Our Story
Free Bikes 4 Kidz Detroit is the eighth of twenty FB4K affiliates across the U.S. Since we began our mission here in Detroit in 2018, FB4K Detroit has given away over 14,000 bikes to kids in need in our community! In the last sixteen years FB4K affiliates across the country have given away 200,000 bikes and we’re not done yet—our future sights are set on other locations throughout the U.S. and the world!
Mission & Purpose
Free Bikes 4 Kidz Detroit is a non-profit organization geared toward helping all kids ride into a happier, healthier childhood by providing bikes to those most in need.
Our Method
Every year 25 million bikes are sold in the US. One-third of those bikes are 20” wheel-size, or smaller. Since kids grow like weeds, over 8 million bikes are virtually outgrown each year. Endless supply = Sustainability. We’re a green organization and we capitalize on the availability of these outgrown bikes and we operate seasonally in a donated space courtesy of the Piston Group to keep our overhead down. Partnering with the Home Depot, we make use of our shared mission and their geographically dispersed facilities to host a one-day regional bike collection event in the early fall. The public donates gently used bikes, then we organize hundreds of volunteers over a couple of months to clean and refurbish them, and then we give them away to kids in need. It’s easy to see why we’ve been able to provide thousands of bikes to kids over the last few years!
Our Team
Free Bikes 4 Kidz – Detroit is driven by a passionate and invested board of directors and staff.
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To access our Annual Reports, click on a year below:
2025 Annual Report
2024 Annual Report
2023 Annual Report
2022 Annual Report
2021 Annual Report
2020 Annual Report
Who Gets Those Bikes?
Over the last 7 years we have provided thousands of bikes to kids in need through the following Benefiting Partners:
Minock Block Association
Warrendale Community Organization
Duke Ellington PTA Nonprofit
Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation
Brilliant Detroit
Friends of Parkside
Mercy Education Project
Thompson K-8
Joy Southfield Community Development Organization
Sankofa Enrichment Center
Henry Ford Clinic
Schulze Elementary
GDP – Christian Gospel Center Church
GDP – Lord of Lords Ministries
Restoration School of Excellence
The Philip House Mission
Focus: HOPE Early Learning
Grace Church of the Nazarene
Life Remodeled – Lawn Academy
Mary McLeod Bethune School
Durfee Elementary-Middle School (DPS)
River Rouge STEM Academy
Palmer Park Prep Academy PTA
Can-Am BMX, Inc.
Detroit Lane Bangerz / D-Town Riders Bike Clubs
Hot Spot Rollers Bike Club
No Limit Riders Bike Club
Family and Friends Bike Squad
Project Healthy Schools / PHS (UMICH)
Auntie Na’s House
Turning Point Academy
Lexus Velodrome Detroit Fitness Foundation
Word Restoration Ministries
Greater Detroit City Church
Young Men N Motion
Southwest Solutions – Piquette Square Veterans Home
IMAN – Adams Butzel Rec Complex
IMAN – Common Ground
IMAN – Krank It Up Ryderz Bike Club
IMAN – LB Designs
IMAN – Lucid Credit, LLC
IMAN – UNITY The Movement
IMAN Community Services
Guardian Angels St. Vincent de Paul
LifeBuilders
DownRiver Delta
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Ambassadors for Christ Holiness Temple
Detroit Public Schools Community District
St. Dominic Outreach Center
Wrench Detroit
Back Alley Bikes
Faith Foster Care
Health Alliance Plan
Project Good Cheer
PEAC
J.E. Clark Preparatory Academy
Detroit Housing Commission
Loyalty Empire
Living Word Ministries
Urban Innovators Foundation
Detroit Enterprise Academy
Pulaski Elementary
8 Mile Old Timers Block Club
Desoto Ellsworth Block Association
From Women to Queens
Distinctive College Prep
Michigan Collegiate Girls Basketball Association
Association for the Advancement of Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Communities in Schools: Detroit Premier Academy, Legacy Charter School, Walt Whitman
Loyola High School
Auntie & Neff
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Neinas Dual Language Academy
Dannett Associates
Working Bikes
Barack Obama Leadership Academy
East English Village Prep Academy
Doubting Thomas Church
King High School
Peoples Fresh Start Church
Tau Beta Sorority
Kendrick Ballard Group
I.V.E. Outreach
Second Ebenezer Baptist Church
Truelight Baptist Church
Children’s Village Re-entry
Rockwell Riders
Detroit Public Library
Suzanne – Starfish Family Services
Hamilton Elementary School
Equity Alliance of Michigan
Barber Prep
Impact Church
New St. Paul Headstart
Historic St. James Missionary Baptist Church
Redford Brightmoor Initiative
Southwest Detroit Environmental Initiative
The James and Grace Lee Boggs School
Bailey Park Neighborhood Development Corporation
SDM2 Project Education
Paul Zion Church
Jerry L. White Center
Open Door Church
Word Encounter Church
Perfect Place Drop In Academy
Ronald Brown Academy
MiSide Head Start
A. Seven Shades of Emotion
313 Urban District
Rock of Ages Christian Ministry
Kingdom Community Development Center
DAC Foundation
Elyton Missionary Baptist Church
Christ Temple Church
Grandparents on the Move
Our Partners
Though the generous help of the following key partners, FB4K Detroit has has been able to execute our mission to help every kid ride into a healthier childhood, both physically and mentally .
FAQs
We’ve done our best to answer the most frequent questions we’ve encountered, but if you’re not finding the answer you’re looking for, feel free to contact us.