Working Bikes

Philanthropic Fundraising ServicesIllinois, United States11-50 Employees

Working Bikes is a Chicago, Illinois-based nonprofit in the philanthropic fundraising sector that redistributes bicycles to support transportation, employment access, education, and other community needs.
Each year it ships thousands of bicycles to partners in Latin America and Africa, including El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Uganda, and Ghana.
Locally, it collaborates with homeless transition, refugee resettlement, and youth empowerment programs in Chicago to donate bicycles and engage volunteers in bike mechanics.

Volunteer involvement is integral to its work, with hundreds of people helping to donate bicycles and build community.
The organization donates more than 6,000 bicycles annually to its international and local partners.
In 2018, it expanded community programming by launching Winter Workshops.

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