Dow Bay Area Family YMCA

What it reported doing in 2025

Youth sports - youth sports focus on the full and equal participation of all. Young people participating in sports build lifelong positive attitudes, habits of healthy exercise and good nutrition, and learn ways to have fun as adults. Both adult and youth sports programs value cooperation over competition, fair play over winning at any cost, good feeling and good health over a good score, and building self esteem over beating the opponent. The y knows that with this approach everyone wins undefeated in spirit, mind, and body. In 2025, youth sports leagues included youth basketball academy (610 participants), youth volleyball academy (158 participants), and youth flag football (207 participants). Financial assistance in the amount of $11,112 provided free or reduced sports program registrations (101) in 2025. Health and fitness - dow bay area family ymca supports chronic disease prevention through a life-long progression of evidence-based health and fitness initiatives like enhance fitness, group exercise classes for all ages, and use of fitness equipment in and around our 96,400 sq. Ft. Facility and 24/7 area. Youth and families - y youth programs give kids good role models to help them develop self-esteem and good values including cooperation, respect for the body, good citizenship, and a strong work ethic. The y is proud to be a family organization, giving families a safe, reliable, and affordable place to go. Strengthening families and meeting the needs of children have always been central to the y mission of building healthy spirits, minds, and bodies for all. To support this goal, dow bay area family ymca (with financial support from community organizations and individuals) opened a community care closet in 2025, which has already provided thousands of personal hygiene products at no cost, no questions asked, to individuals and families. We also provide monthly cooking classes in our teaching kitchen to youth and families. In 2025, we taught 129 unique children basic culinary skills in various themed classes.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 86.7%; rating input score 87
• Program expense ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 83
• Fundraising efficiency: $8.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 14th 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -3.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.66; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings