I think the problem with answering this is that there is such a wide variety of organizations, and we don't know anything about your situation. What size is your city, what kind of programs do you foresee, do you have a board of directors, do you have a space yet, etc.
There are very small shoestring budget co-ops that operate on volunteers and unpredictable donations, and there are very strong co-ops that receive a variety of grant funding and have well-defined programming and staff to match. The bigger it gets, the more you bring in and the more you can spend (more tools to buy, improvement ideas, website, part-time staff, etc.). Are you going to incorporate? Apply for 501c3 status?
You can look up any 501c3 organization's 990-N form via Guidestar to get an idea. These will be established organizations, with a board of directors and all the benefits of 501c3 status and established community contacts.
Marissa Pherson
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 7:06 PM, tenaya goldsmith <tenayagoldsmith@gmail.com
wrote:
I'm trying to start up a bike co-op where I live and I would like to know what the average amount of income is for a bike co-op and what the financials typically look like. I want to make sure that when I start this that I am financially ok so that it all doesn't crumble beneath me.
~ Tenaya Goldsmith
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