Lakeland Hills Family YMCA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
221559438
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Mountain Lakes, NJ, USA
Phone
9733342820
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,969,923
Expenses
$8,790,815
Assets
$11,400,492
Liabilities
$1,851,904

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alisha Carrazza (Vice President)
  • Bill Olderman (Vice President)
  • Karen MacLeod (Vice President)
  • Alejandro Martinez (Chief Executive Officer)
  • Shannon Bujoreanu (Vice President of Childcare and Youth Services)

Highest reported compensation

  • Alejandro Martinez (Chief Executive Officer): $212,596 total reported compensation
  • Rosemary Linder Day (Vice Preseident, Marketing and Membership): $149,127 total reported compensation
  • Shannon Bujoreanu (Vice President of Childcare and Youth Services): $148,550 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is Through the tradition of excellence and service, we support our community by providing programs that strengthen a healthy mind, body, and spirit. This mission drives our vision A Community where every person can thrive.

What it reported doing in 2025

Youth Development - Lakeland Hills Family YMCA is committed to helping young people reach their full potential by providing safe, supportive environments where they can learn, grow, and build confidence. Our Early Childhood Learning Center served approximately 115 children ages 2.5-5, providing high-quality early learning experiences that support social, emotional, and cognitive development. In partnership with local school districts, the YMCA provided afterschool childcare programs in Boonton Township and Denville, serving approximately 230 students. These programs offer safe, structured environments where youth receive academic support, build friendships, and stay physically active after school. Our eight-week outdoor Summer Camp welcomed more than 600 youth, offering opportunities for children to explore new activities, develop leadership skills, and build lasting friendships through safe and engaging experiences. During the winter months, youth participated in YMCA sports leagues including basketball and soccer, helping them stay active while developing teamwork, sportsmanship, and confidence. Water safety remains a cornerstone of our youth programming. In 2025, more than 765 youth participated in YMCA swim lessons, gaining essential water safety skills and confidence in the water. Additionally, 95 participants took part in our lifeguard certification courses, and 58 adults participated in our adult swim lessons, further strengthening water safety awareness and skill development across our community. We also continued expanding our I-SWAP vocational training program, which provides individuals with diverse abilities opportunities to develop job skills, independence, and community connections. Throughout the year, the YMCA hosted family-focused events such as Healthy Kids Day and other community celebrations, bringing families together and encouraging healthy lifestyles.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 91% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.6%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 80.8%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.22 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.3; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.6% of revenue deployed · 80.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $213K · 28 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.