Walla Walla Ymca

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
910580856
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Walla Walla, WA, USA
Phone
5095258863
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,047,358
Expenses
$5,517,634
Assets
$12,875,936
Liabilities
$32,312

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL MITCHELL (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRIS FIGGINS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KAREN HEDINE (CEO & SECRETARY/TREASURER)

Highest reported compensation

  • KAREN HEDINE (CEO & SECRETARY/TREASURER): $129,732 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL JR LIEUALLEN (CFO): $113,218 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The walla walla ymca is committed to strengthening communities where all people, especially the young, are encouraged to develop to their fullest potential in spirit, mind, and body. The y connects people to their purpose, potential and each other and emphasizes diversity, inclusivity, equity, accessibility and affordability in all that it offers and does.

What it reported doing in 2025

The walla walla ymca is the largest onsite, licensed, non-profit childcare provider in the walla walla valley. The y operates two onsite early learning programs for toddlers (ages 1-3) and preschool children (ages 3-5) ; one each in walla walla, wa and milton-freewater, or in response to community need. Both programs are part of the y's learning centers where the y also provides stem and social-emotional curriculum, an outdoor preschool in walla walla, and afterschool enrichment programming for children ages 3-12. The walla walla childcare center has 165 licensed slots and milton-freewater has 165 slots. Both programs operate throughout the school year with the exception of toddler care which operates yearround. (see schedule o)as licensed programs, eligible families may qualify for state funded childcare fee offset. Additionally, the centers provide fee assistance to eligible military families through childcare aware's military childcare in your neighborhood (mccyn).

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 72% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.5%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 90.3%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 22; 22nd 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: 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.8%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.33; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.5% of revenue deployed · 90.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 19 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $259K reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 22/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.