YMCA of Martha's Vineyard Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043293959
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Vineyard Haven, MA, USA
Phone
5086967171
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Parks and Playgrounds

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$23,111,134
Expenses
$6,233,383
Assets
$47,852,791
Liabilities
$2,426,519

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jeanne Ogden (Vice President)
  • Robert Tankard (Vice President)
  • Steve Adamo (President)
  • Jill Robie Axtell (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Jill Robie Axtell (CEO): $219,455 total reported compensation
  • Tim Hanifin (CFO): $164,697 total reported compensation
  • Erin Tilton (Development): $155,732 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Dedication to improving the quality of life for children, individuals, families and the martha's vineyard island community by helping all people realize their potential through development of body, mind and spirit.

What it reported doing in 2025

Youth, seniors, and family services: the ymca of martha's vineyard provides programs which promote child and youth development, activities for seniors, and family centered health and wellness within a framework of the ymca's core value of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 17.6%; rating input score 18
  • Program expense ratio: 62.1%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: $62.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 64th 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: 73%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.68; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 17.6% of revenue deployed · 62.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $219K · 23 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $781K reported
  • Consistency: 46 of 46 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.