Funding and Financials

Benefits / Impacts

As a development organization, we understand the importance of accurate metrics that measure our effectiveness. We understand that photographs and stories, while useful in painting a picture of a need, cannot accurately encapsulate the benefit of a technology.

As of early 2005, our primary contribution to date has been a design contribution. Through the sustained efforts of our engineers over the past 8 years, we have dropped the cost of the least expensive load-carrying bicycle from over $200 to under $80. This is well documented on our Technology page above.

Beginning in May of 2005, XAccess began a rigorous effort to develop a serious monitoring capacity within our organization. As part of our 2005 Bigga Boda Trial Market, we will monitor every single customer to catalog the impacts of improved transportation technology on: overall income, food security, access to healthcare, and access to education.

We are fortunate to work with KickStart International in Kenya, for they have refined an approach for measuring their own impacts, and can serve as a model as we develop the competency for monitoring within our organization.

How to Donate

To find out more about sponsoring a specific XAccess project, country, or program, or if you are ready to donate to the XAccess general fund, please call Paul Freedman, acting director, at XAccess Headquarters for instructions. 510-548-2453.

If you prefer to simply send your contribution, please make your check payable to "Xtracycle Access Foundation" and send it to:

Xtracycle Access Foundation
attn: Paul Freedman, Director
1336 Channing Way
Berkeley, CA 94702

Please use PayPal to email donations to "donations@xaccess.org"

Current Funding

Please see a list of current donors here.

Legal Information

Xtracycle Access Foundation is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization based in Berkeley, California.

Xtracycle Access Foundation is the nonprofit sister company of Xtracycle Inc., a manufacturer of Sport Utility Bicycles for the American and European markets. Xtracycle Access Foundation is licensed to distribute the patented technology of Xtracycle, Inc. in developing countries. Xtracycle Access Foundation is an independent organization is not financially linked to Xtracycle LLC. The two companies have separate headquarters, staff, and accounting systems.

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