Donate to support Monarch Racing 2025

My name is Helena Gilbert-Snyder and I am the Founder and Team Manager of Monarch Racing - made up of our Elite team (a semi-pro women's team) and our Development team (a U19 team).

We've been recognized by USA Cycling with the Innovation Grant, acknowledging our impact on growing the sport with innovative programming, and our programs and mission have been covered nationally and internationally in podcasts, films, and written media by outlets such as Velo, Global Cycling Network, and Girls Gone Gravel.

Our riders are required to volunteer and mentor within their communities - with riders leading skills clinics, group rides, gear swaps, volunteering at city events, and even being a bike marshall for the San Francisco Marathon, just to name a few!

Our Elite team races at the professional level nationally and internationally, and we cover financial and equipment costs for riders in an effort to remove the access barriers that so many women in cycling face. However, this mission is not cheap, and we rely on community support to continue serving these ambitious athletes as they take on these races across the world.

100% of your donations here go to Monarch Racing through the KaiVelo Foundation , our associated 501c3, and all donations support team costs associated with our Elite and Development teams as well as Community Events that we hold - myself and other team management are unpaid volunteers and all donations go towards the team riders and community engagement.

You can check out more media about the team here , and we would love for you to watch this short film (five minutes) about our groundbreaking mentorship program at the Low Gap Grasshopper race.