Northern Lights Ymca Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 382615035
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Escanaba, MI, USA
- Phone
- 9067890005
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Young Men's or Women's Associations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,404,236
- Expenses
- $5,018,646
- Assets
- $11,243,015
- Liabilities
- $650,041
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GORDON FITCH (PRESIDENT)
- RAY LAMARCHE (VICE PRESIDENT)
- SCOTT HERIOUX (PAST PRESIDENT)
- JONATHAN RINGEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JONATHAN RINGEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $87,906 total reported compensation
- RENEE SILTA (FINANCE DIRECTOR/HR): $56,843 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To help people develop christian character and to aid in building a christian community where all people, especially the young, are encouraged to develop to their fullest potential in spirit, mind, and body by participating in ymca programs and classes that are designed for improvement of physical, mental, social, moral, and education conditions. The ymca welcomes everyone, regardless of age, race, sex, faith, ethnicity, ability or religion. Ymca membership activities create support communities of members who are involved in a variety of enriching activities, recreational and supportive social networks, and a sense of belonging. Ymcas are founded by volunteers, led by volunteers, and encourage volunteerism in their programs. Dues are based on community affordability, and financial assistance is available for those who cannot afford to pay the full cost of membership.
What it reported doing in 2025
Membership fees support mutliple programs, including aquatics, day camps, childcare, fitness, and youth sports. The ymca had approximately 8,000 members in the current year. Approximately 3,450 adults and youth, including members and non-members, participated in county ymca prorams. Everyone is welcome regardless of age, race, sex, faith, ethnicity, ability, religion, or ability to pay.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 75% 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.6%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 78.5%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.39 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 25; 25th 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: 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.1%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.24; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 73.6% of revenue deployed · 78.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $88K · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 25/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.