Old Colony YMCA

What it reported doing in 2024

Government funded programs and social responsibilityold colony ymca is a premier human and social service provider in Massachusetts. We hold state contracts with the office of community connections, the department of early education and care, department of youth services, department of children and families, department of mental health, department of public health, and the executive office of housing and livable communities. We also receive competitive federal grants and contracts from the department of labor, centers for disease control and prevention, and department of housing and urban development. Located throughout Massachusetts, ymca social service programs work to strengthen families and ensure youth have a long-term system of wraparound support and resources they need to succeed as they transition to adulthood. Our status as a premier youth development and human service provider for more than 50 years qualifies the ymca to execute these state-funded contracts, which are complemented by all other y services services that are not often available or offered by other social service providers.in fy25, we provided residential detention, stabilization, and reintegration services for more than 1,000 adolescent young people and their families. Each participant receives classroom instruction, ged preparation, psychosocial assessments, shelter, mentoring, mental health services, drug abuse prevention services, family intervention sessions, and access to ymca facilities. These programs include the brockton detention program, boys revocation program, brockton and new bedford emergency residences, southeast independent living program, lowell transition and independent living programs, youth and young adult residences in fall river, and the newly online fall river intensive treatment residential program for girls.other community-based programs for youth, young adults, and families include dmh-funded intensive home-based community services, and dcf-funded support and stabilization programs - a slate of 12 new models designed to support dcf-involved kids and families in the community. Our two family resource centers (taunton and attleboro) served nearly 1,800 people and provided nearly 5,000 services in fy25. Dys-funded community services network and diversion program continues to operate across southeastern Massachusetts, while occ-funded community justice support centers representing 10 counties continue to grow and establish ocy's statewide presence. Dol-funded youthbuild workforce development programs in brockton and fall river serve teens and young adults seeking alternative academic and professional pathways. Finally, our safe corners street outreach team serves about 500 youth and young adults every year through the shannon collaborative and safe and successful youth initiative, both designed to reduce violence and interrupt gang activity in brockton.all families experiencing homelessness, whether entering our programs for the first time or transitioning out, receive wraparound supports and case management, along with an array of other services through the ymca and our community partners. Three dhcd-funded facilities - the bolton place family center, the david jon louison center, and the family life center - combine to serve 63 families on site and in the community every day. Our fully licensed mental health and substance use clinic rebranded and relocated. Now known as comprehensive counseling, we provide services to 350 clients and continue to grow by offering new dcf-contracted group counseling options. The clinic has also mobilized its services in recent years, and now deploys behavioral specialists at camp locations throughout the summer to provide additional support to campers.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.5%; rating input score 86
• Program expense ratio: 89.4%; rating input score 89
• Fundraising efficiency: $44.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: 5.2%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings