YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne

What it reported doing in 2025

Youth development: as one of the largest child care providers in northeast Indiana, ymca child care services fulfills a critical need for quality and educational childcare for hundreds of working families in the communities we serve. In 2025, through a newly expanded partnership with fort wayne community schools, ymca child care services now operates school aged child care, or y care, to over twenty sites within one of the biggest school districts in the state both before and after school. For christian brownlee and her son luca at glenwood park elementary school, y care has provided crucial support while allowing christian to focus on working full-time to better provide for her family. "just so that i'm able to still do the job that i need to do to, you know, keep up with him," says christian. "they're (the y care staff) awesome. And it's so convenient because it's in the school. If i didn't have before and after care, i would probably be struggling or trying to depend on other people to help. But with this being in his school, it's super convenient and the staff is amazing." "it would be a lot of stress," added rebekah and jeremy hill, who have two sons in y care. "we would really just have to change our schedule, which would mean less family time, because we would have to be working different shifts or make me change my job." "when my husband and i moved here a few years ago, we didn't really know anybody," adds tiffany kirchner, mother of makenzie. "we really needed someone or a place for her to go after school while we continue to work full time. The experience and the wealth of knowledge that they bring in working with kids from kindergarten and older have been nothing but incredibly helpful for us. It's a trusted name a trusted organization. I think the core values that the y brings are something that's really important to us. The staff here treats our kids like they would their own." ymca child care services served over 700 kids through y care in allen, wells, and whitley counties in 2025. Thanks to the generosity of our members, the ymca of greater fort wayne granted $1,073,725 in program scholarships to 4,289 individuals.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 87.2%; rating input score 87
• Program expense ratio: 93%; rating input score 93
• Fundraising efficiency: $11.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 64th 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: 7.1%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.95; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings