Biking for Babies

Name

Biking for Babies

Legal name

Biking for Babies

Website

https://bikingforbabies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Faith-Based Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGACAF

Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Health & Medical Nonprofits

Keywords

• Faith-based nonprofit
• Young adult formation
• Missionary cycling program
• Pregnancy resource support
• Charitable cycling events

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Charles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Primary revenue stream from individual donors supporting the mission to form young adult missionaries and support pregnancy resource centers. Donations fund missionary formation, scholarships, National Ride supplies, and direct support to PRC partners.
2. Merchandise Sales: The organization operates a merchandise shop selling t-shirts (including 2026 youth and adult sizes) and other branded items with on-demand shipping to supporters.
3. Missionary Fundraising: Each missionary fundraiser averages $4,500, with total annual fundraising reaching $415,000-$450,000 for PRC partners. The organization has toppled $2 million in total contributions to pregnancy resource centers since 2009.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Biking for Babies runs a 6-month missionary formation program for young adults ages 18-39 that combines spiritual curriculum (the 'Life Guide'), small group community, and physical training, culminating in an annual 6-day, 600-mile National Ride cycling event. The organization's mission is to renew the culture of life by forming young adult missionaries who raise awareness and financial support for pregnancy resource centers across the United States. Since 2009, it has formed 297 missionaries, partnered with 175 pregnancy resource centers, and contributed over $2.47 million to support mothers, children, and families.

Product overview

Biking for Babies is a nonprofit organization offering a faith-based missionary formation program for young adults (ages 18-39) centered around an annual 6-day, 600-mile National Ride cycling event. The core program combines spiritual formation through the Life Guide curriculum, physical training for riders, small group community building, and partnerships with pregnancy resource centers. The organization facilitates fundraising for pregnancy resource centers while forming young adults as missionary disciples. Supporting offerings include Local Rides, Celebration of Life events, the Mike & Jimmy Missionary Scholarship for financial assistance, merchandise, and a newsletter subscription service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• National Ride A 6-day, 600-mile cycling mission across multiple U.S. routes where young adult missionaries physically train and spiritually prepare to raise awareness and financial support for pregnancy resource centers.
• Missionary Formation Program A 6-month virtual formation program for young adults ages 18-39 that combines spiritual growth through the Life Guide curriculum, small group community, physical training for riders, and partnerships with pregnancy resource centers.
• Local Rides Regional cycling events that allow community members to participate in the mission beyond the National Ride, including events in locations like Philadelphia, Central Iowa, and Shippensburg, PA.
• Celebration of Life Events Special events held in St. Louis, MO and Philadelphia, PA celebrating the culture of life and marking the conclusion of the National Ride.
• Mike & Jimmy Missionary Scholarship Financial scholarship program supporting missionaries who struggle to join due to costs, covering expenses such as bikes, flights, and participation fees.
• Merchandise Shop Online shop selling merchandise including t-shirts (youth and adult sizes) and other branded items with on-demand shipping to supporters.

Quantifiable outcome

• 297 young adult missionaries formed since 2009
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Pregnancy Resource Centers (83-89 per year)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPRC partners are central to Biking for Babies' mission. Each missionary develops a 1-to-1 relationship with a partnered PRC during formation, learning about the culture of life from front-line workers. Partners receive financial support, local advocacy from missionaries, and access to the Center-to-Center Education Program for sharing best practices and collaboration across the national network.
• Her Choice BirminghamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLife-affirming pregnancy center in Birmingham, AL co-hosted by Jim and Joy Pinto (EWTN's '@ Home with Jim and Joy'). Served over 1,000 clients in a record-breaking year, providing ultrasounds with 3 sonographers on staff, counseling, baby supplies, parenting classes, and has a chapel with Blessed Sacrament.
• Alternatives Laurel Highlands Pregnancy CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPRC partner featured in Biking for Babies' communications. Story shared of client Elizabeth who chose life after seeing ultrasound images of her baby at 9 weeks, later returning to pick up clothes and diapers for her baby girl.
• Pregnancy Care Center of RockfordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPRC partner featured in the 2026 Life Guide formation resource. Story shared of client Sami who prayed for a sign about her pregnancy decision and received pink roses as confirmation to choose life.
• Women's Care Center of MadisoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPRC partner that has served Biking for Babies missionaries and their families directly. Story of missionary Kevin and his wife receiving compassionate care during their unplanned pregnancy, demonstrating the tangible impact of PRC services.
• Seven Weeks CoffeeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCoffee company partnership announced as a new way for supporters to contribute to the mission through purchases.
• Seven Weeks CoffeeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAnnounced partnership with Seven Weeks Coffee providing a way for supporters to support the mission through everyday purchases.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• 40 Days for Life: 40 Days for Life is a focused, ecumenical, pro-life prayer and community campaign that mobilizes volunteers to pray outside abortion facilities and support pregnancy resource centers. Like Biking for Babies, it is a faith-driven pro-life organization that raises awareness and funds for PRCs through grassroots volunteer mobilization, though its primary mechanism is prayer vigils rather than cycling.
• Students for Life of America: Students for Life of America is a pro-life youth organization that trains and mobilizes college and high school students across the country. Like Biking for Babies, it targets young adults, focuses on pro-life advocacy, and partners with PRCs, though its delivery model centers on campus activism and policy work rather than cycling events.
• March for Life Education Fund: The March for Life Education Fund organizes the annual March for Life in Washington D.C. and related pro-life youth programs. Like Biking for Babies, it mobilizes young Catholics and pro-life advocates around a signature annual event to promote a culture of life, though it focuses on public policy advocacy rather than PRC fundraising.
• Live Action: Live Action is a pro-life media and advocacy organization that engages young adults through digital content and storytelling. Like Biking for Babies, it promotes a culture of life and supports pregnancy resource centers, though its primary channel is digital media and investigative journalism rather than in-person events.
• Team World Vision: Team World Vision is a charity endurance event organization that mobilizes runners, cyclists, and hikers to raise funds for clean water and humanitarian causes. Like Biking for Babies, it operates an event-driven fundraising model with athletes raising per-participant sponsorship dollars for a designated cause, though its mission is international humanitarian relief rather than pro-life advocacy.

Emerging players

• FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students): FOCUS is a Catholic collegiate outreach organization that forms young adults in missionary discipleship on university campuses. Like Biking for Babies, it invests deeply in the faith formation of young adults aged 18-39, but its delivery model is campus-based Bible studies and missionary teams rather than cycling-based events.
• Walking with Purpose: Walking with Purpose is a Catholic women's Bible study and formation ministry serving women of all ages. Like Biking for Babies, it invests in adult faith formation and community building, but its target audience skews older and its delivery model is small-group Bible study rather than cycling-based mission experiences.

Broad incumbents

• Life Teen: Life Teen is a leading Catholic youth ministry organization serving high school teens and their families through parish-based programs and summer events. Like Biking for Babies, it focuses on Catholic young adult formation and evangelization, but operates at a much larger scale and addresses a broader set of life topics beyond pro-life advocacy.

Others

• World Bicycle Relief: World Bicycle Relief is an international nonprofit that distributes bicycles to students, healthcare workers, and entrepreneurs in developing regions. While it shares the cycling-for-cause ethos with Biking for Babies, its operational model is direct bicycle distribution and global development rather than domestic youth formation and fundraising events.
• Catholic Relief Services: Catholic Relief Services is the international humanitarian agency of the U.S. Catholic Church. While it is much larger and focuses on global humanitarian relief rather than pro-life advocacy, it shares Biking for Babies' Catholic identity, donor base overlap, and emphasis on dignity of human life as a core value.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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