The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
910482710
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2063825003
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$149,728,575
Expenses
$150,140,938
Assets
$269,469,235
Liabilities
$78,231,616

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

42 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LORIA B YEADON (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • LORIA B YEADON (PRESIDENT & CEO): $705,076 total reported compensation
  • MAI NGUYEN (CFO & COO): $347,744 total reported compensation
  • KRISTY THOMPSON (VP, HUMAN RESOURCES): $236,733 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Building a community where all people, especially the young, are encouraged to develop their fullest potential in spirit, mind, and body. Strategic goals: *provide opportunities for youth and young adults that shape values and encourage lifelong community service *support and strengthen all families *lead and support efforts that promote healthy living *provide older adults with opportunities to create healthy and productive lives for themselves and the community *attract diverse populations participating together to create a community where all are welcome operating principles: *foster a sense of belonging and community among members *promote, develop and support the vital role of volunteers and staff in the ymca *serve as a catalyst in addressing community issues *secure and efficiently manage the financial resources necessary to achieve our goals

What it reported doing in 2025

Social responsibility: the y has been listening and responding to our region's most critical social needs for more than 135 years. Through education and training in neighborhoods, connecting diverse demographic populations, and preventing chronic disease and building healthier communities with partners, the y fosters care and respect for all. Annually, the ymca of greater seattle provides free or subsidized services so that individuals and families in need can benefit from our confidence-building, health-enhancing programs like summer camp, child care, and facility membership. We serve the community with innovative housing programs that provide youth-at-risk, young adults, and single parents with comprehensive support services including case management, mental health services and life skills training. Many programs in this category are provided at no charge to the participant. Financial assistance is made available for fee-based programs so that a young person's economic circumstances do not present a barrier to participation. Contributions and government grants provide primary funding for program expenses.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.9%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $32.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 25th 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: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.6%; rating input score 100; 49th 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; 65th 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: -0.3%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.79; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.9% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 30 of 30 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $123.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $705K · 42 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $6.1M reported
  • Consistency: 47 of 48 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 12 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 24 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 16 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.