Scholarships for Rides

Scholarship Policies & Guidelines

If you would like to request scholarship aid for one of our qualified rides, please fill out and submit the below information and a Cascade representative will contact you directly regarding your application. 

Thanks to community member donations and support, Cascade Bicycle Club (CBC) is able to provide a limited number of financial scholarships to qualified individuals or families. CBC is a non-profit and aims to remove financial barriers as much as possible for our community participants. We appreciate your honesty and transparency in the application process. 

  • The standard deadline to apply for one-day ride scholarships is 14 days before the event date and 30 days for multi-day events such as STP and RSVP. Any applications submitted after these deadlines will not be processed. 
  • Ride scholarship assistance applies to the registration fee only. Any registration add-ons such as transportation, parking, merchandise, etc will require full payment.
  • Registration is non-refundable, including registration purchased prior to submitting a scholarship application for the same event.  
  • If you need to cancel your approved scholarship registration, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can offer this opportunity to another rider.
  • We can provide one scholarship per individual per calendar year season. 
  • No documentation or evidence is required for income verification. Instead, we appreciate your honesty in allowing us to distribute our resources to the best of our ability. 
  • Tours & Ride for Major Taylor are not included in our rides scholarship program. 
  • Please allow up to 15 business days for the scholarship application to be reviewed. 

Ride Scholarship Application Deadlines:

EventEvent DateApplication DeadlineStatus
Chilly HillySunday, February 25Sunday, February 11CLOSED
Emerald City RideSunday, May 5Sunday, April 21CLOSED
Flying Wheels CenturySaturday, June 1Saturday, May 18CLOSED
Seattle to Portland (STP)Saturday-Sunday, July 13-14Thursday, June 13CLOSED
RSVPSaturday-Sunday, August 24-25Thursday, July 25CLOSED
Woodinville Wine RideSunday, September 8Sunday, August 25CLOSED
Kitsap Color ClassicSunday, October 6Sunday, September 22CLOSED

Questions? Email registrar@cascade.org

Whether you are a student, senior, or on a limited budget, join us with our limited income premium membership option. Cascade's vision is Bicycling for All — and we mean all. We want everyone to be able to join Cascade as a member and as one effort to keep Cascade inclusive, we offer a reduced rate individual premium membership of $15 to anyone who self-identifies as being on a limited income. We want everybody who wants to be a member to be able to, so please contact membership@cascade.org if you would like more information or to discuss more options. Click here for the limited income membership.

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Ride Scholarship Application