Bicycling advocacy could include many activities that a person or organization undertakes, such as media campaigns, public speaking, health initiatives, infrastructure development, or other types of civic engagement related to safe cycling.
  - Public safety may include supporting the creation of new bicycle laws and modification of existing laws, as well as legislative activities at the City and State level, as needed.
  - Health and fitness such as projects for increasing or maintaining the physical and mental state of the cycling community.
  - Cycling promotion to create awareness of the merits of cycling in a safe and effective manner.
  - Research could be any study that generates results that could be used to support the safe cycling Mission Statement of the Foundation.

Safety
- Each proposal must include a separate and distinct paragraph detailing how their project addresses the “safe cycling” aspect of their Mission Statement. Failure to include this paragraph would eliminate the proposal from consideration, while minimally addressing this safe cycling component would reduce the potential for funding.

Funding Information

Grants are generally for (but not limited to) $500 to $5,000.

Geographic Focus

The CIBA Foundation prefers to give to organizations and projects that will primarily benefit residents of Central Indiana, but will consider applications from other locales provided they meet the general objectives of the CIBA Foundation.

Eligibility Criteria