At The National Center for Youth Development (NCYD), our mission is to work with youth to build a community where they can find identity and purpose through the bicycle. Our physical space at 3020 E. 28th Street in Minneapolis is vital to our ability to provide a safe, educational, and enjoyable experience for our members and the communities we serve.

In order to stave off losing our home–our physical space–we have initiated a Save Our Space (S.O.S.) Campaign with the goal of raising $35,000. This is the amount that will ensure one year of continued equitable access for our members and our community.

NCYD has always been about the kids, the families, and the community we serve first. We are structured to provide the highest value of service at the lowest price possible. Rent is our greatest expense and at this moment we are at risk of losing this vital resource without support from you, our community. We have reached the limit of how much we can charge for services without jeopardizing equity, and our fees for service are unable to keep up with the rate of inflation we’ve experienced post-pandemic.

About our Space: The NYCD headquarters is not only where kids come together to learn and grow, but where our community interacts with the work that we do. This multifunctional facility both generates income that offsets the cost of programmatic and administrative activities and allows NCYD to support other community organizations and individuals who do not have this resource that we have procured

and are fortunate to call home. On any given day this space serves as a youth-centered safe zone for those that need it, available 24 hours a day, a congregating point for group activity, our administrative office, a strength and conditioning studio, the NCYD board room, volunteer headquarters, bike shop, and community connection center. Needless to say, the NCYD HQ is the center of our activities and the foundation of our organization.

S.O.S.: We need you to contribute NOW.

Asking for money isn’t easy, but as a nonprofit, it’s how we keep our operations sustainable, equitable and affordable. We know that choosing what organizations deserve your donations is equally challenging. We know you have many worthy causes vying for your support. It is with that awareness that we are convicted in our ask for your support.

Our vision is to create equitable opportunities for youth to develop and socially connect through cycling as a lifelong activity, and our HQ-Community Center is the space where that begins.

Help us fuel our vision by donating now to the Save Our Space Campaign.

Your contribution supports NCYD’s commitment to providing a safe, accessible place for our youth and the community that supports them to gather now and into the future.