Community Ymca of Alamance County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
560611575
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Burlington, NC, USA
Phone
3363959622
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,240,358
Expenses
$3,105,873
Assets
$1,927,808
Liabilities
$153,919

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SONJA ELLINGTON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SONJA ELLINGTON (PRESIDENT)
  • KEITH STRICKLAND (1ST VICE PRE)
  • SAM TURNER (2ND VICE PRE)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We are an association of all ages, abilities, incomes, races and religions. We are committed to providing quality programs focused on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. In youth development, we provide enriching experiences to help kids thrive and become healthy, caring and responsible adults. For healthy living, we teach, encourage and support healthy lifestyles to improve the quality of life for individuals and families. For social responsibility, we work with others to create a stronger, more vital community where our neighbors feel supported.

What it reported doing in 2025

Youth development (4b) the y is committed to nurturing the potential of every child and teen. We believe all young people deserve the opportunity to discover who they are and what they can achieve. Through programs focused on academic support, character development, physical activity, and leadership growth, the y helps youth cultivate the values, skills and relationships that lead to positive behaviors, healthy choices and educational success. Programs including afterschool care, summer camp, leaders in training, youth swim lessons, competitive swim, and youth sports provided enriching experiences that supported social-emotional, cognitive, and physical development. Expenses include subsidies and direct financial assistance that made participation possible for approximately 20% of the youth served. With a focus on safety, health and social growth, and academic enrichment: y afterschool care and summer camp programs served 836 children in kindergarten through 8th grade through engaging educational, recreational, and leadership-building activities; 160 youth received lifesaving swim instruction, developing water safety skills, confidence, and healthy habits; 82 individuals earned y lifeguard certification, strengthening water safety throughout the community; and 992 youth participated in y youth sports programs including basketball, cheerleading, flag football, and volleyball. Y youth sports programs help children learn teamwork, sportsmanship, perseverance, and confidence while providing opportunities to stay active, make friends, and build positive relationships in a supportive environment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 84% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.8%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 80.4%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.2%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.8% of revenue deployed · 80.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 32 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.