Are you a community leader who is interested in taking a group of individuals on bike adventures? Do you wish you had bikepacking gear to lend in support of your community programming? Do you identify as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color? Then this grant may be for you!
Bikepacking Roots (BPR) is excited to announce the 3rd cycle of our BIPOC Bike Adventure Grant!
The grant aims to reduce barriers to bike adventure for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and has awarded over 20 grants totaling $50,000 since its inception. The program took a pause for 2023 to evaluate the feedback they received from past participants and BIPOC leaders in the bikepacking community. Noelle Battle, Executive Director of Bikepacking Roots, highlights that “Bikepacking Roots maintains a long-term commitment to doing what we can to support diversity and inclusion in the bikepacking community. A key thing we have heard repeatedly is to support the BIPOC community leaders and organizations who are already out there doing great work.”
New for 2024, awards will focus on providing grants to BIPOC Community Leaders to host trips, develop gear libraries, and other community building activities. Bikepacking Roots hopes to develop long term relationships with these leaders and to support diversity within our Regional Stewards Program.
Applications are open now through May 26th!
Please see here for more details about eligibility and a link to apply.
Thanks to our Partners who are supporting this program!
