The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Tulsa
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 730579269
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Tulsa, OK, USA
- Phone
- 9187479622
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Young Men's or Women's Associations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $21,535,578
- Expenses
- $20,843,066
- Assets
- $75,260,226
- Liabilities
- $8,128,496
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
36 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RICKI WIMMER (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- RICKI WIMMER (CEO): $293,309 total reported compensation
- RONDA JENKINS-THOMPSON (CFO): $204,975 total reported compensation
- KYLE WILKES (CDO): $171,373 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
See schedule othe mission of the ymca of greater tulsa is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. The ymca of greater tulsa is a powerful association of men, women and children joined together by a shared commitment to nurturing the potential of kids, promoting healthy living and fostering a sense of social responsibility. We believe that lasting personal and social change can only come about when we all work together to invest in our kids, our health and our neighbors. That's why, at the y, strengthening community is our cause. Every day, we work side-by-side with our neighbors in our community to make sure that everyone, regardless of age, income or background, can learn, grow and thrive.
What it reported doing in 2025
Ymca membership and health enhancement - please see schedule o for a more detailed description
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 69% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 80
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.8%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 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; 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: 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 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.61; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.8% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 32 of 32 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $17.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $293K · 36 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $6M reported
- Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 42/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.