Union County Family YMCA

What it reported doing in 2025

For the first time in our nation's history, demographers project that children will live shorter lives than their parents and face a declining standard of living every day. The ymca helps young people deepen positive values, their commitment to service and their motivation to learn. Ymca programs offer a range of experiences that enrich a child's cognitive, social, physical and emotional growth. Expenses include subsidies and direct financial assistance that enable young people to participate regardless of their ability to pay. Last school year the ymca averaged 15-20 children in the before school program and 25-30 children in the after school program. Approximately 25-30% of the participants are from low income families. Preschool classes are offered for 3-4 year olds and through a partnership with the union county board of developmental disabilities. We offer an introductory preschool program for 2-3 year olds called tots n tow. Our summer camp provides all day care for children ages 3 to 12 during the 11 weeks of summer. Camps provide recreational activities, swimming, and field trips and we provide AIDS to support special needs children from our community. Approximately 20-25% of our campers are from low income families. In addition, each year we distribute ten character awards to all schools in union county. These awards are distributed to students who demonstrate outstanding values and entitle the recipients to a free week of camp. The ymca offers summer teen opportunities including the counselor-in-training (cit) program and the teen adventure camp. Our cit program gives teens experience in leadership while working with and assisting camp counselors in our summer camp. Our teen adventure camp emphasizes environmental awareness and team building and includes an overnight stay in a state park. We also offer three different fitness classes for teens. A fitness orientation class gives teens an introduction to our fitness center and teaches them how to use fitness equipment and cardiovascular machines. Our sports conditioning program is designed to improve each participant's overall coordination, speed, and power in preparation for sport participation. Our fit kids program encourages participants ages 9-15 to develop healthy lifestyle habits with help from a personal trainer promoting strength training, cardiovascular fitness and good nutrition. The ymca offers a variety of youth sports leagues including basketball, soccer, volleyball, t-ball, and baseball, swimming and gymnastics. We also offer year-round swimming lessons which focus on swimming skills and water safety. Our gymnastics program also offers year-round classes for children from 18 months through their teen years. All of our programs focus on the safety of children and promote the ymca core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 86.3%; rating input score 86
• Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
• Fundraising efficiency: $3.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th 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; 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: 0.9%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.54; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.71; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings