YWCA Carlisle & Cumberland County
Legal name: The Young Women's Christian Association of Carlisle Pa
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 231429866
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Carlisle, PA, United States
- Phone
- 717-243-3818
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Young Men's or Women's Associations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,195,229
- Expenses
- $1,210,749
- Assets
- $5,496,026
- Liabilities
- $88,123
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- DENISE YOUNG (EXECUTIVE DI): $79,471 total reported compensation
- SHERRI MILLER (BUSINESS MAN): $58,660 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 YWCA Carlisle & Cumberland County’s mission is to eliminate racism and empower women and girls, providing crisis and educational programs that lead to peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Since our founding in 1919, YWCA Carlisle and Cumberland County has been a cornerstone of empowerment and community support. From opening the area’s first daycare center in the early 1920s to launching fitness and empowerment programs for women and girls, we’ve always focused on uplifting our community. During the Great Depression, we provided food to those in need and established clubs for African American girls in the 1930s, making inclusivity a key part of our mission. Our journey began at the Bosler House on West High Street. After moving to the YMCA facility on South West Street in 1972, we finally built our current home in 1990 at 301 G Street on land generously donated by the...
What it reported doing in 2024
Racial justice: annually the agency offers programs to help bring about awareness, understanding and a path towards change as it relates to the mission of eliminating racism. Each fall, as part of "week without violence", the annual youth leadership conference for high school students in the county is hosted. This workshop hits head on, current events and issues impacting youth and their school campuses providing education and action steps. Quarterly community conversations and forums provide the community with listening & learning opportunities related to various 'isms'. Each january, we offer kings kamp for elementary students honoring the legacy of rev. Dr. Martin luther king, jr. And helping children actively learn about his peaceful approach to ending racism. Our annual race against racism 5k brings community members together for a physically fit way to consider their collective role in bringing about change. Beginning in 2017, each march is the african american read-in with local chapter alpha kappa alpha sorority offering a free family event. Learning about african american authors, illustrators and black culture. Number served: 2,976 adult fitness/wellness services: ywca carlisle provides several options in the area of support services and activities to individuals experiencing a variety of social, emotional and traumatic issues. Support groups and counseling services (not related sexual assault) are offered throughout the year and provide necessary paths for healing. Number served: 45 community groups and rentals: throughout the year ywca partners with many organizations to help support their programs and meetings by providing complimentary space at its facility. Additionally, there are groups who rent space at our facility and whose relationship with the agency allows for potential cross-promotion of its own programs and services. Number served: 254
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 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.
- 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: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.7%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $13.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.3%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.54; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.4%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 90.7% of revenue deployed · 84.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $79K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 46/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.