YMCA of Metuchen

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
221487616
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Metuchen, NJ, USA
Phone
7325169200
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,539,160
Expenses
$14,260,536
Assets
$24,197,813
Liabilities
$4,056,200

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

Leadership & pay

33 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rose Marie Cushing (CEO)
  • Kyle Strohman (Vice President of Operations)

Highest reported compensation

  • Rose Marie Cushing (CEO): $268,375 total reported compensation
  • Kyle Strohman (Vice President of Operations): $152,300 total reported compensation
  • Elizabeth Bennett (Director of Financial Development): $110,223 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 YMCA of Metuchen Edison Woodbridge and South Amboy (YMCA)'s mission is to advance our cause of strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. The YMCA is a powerful association of men, women, and children committed to bringing about lasting personal and social change. With a focus on nurturing the potential of every child and teen, improving the nation's health and well-being and providing opportunities to give back and support neighbors, the YMCA enables youth, adults, families and communities to be healthy, confident, connected and secure.

What it reported doing in 2025

Health and Wellness - The YMCA of Metuchen Edison Woodbridge and South Amboy (MEWSA) is a leading service provider on health and well being within our service areas. The Y brings families closer together, encourages good health and foster connections through fitness, sports and enrichment programs. As a result, thousands of youth, adults and families are receiving the support, guidance and resources needed to achieve greater health and well-being for their spirit mind and body. Our Membership Scholarship Program is one of the important ways we work together to give back and support our neighbors so the most vulnerable in our community receive help, support and education when they need it most. The Open Door Membership Assistance Program is designed to provide financial assistance so that no child, family or adult is turned away.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 71% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.3%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 76%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $51.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.9%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.7; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.3% of revenue deployed · 76% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 28 of 28 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $10.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $268K · 33 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.