YMCA of Ithaca and Tompkins County
Legal name: The Young Men's Christian Association of Ithaca and Tompkins County
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 150545415
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Ithaca, NY, USA
- Phone
- (607) 257-0101
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,176,621
- Expenses
- $2,350,574
- Assets
- $3,360,133
- Liabilities
- $406,915
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RYAN WEESE (PRESIDENT)
- CHRISTIE THORNTON (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- CHRISTIE THORNTON (CEO): $134,814 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 mission of the Ithaca YMCA is simple: the Y empowers everyone, no matter who they are or where they’re from, by ensuring access to resources, relationships, and opportunities for all to be healthy, learn, connect, and have fun, and to improve overall health and well-being while igniting youth empowerment and engaging in work centered on social responsibility.
What it reported doing in 2024
Health and wellness for youth and adults: helping people of all ages and abilities to develop health in spirit, mind and body is at the core of the ymca mission. Our programs are designed to help people create realistic goals for self-improvement and emphasize disease prevention through regular exercise, proper nutrition, stress management, and health education. Sports programs for youth, families and adults promote teamwork, interaction, and development of social and physical skills.our aquacize program is an aquatic program that keeps seniors active and flexible; our aquatic program(progressive swim) helps to develop physical skills in toddlers through school age children; our family swim program gives adults and children share time in the pool to appreciate one another and promote intergenerational relationships. Our services are offered at affordable fees for the community service area, with reasonable accommodations for those with special needs, and with financial assistance available for those with special needs, and with financial assisstance available for those who cannot afford the full fee.in light of the rising obesity rates in this country, our ymca participates in the activate america initiative and engages in a variety of events, programs and community activities designed to help the "at risk population" develop habits and relationships that lead to more active lifestyles.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.
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: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.2%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -8%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.7%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 97.2% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $135K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.