YMCA of Central Massachusetts (2909)
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042105885
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Worcester, MA, USA
- Phone
- 5087556101
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Young Men's or Women's Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $33,235,905
- Expenses
- $32,934,426
- Assets
- $61,384,771
- Liabilities
- $20,151,323
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
35 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- David Connell (President and CEO)
- Julio Acero-Nali (Vice President of Finance/CFO)
- Lori Bastien (Vice President of Operations, CMMO)
- Glenn Juchno (Vice President of Property & Risk Mgt)
- Pamela Suprenant (Vice President for Youth Development & Comm. Service)
Highest reported compensation
- David Connell (President and CEO): $460,819 total reported compensation
- Lori Bastien (Vice President of Operations, CMMO): $189,718 total reported compensation
- Julio Acero-Nali (Vice President of Finance/CFO): $187,205 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 ymca of central Massachusetts strengthens the foundations of community through programs and services that support youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.
What it reported doing in 2024
Teen leadership & social responsibility - giving back and providing support to our neighbors through a variety of teen and community-based initiatives
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 99% 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: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.7%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 87.1%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $58.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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; 66th 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 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.86; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.7% of revenue deployed · 87.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 30 of 30 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $28.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $461K · 35 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
- Consistency: 47 of 47 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.