Ymca of Southern Arizona
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 860101237
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Tucson, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 5206229622
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Young Men's or Women's Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $9,834,029
- Expenses
- $11,181,869
- Assets
- $17,002,659
- Liabilities
- $988,098
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KURTIS DAWSON (PRESIDENT/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- KURTIS DAWSON (PRESIDENT/CEO): $281,899 total reported compensation
- CATHY SCHEIRMAN (CFO): $153,716 total reported compensation
- CAROLYN SCHWARTZ (VP MISSION ANDVANCEMENT): $123,929 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Ymca of southern Arizona is dedicated to improving the quality of human life and helping all people realize their fullest potential through the development of spirit, mind and body. We are a powerful association of men, women and children, joined together by a shared commitment to nurturing the potential of youth, promoting healthy living and fostering a sense of social responsibility. At the y, strengthening community is our cause. The y is, and always will be, dedicated to building healthy confident, connected and secure children, adults, families and communities. Our impact is felt everyday when an individual makes a healthy choice, when a mentor inspires a child, and when a community comes together for the common good.
What it reported doing in 2024
Child care and day campin 2024 we continued to provide early childhood eductation, school-age before and afterschool programs, and our summer day camps allowing over 600 children to grow in a secure and nurturing environment to build friendships and thrive.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 96
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.4%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $14.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: -13.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 98.4% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $9.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $282K · 21 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $230K reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.