Long Branch Area Young Men's Christian Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431761240
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Macon, MO, USA
Phone
6603851818
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$616,773
Expenses
$536,786
Assets
$1,349,068
Liabilities
$5,984

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID TERRY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • RICK MCVICKER (PRESIDENT)
  • BRANDI HARTUNG (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRANDI HARTUNG (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $70,622 total reported compensation
  • JESSICA STEPHENSON (SENIOR FITNESS & PROGRAM DIRECTOR): $64,369 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Long Branch Area YMCA is a charitable, community service organization with a mission and purpose to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. YMCA programs focus on character development through five core values: Faith, Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility. The YMCA seeks to promote healthy lifestyles, strong values, leadership development, and community interaction. The YMCA serves men, women, and children of all ages, races, abilities, incomes, and religions. Financial assistance is available to those who can demonstrate financial need. The YMCA identifies community needs and responds to those needs in order to improve the quality of life for those who participate in YMCA programs. The Long Branch Area YMCA serves over 2,900 members. In 2025, financial assistance was provided to approximately 10% of YMCA participants. Our YMCA is founded and led by volunteers from our community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Healthy living: fitness center program expenses: our fitness center, indoor walking track and gymnasium allow for people to experience fun, fitness, and fellowship even while not participating in a specific program or class. Fitness trainers provide free fitness orientations to new members, introduce people to strength training, and create a personalized work out to meet their goals and abilities. The ymca provides a great place for people of all ages, family and friends, and people new to the community to gather for a visit or prepare for a marathon. We focus on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. Financial assistance is available for membership. Adult programs: the adult programs include various fitness classes, basketball, softball, pickleball, and volleyball. Over 175 adults participate in these programs. Financial assistance is available for all adult programs. Our senior programs, stretch and flex and low impact aerobic, helps our active older adults remain independent longer and they benefit immensely from the social interaction. Many express benefits through improved flexibility in driving and increased ease in completing household and personal tasks, including carrying groceries and getting out of the bath tub. Every wednesday we serve coffee after class. Approximately 70 adults participate in this fitness and fellowship program. The class is provided free to members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 85% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.1%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 80.4%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.51; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.1%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.1% of revenue deployed · 80.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $432K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $71K · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 34/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.