Mcpherson Family Ymca

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
480650061
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Mcpherson, KS, USA
Phone
6202410363
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$626,385
Expenses
$4,505,292
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • QUINLAN RAGETH (CEO/OPS. MGR)

Highest reported compensation

  • QUINLAN RAGETH (CEO/OPS. MGR): $47,357 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mcpherson family ymca's mission is to advance our cause of strengthening community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. The ymca is a powerful association of men, women, and children committed to bringing about lasting personal and social change. With a focus on nurturing the potential of every child and teen, improving the nation's health and well-being, and providing opportunities to give back and support neighbors, the ymca enables youth, adults, families, and communities to be healthy, confident, connected, and secure. In 2025, 161 memberships were awarded a scholarship for a total value of 23,511. Our ymca awards many scholarships up to 90%. Our ymca gives a free three-month membership and programs, such as swimming lessons for kids, due to loss of employment. Volunteers are a vital part of our organization. In 2025, volunteers gave time to coach youth sports, teach wellness classes and serving on committees and the ymca board.

What it reported doing in 2024

Social responsibility our ymca believes in giving back and supporting our neighbors. We have been listening and responding to our community's most critical social needs. Ymca programs, such as safety around water, ambassadors and connect, youth and adult special needs and togetherhood are examples of how we deliver training, resources and support that empower our neighbors to effect change, bridge gaps, and overcome obstacles. We engage ymca members, participants and volunteers in activities that strengthen our community and pave the way for future generations to thrive. Our safety around water program was taught to 2nd grade students from our community and some surrounding communities. It is a six-week program that teaches positive water safety and swim skills that build confidence in and around the water. The value of this program is provided by ymca donors, the ymca and united way. Youth special needs students of usd 418 are provided weekly swimming time at the y during the school year. This is made possible through joint effort of the ymca and the usd 418 paying a nominal fee. Adult special needs members and their caregivers and high school alternative students used the ymca as part of their daily life. For a nominal annual fee, the ymca provides services to this sector of our community, as they truly love coming to the mcpherson family ymca. Ambassador and connect programs offered to middle school teens. It teaches leadership-based learning with core values of the ymca along with group activities. Provided by the united way of mcpherson county, mcpherson recreation commission and mcpherson family ymca, with cooperation from usd 418. To help others give back to our community, we provide access to volunteer opportunities through class instruction, facility maintenance, childcare assistants, board leadership, committee involvement, support staff and togetherhood. As part of our mission our programs are accessible, affordable, and open to all faiths, backgrounds, abilities, and income levels. We provide financial assistance to people who otherwise may not have been able to afford to participate.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.1%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: $28.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -619.3%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $47K · 22 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.