State Alliance of Michigan YMCAs (0050)
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 812010263
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Phone
- 7342230566
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $23,908,827
- Expenses
- $23,314,982
- Assets
- $16,154,442
- Liabilities
- $13,592,132
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Rebecca Schnetzer (Chief Executive Officer)
Highest reported compensation
- Fran Talsma (Chief Partnership Officer): $249,105 total reported compensation
- Rebecca Schnetzer (Chief Executive Officer): $202,834 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The state alliance will be used to convene, coordinate, support, advocate, and carry out the charitable and educational purposes of the Michigan ymca's. Membership is voluntary and is comprised of the twenty-six Michigan ymca associations. The state alliance will serve as the coordinating organization for the statewide initiatives with in the ymca's three areas of focus youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.
What it reported doing in 2024
Youth in Government (YIG): Is a civic education program for middle and high school students. The State Alliance YIG staff partners with schools throughout Michigan, supporting teacher advisors to meet with groups of students in a school club setting. The program teachers students to write mock bills and educates them on all aspects of the legislative process and promotes lifelong civic engagement. The Alliance provides financial assistance to schools and students for their registration fees for the program (approx. 90% scholarship). Student participants are selected by teacher advisors to participate in the program. Over 1400 youth were served during this year long program.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 97% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 91% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 84
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.6%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- 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; 43rd 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; 66th 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: 2.5%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.84; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 52.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 51.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 56.9% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 95.6% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $22.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $249K · 10 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 37 of 38 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 28 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 26 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.