Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges
Legal name: Metropolitan Young Men's Christian Association of the Oranges Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 221487387
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Livingston, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 9737589622
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $52,708,402
- Expenses
- $47,683,589
- Assets
- $68,318,893
- Liabilities
- $10,238,883
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
60 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Edward Philipp (Senior Vice President and COO)
- Richard K Gorab (President and CEO)
- Cheryl Tuturice (District Executive Director)
- James Goodger (District Executive Director)
- Marc Koch (District Executive Director)
- Courtney Brown (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Richard K Gorab (President and CEO): $665,803 total reported compensation
- Edward Philipp (Senior Vice President and COO): $378,006 total reported compensation
- Alisa Vural (CFO): $364,680 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Strengthen community by ensuring people can access YMCA programs through community support and financial assistance. At the Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges, we pride ourselves on ensuring that no one is ever turned away from one of our programs because they can not afford to participate. We accomplish this goal through the Annual Campaign[]( Each year, contributions made to the Annual Campaign go directly to provide program support and financial assistance to deserving individuals, families, and children in our YMCA’s service area[]( We urge you to help support this worthy cause and consider making a donation[]( to this year’s Annual Campaign. Our Cause Defines Us We know that lasting personal and social change comes about when we all work together. That’s why, at the Y, strengthening community is our cau.
What it reported doing in 2025
Social responsibility giving back and providing support and financial assistance to our neighbors: our y has been listening and responding to our communities' most critical social needs for over 140 years. Whether developing skills or emotional well-being through education and training, welcoming and connecting diverse demographic populations through global services, preventing chronic disease and building healthier communities through collaborations with policymakers, our y fosters the care and respect all people need and deserve. Through our y, volunteers, donors, leaders and partners are empowering people and the communities in which they live, to be healthy, confident, connected and secure. Through more than $2.4 million in direct financial assistance and over $1.5 million in community benefit, our y makes accessible the support and opportunities that empower people and communities to learn, grow and thrive. With a focus on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility, our y nurtures the potential of every youth and teen, improves our communities' health and well-being and provides opportunities to give back and support neighbors.
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 93% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 88
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.2%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 85.5%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st 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; 65th 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: 9.5%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 85.2% of revenue deployed · 85.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 32 of 32 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $40.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $666K · 60 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 25 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 12/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.