Ymca of Easton Phillipsburg &

What it reported doing in 2012

Social responsibility as part of our ymca's focus on social responsibility, we help at-risk families acquire the skills and resources they need to be well and highly functional. We believe it is a social responsibility to build strong kids, strong families, and strong communnities. Our ymca offers parents night out once monthly, nine months per year, and encourages couples to spend time together, refuel and nurture the marriage, all while knowing that children are well cared for by qualified ymca staff. Many single parents take advantage of parents night out as well. Family connection is a non-profit, community partner who sponsors a parenting program called parents who care (pwc) that helps to strengthen the family. Parents who care is designed to assist low income families in becoming better parents and prevent the onset of child abuse. The ymca of easton, phillipsburg and vicinity partners with weed and seed to facilitate the summer nights program which provices wholesome, family- centered activities that help to strengthen targeted, at-risk neighborhoods. With each event, a community partner sponsors a healthy meal and an activity designed to promote development in children as well as family bonding. Each summer night event typically serves about 100 individuals, many of whom enjoy their only healthy meal of the day at the event. Food and programming is offered free of charge. The ymca's outreach and social commitment is further realized by the management of two community pools owned by the city of easton, pa. Eddyside pool and heil pool serve a combined 300 memberships and 13,000 day passes each summer. Heil pool, in particular, is located on the south side of town, which is marked by lower income demographics. In 2011, a summer lunch program which included swim lessons for some children as well as pool admission was added and operated at heil park which is adjacent to heil pool. Community partner such as the rotary club of easton made this offering possible. At our ymca, we hold outreach events that promote health, wellness and the development of children. A major event held at our ymca each year is healthy kids day. Healthy kids day welcomes over 400 people from the community and serves as a major venue for sharing information about children's health and wellness, and connecting families with other wellness resources found locally. Other annual events offered by our ymca include y arts week and the firecracker 4 miler. Our ymca has an outreach committee coordinated by volunteers, this committee strategically looks at the greatest needs of residents within the community and responds with solutions such as food and clothing banks as well as gift collections for children during the holiday season.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: Limited
• Program expense ratio: Limited
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th 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: NotApplicable
  • 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: 1.8%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.59; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: -7.5% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings