Southington-cheshire Community Ymca

What it reported doing in 2025

Social responsibility - other program services encompass families, youth special events, arts and humanities, vacation programs, senior citizens and community partnerships. The ymca senior citizens club meets weekly at the ymca and serves over 25 seniors. A quarterly lunch seminar series to provide health, financial and other topics of interest to seniors is provided free of charge. Each seminar attracts approximately 60 seniors. Our ymca is committed to using its resources in cooperation with the larger community and its agencies. Our southington branch is the designated primary disaster shelter for the town. It is a member of the community action oriented task force southington sos, whose mission is to provide aid for victims of natural disasters, promote readiness in case of future disasters and address social service needs. Community service programs provided by the ymca include aquatic and fitness testing, cpr and first aid training courses and lifesaving classes and certification. Our ymca has also hosted blood drives in collaboration with the american red cross. Our staff works closely with town social services and youth departments to find services not offered by the ymca for those in need. Our facilities are also food collection sites for bread for life. Our ymca has formed a collaboration with alta and the united way to provide alternative education students team building skills that improve their communication and decision making. The program meets regularly at their school, the ymca or ymca camp sloper.our ymca has taken a leadership position in conjunction with steps (southington town wide effort to promote success). Steps is a coalition of town organizations that has adopted the 40 developmental assets as a way to provide children the support needed to make positive choices in their lives, avoid risky behaviors and prevent teen suicide.we are also an active participant in the southington interfaith clergy association which deals with various social issues in town and keeps our faith community connected.our ymca participates in the national ymca movement "phc" (pioneering healthy communities), a public health initiative to make healthy living a reality for millions of americans. The initiative is in response to america's growing obesity, chronic disease and health care crisis. The three strategies of "pch" are organizational improvement, community leadership and strategic partnerships. We have received grant funding from the robert wood johnson foundation for "pch", a ymca led town coalition called activate southington to reduce obesity and create a healthier community through policy and environmental change. Our ymca is the fiscal sponsor for and manages the southington farmer's market which is held every friday afternoon from late summer through early fall. This event draws many local businesses and members of the community.in addition, our ymca has collaborations with hartford health care and local medical professionals to enhance overall health within the community. During the year, workshops designed to help individuals and families with eating habits, healthy lifestyles, disease detection and prevention, and parenting were provided free of charge to the public. We have also designated an administrative office in our southington fitness area for qualified hartford healthcare personnel to meet with members of the community on various health related topics.the y has also had participation and leadership roles in other community groups such as the juvenile review board, chamber of commerce health and wellness committee and the farm heritage committee.in 2025, our ymca participated in the race 4 chase kids' triathlon program. Over 60 local children between the ages of 6 and 12 were treated to a free 6 week program that culminated in a triathlon at ymca camp sloper. Race 4 chase was created in honor and memory of chase kowalski, a seven year old boy who was killed in the sandy hook tragedy in 2012.overall, our ymc

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.5%; rating input score 86
• Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
• Fundraising efficiency: $2.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 95%; rating input score 95; 24th 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: -3.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.1; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.6%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings