YWCA Elgin
Legal name: The Young Womens Christian Association Elgin Illinois
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 362171177
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Elgin, IL, USA
- Phone
- 847-697-2380
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Young Men's or Women's Associations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,126,208
- Expenses
- $2,359,534
- Assets
- $1,985,423
- Liabilities
- $512,244
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Felicia King (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Felicia King (CEO): $87,675 total reported compensation
- India Smith Holloway (COO): $68,529 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
YWCA Elgin is on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, stand up for social justice, help families, and strengthen communities. No. The YWCA Elgin does focus on empowering women and families but not at the exclusion of men. The YWCA has men on staff, on committees, and in many programs. We also recognize the role men play in the elimination of racism and the empowerment of women. Why should I become a YWCA Elgin Member? A YWCA Elgin Membership will allow you to join the movement committed to positively impacting the lives of women and children in the Elgin area. As a member of YWCA Elgin, you become part of the YWCA’s legacy of social change and activism. YWCA membership is an opportunity for you to support us in our mission to eliminate racism and empower women. Together, we will stand as a powerful voice and suppor.
What it reported doing in 2024
Youth services: The school age child care (SACC) program provides safe nurturing high quality after school care to 84 children. SACC services children K-6, providing a daily support system and early foundation with positive role models.The Take 2 Creative Camp: A digital literacy program is about teaching children (ages 12-15) how to use Todays technology in order to explore their own creativity and be confident in voicing their own options on multiple platforms. They work with computers, cameras, tablets and other platforms in order to create videos about themselves and the Elgin Community. The students embark on different field trips and film their adventures. They learn how to work with their peers as well as how to work as individuals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 83% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.6%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 86.1%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.06 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th 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: 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: -11%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 95.6% of revenue deployed · 86.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $88K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 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 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Independent members within voting members did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.