Ralph J Stolle Countryside Ymca of Warren County

What it reported doing in 2025

The third area of programming is social responsibility. As a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community, the y responds to issues influencing the community and provides support through services focused on critical areas, such as child welfare, community health, quality of life and family services. Examples of this work include: countryside ymca operates an early learning literacy preschool program for area section eight housing complexes to provide prekindergarten experiences to underprivileged preschoolers to better prepare them for kindergarten. This is provided at no cost to the children or their families. All fourth graders in lebanon city schools receive lifesaving swimming lessons during the school year at no cost to them or their families. All preschoolers enrolled in our childcare center "the children's center" also receive lifesaving swimming lessons during the year at no cost to them or their families. Respite care gives the parents of children with special needs and kinship families a time to get away for some rest and fun while their child/children have fun at the y. This is provided at no cost tothe children or their families. Military families receive help with membership costs through a partnership with the armed services ymca and the department of defense. In 2008, the ymca partnered with the livestrong* foundation to help cancer survivors begin the journey toward recovery with the livestrong at the ymca program. The program offers adults affected by cancer a safe, supportive environment to participate in physical and social activities focused on strengthening the whole person. Cancer survivors have participated in livestrong at the ymca at no cost to them or their families. Every year, hundreds of volunteers donate valuable time to countryside ymca. In addition, several individual volunteers donate hours to our organization helping with swim meets, gymnastic competitions, raising funds for our scholarship campaign, as coaches in our programs and in various events held throughout the year. Countryside ymca partners with other charitable and community service organizations including: atrium medical center, antioch church, warren county educational services, boy scouts of america, lebanon city schools, wcbdd, little miami schools, clinton massie schools, lebanon fire department, lebanon police department, arthritis foundation, kiwanis of lebanon, navy seals, toys for tots, suicide coalition of warren county, area progress council, historic downtown lebanon, lebanon rotary, lebanon chamber of commerce, lebanon food pantry, warren county sheriff's department, special olympics, interfaith hospitality network and various group homes in warren county.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.4%; rating input score 85
• Program expense ratio: 89.1%; rating input score 89
• Fundraising efficiency: $5.69 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
  • 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: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1.8%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.2; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings