Old Colony YMCA
Overview
Mission
Old Colony YMCA is a charitable, non-profit Association committed to the development of strong spirit, mind, and body, guided by Judeo-Christian principles, to enrich the quality of life for everyone in our communities. We serve 31 communities in Southeastern Massachusetts with programs for all ages and abilities, designed to build healthy spirits, minds and bodies. Old Colony Y is one of the largest human service providers in Southeastern Massachusetts, and the largest child care provider in the region. Give Back You're invited you get involved at Old Colony Y. There are many ways to support your local community with the YMCA. annual campaign, fundraising events, volunteerism, mentoring and youth scholarships are just some of the opportunities! We welcome you contact us today to find out what is best for you.
What it reported doing in 2024
Government funded programs and social responsibilityold colony ymca is a premier human and social service provider in Massachusetts. We hold state contracts with the office of community connections, the department of early education and care, department of youth services, department of children and families, department of mental health, department of public health, and the executive office of housing and livable communities. We also receive competitive federal grants and contracts from the department of labor, centers for disease control and prevention, and department of housing and urban development. Located throughout Massachusetts, ymca social service programs work to strengthen families and ensure youth have a long-term system of wraparound support and resources they need to succeed as they transition to adulthood. Our status as a premier youth development and human service provider for more than 50 years qualifies the ymca to execute these state-funded contracts, which are complemented by all other y services services that are not often available or offered by other social service providers.in fy25, we provided residential detention, stabilization, and reintegration services for more than 1,000 adolescent young people and their families. Each participant receives classroom instruction, ged preparation, psychosocial assessments, shelter, mentoring, mental health services, drug abuse prevention services, family intervention sessions, and access to ymca facilities. These programs include the brockton detention program, boys revocation program, brockton and new bedford emergency residences, southeast independent living program, lowell transition and independent living programs, youth and young adult residences in fall river, and the newly online fall river intensive treatment residential program for girls.other community-based programs for youth, young adults, and families include dmh-funded intensive home-based community services, and dcf-funded support and stabilization programs - a slate of 12 new models designed to support dcf-involved kids and families in the community. Our two family resource centers (taunton and attleboro) served nearly 1,800 people and provided nearly 5,000 services in fy25. Dys-funded community services network and diversion program continues to operate across southeastern Massachusetts, while occ-funded community justice support centers representing 10 counties continue to grow and establish ocy's statewide presence. Dol-funded youthbuild workforce development programs in brockton and fall river serve teens and young adults seeking alternative academic and professional pathways. Finally, our safe corners street outreach team serves about 500 youth and young adults every year through the shannon collaborative and safe and successful youth initiative, both designed to reduce violence and interrupt gang activity in brockton.all families experiencing homelessness, whether entering our programs for the first time or transitioning out, receive wraparound supports and case management, along with an array of other services through the ymca and our community partners. Three dhcd-funded facilities - the bolton place family center, the david jon louison center, and the family life center - combine to serve 63 families on site and in the community every day. Our fully licensed mental health and substance use clinic rebranded and relocated. Now known as comprehensive counseling, we provide services to 350 clients and continue to grow by offering new dcf-contracted group counseling options. The clinic has also mobilized its services in recent years, and now deploys behavioral specialists at camp locations throughout the summer to provide additional support to campers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from contributions.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042125014
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Website reviewed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Brockton, MA, USA
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Human Services
- Affiliation
- Christianity
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The website gives limited detail about important organizational relationships and the filing reports few safeguards for setting executive pay.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 78
- Accountability: 92
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.5%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 89.4%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $44.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Impact reporting controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public relationship transparency: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Public governance controls: 1 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.2%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 1.06; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 85.5% of revenue deployed · 89.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 62 of 62 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $78.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $456K · 77 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 13 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
- Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links