Golden Optimists Bicycle Recycle Program
We accept donated bicycles to repair, recycle, and make available to people who need them for transportation, health, and recreation; we also teach repair, promote bicycle safety, and operate with volunteer support.
About Golden Optimists Bicycle Recycle Program
The Golden Optimists Bicycle Recycle Program is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) community bike shop in Golden, Colorado that refurbishes donated bicycles and places them back into use for people who need affordable transportation, exercise, or recreation.
The program operates a repair shop, sells refurbished bikes at low cost to sustain operations, and gives a significant portion of repaired bikes away free through partnerships with local schools, social service programs, refugee resettlement groups, and community outreach trips.
Since its founding the program has repaired thousands of bicycles and continues to run regular shop hours, donation drives, volunteer training, and targeted giveaway efforts to maximize reuse and community benefit.
Notable achievements
Thousands of bikes refurbished
Since inception the program has repaired and returned more than 7,000 bicycles to use, supporting transportation and recreation across local and partner communities.
Recent annual impact (2023)
In 2023 volunteers repaired several hundred donated bicycles, with a substantial share given away free to people in need and the remainder sold affordably to sustain operations.
Sustained community partnerships
The program has established recurring partnerships with local schools, social-service organizations, refugee resettlement groups, and tribal communities to distribute bikes and run repair outreach.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $169K
- Annual revenue
- $45K
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 47-3324222
- Location
- Golden, CO
- Website
- goldenoptimist.org
- On Mahalo since
- November 2025
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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