NBW's Annual Report to Donors and Community Members is available for download as a pdf.

Help keep the wheels rolling at Neighborhood Bike Works (all donations are tax-deductible!)

• Make a secure online donation via Just Give. Just click here.
• Send a check to: Neighborhood Bike Works, 3916 Locust Walk, Philadelphia PA 19104.
• Become an official program sponsor. Email andy AT neighborhoodbikeworks DOT org to learn how.
• Donate your old bikes, tools, and parts. Please read our In-Kind Donation Guidelines first.
• If you can’t donate outright, consider taking part in our adults’ programming. Volunteer, attend an adult class, or patronize the Divine Bike Church. All proceeds — and all volunteer hours — benefit our Earn a Bike classes and other youth programs.

In-kind Donation Guidelines
Things we especially like include:

• BMX (”trick”) style bikes. These are the most popular with our students.
• Road bikes, mountain bikes, and cruisers of all sizes.
• Classic bikes. Bring on the banana seats, the rod brakes, the vintage track bikes. We’ll find someone to love it like it deserves to be loved.
• Tandems, rickshaws, adult trikes, etc. which are ready for the road. Again, useful for the fleet and for parades.
• Spare parts, tools, cycling clothes, lights, helmets, panniers, and other accessories.
• Grease and rags! Things get used up pretty quickly, and we always need more.
• Wind trainers, rollers, etc.
• Office supplies and snacks including: pens, pencils, stamps, copy paper, water, gift certificates to local food stores, and non-perishable foods like dried fruit, nuts, pretzels, etc. We can also always use volunteers and money!

Things we can’t use:

• Things which are not actually bicycles: scooters, roller-skates, exercise bikes, wheelchairs, children’s toy tricycles, and so on.
• Bicycles meant for very young children. Our youngest students are eight; most are in middle school. While we need lots of bikes with 20″ wheels, we can’t use smaller bikes.
• Very low-end bicycles. If it came from a big box store and cost less than $100, it’s probably more work to maintain than it’s worth. Likewise, if it weighs 50 pounds and has steel wheels and isn’t vintage or otherwise seriously cool, not many people will want to put the effort into bringing it back to life.
• Very badly damaged bicycles. If you bent, buckled, or broke the frame in an accident, or if you can’t see the frame for the rust, it’s not safe. Sometimes we can salvage parts from these. If you’re donating a bike for salvage and frame damage isn’t readily apparent, please alert the person accepting your donation.

Please note:

• We can’t do pickups. We’re sorry; we just don’t have the resources. If you really can’t get it to West Philadelphia, please try your local thrift store.
• Please check in with us before you walk, ride, or drive by with your donation. Hours change seasonally, and we don’t want to waste your time.
• We won’t buy your bike. We don’t do trade-ins. Please don’t ask us to make an exception for you. It’s not you, it’s a liability issue.