New Rochelle YMCA
Legal name: New Rochelle Young Men's Christian Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 131740542
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- New Rochelle, NY, USA
- Phone
- 914-632-1818
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,370,111
- Expenses
- $3,545,065
- Assets
- $3,212,957
- Liabilities
- $1,019,940
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jennifer Ryan Safsel (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Jennifer Ryan Safsel (Executive Director): $159,908 total reported compensation
- Lisa Teddone (Controller): $95,698 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Welcome to the Y! The New Rochelle YMCA is a family-oriented community service organization which welcomes all people and promotes positive values through programs that build spirit, mind, and body. With a mission to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all, our impact is felt when an individual makes a healthy choice, when a mentor inspires a child and when a community comes together for the common good. The New Rochelle YMCA has three main services that it provides for New Rochelle and the surrounding communities: Healthy Living Programs. Our curriculum is based on a program model that focuses on learning enhancement, health, and recreation, while also building competence and confidence in children. The program runs every regular school day; from 3:00 PM to 6:30 PM at our main location on Weyman Ave and 3:45 PM to...
What it reported doing in 2025
The young men's christian association of new rochelle, inc. ('the nrymca") provides a wide range of programs and services to new rochelle, pelham, mt. Vernon, larchmont, the bronx, as well as their surrounding communities. The nrymca has over 4,000 members and non-members, program participants supported through membership, program fees, government contracts, grants, foundation donations, as well as contributions from its members and the community. Nrymca is a member of a national yusa movement, comprised of ymca of the USA (y-USA), a national resource and the New York state alliance of ymcas. The nrymca accomplishes its mission through its various departmental programs and member services. Program service accomplishments: afterschool programs - the newrochelle ymca has two after school sites: the main branch at 50 weyman avenue and the daniel webster elementary school both in new rochelle. Programs offer tuorial assistance, healthy snacks, physical actvity, swimming, arts, dance and social competency skills, all led by trained, caring positive adult role models. Each day, our team includes the ymca catch program which stands for coordinated approach to child health. Catch is a preventative program proven to assist in preventing childhood obesity and is a fun activity for all of our children that changes each day. Financial aid is available for those who families in need. Universal pre-kindergarten - during 2023, over 21 kids attended our half-day upk enrichment programs (morning and afternoon) for three and four year olds. The new rochelle ymca universal pre-k program offers a child-centered approach to learning based on an understanding of the individual needs and diverse strengths of young children. It follows the guidlines of the national association for the education of young children and aligns to the newyork state p-12 learning standards. The y's core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility is infused throughout the curriculum as we nurture the whole child. 99% of the children serviced were hispanic and spoke english as a second language. An extended day program can be added to our basic upk learning whcih allows forchildren to extend their learning until 3:00 pm. Holiday/ summer day camps - nrymca summer day and holiday camps are designed to offer children from pre-k to 8th grade a wide variety of activities that are sure to keep them entertained, learning and moving. The summer day camps have a weekly theme and a planned trip of special event each week that iscoordinatedaround the theme. Together with art, dance, and stem projects, thsi day camp works to prevent summer learning loss. Intertwined into all of these activities are four key values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. We incorporate these values in our spirit, mind and body programs, which will help in building confidence and maturity among our campers. Financial aid is available for those who qualify. Healthy living: across the nation, yusa is a leading voice on health and well-being. With a mission centered on balance, the new rochelle ymca brings families closer together, encourages good health and fosters connections through fitness, sports, fun and shared interests. As a result, youth, adults and families are receiving the support, guidance and resources needed to achieve greater health and well-being for their spirit, mind and body. In addition, the y works to offer a number of chronic health disease programs such as blood pressure self-monitoring, arthritis foundation certified walk with ease, and better balance. Aquatics department- there has been over 5,907 swim lessons taken by children & adults participated in private and group swim lessons. Aquatic exercise or sailfish swim team in 2023. We also provide american red cross waer safety, cpr, and lifegurd courses throughout the year. Financial aid is available for those who qualify. Youth sports - the new rochelle ymca provides a series of sports/team programs for ages 3-
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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 65
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.4%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 72.7%; rating input score 73
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- 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: 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: -5.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.91; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 76.4% of revenue deployed · 72.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $160K · 13 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 43 of 44 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.