Ymca of New Britain-berlin

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222680676
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
New Britain, CT, USA
Phone
8602293787
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,592,986
Expenses
$1,553,725
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KEN GRIFFEN (PRESIDENT)
  • RICHARD MCCARTY (CEO - PART Y)
  • JOHN L BENIGNI (CEO - PART Y)

Highest reported compensation

  • RICHARD MCCARTY (CEO - PART Y): $53,918 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The new britain-berlin ymca is a volunteer led public charity that includes men, women and children of all ages, abilities, incomes, races and religions. Our mission is to put the core values of caring, honesty and respect into practice through our programs. The ymca is about building a healthy spirit, mind and body for all. The ymca is so much more than just a gym. For over 130 years we have been building better and stronger communities. No one is turned away for their inability to pay. Our strength is in the people we bring together to create our ymca family. Our volunteers and staff work to incorporate the areas of youth development, healthy living and social responsibility into all of our programs. The ymca is the heart of the new britain-berlin communities, serving the health and social needs of the entire community.

What it reported doing in 2016

Childcare/day camp: our childcare programs offer high quality childcare activities for preschool and school age children from all segments of our communities. We offer a variety of state licensed childcare programs both full and part time. These programs provide a safe and nurturing environment where youth can devleop self-esteem, good values and an appreciation of charitable services. In 2016, we served 350 participants. Our day camp offers adventure and learning activities that provide challenge, education, promote spiritual awareness, mental development, physical well-being, social growth and self-respect. Our camps provide a reverence for nature and respect for the inter-relatedness of all living things on earth. Our camps and childcare programs are open to all regardless of income or special needs, so children appreciate diveristy and devleop lifelong values. In 2016, we touched over 150 youth.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 93% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.8%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 71.9%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.17 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.5%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -19.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.8% of revenue deployed · 71.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 29 of 29 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $54K · 31 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.