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:
Event | Event Date | Application Deadline | Status |
Chilly Hilly | Sunday, February 23 | Sunday, February 9 | CLOSED |
Emerald City Ride | Sunday, May 4 | Sunday, April 20 | CLOSED |
Flying Wheels Century | Saturday, May 31 | Saturday, May 17 | CLOSED |
Seattle to Portland (STP) | Saturday-Sunday, July 12-13 | Thursday, June 12 | OPEN |
RSVP | Saturday-Sunday, August 23-24 | Thursday, July 24 | CLOSED |
Woodinville Wine Ride | Sunday, September 7 | Sunday, August 24 | CLOSED |
Kitsap Color Classic | Sunday, October 5 | Sunday, September 21 | CLOSED |
Questions? Email info@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.
