Young Men's Christian Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
910568717
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Yakima, WA, USA
Phone
5092481202
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,611,421
Expenses
$6,840,228
Assets
$36,334,895
Liabilities
$398,413

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DUSTIN YEAGER (PRESIDENT)
  • KERRY STOUT (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BEN ANTONIO (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • BOB ROMERO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • BOB ROMERO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $198,803 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The yakima family ymca seeks to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. Our mission statement is brought to life through the efforts of our professional staff and a group of committed volunteer leaders who provide their time, talent and treasure to serve the community. We welcome people of all faiths, races, abilities, ages and incomes. No one is turned away for inability to pay.

What it reported doing in 2024

The yakima family ymca strives to serve its community as a "for impact organization that offers a wide variety of effective programs. - aquatics. Our aquatics program includes a variety of activities; lap swim, water walking, aqua zumba, family swim, swim lessons, swim team, water aerobics, arthiritis classes, life guard training and competitive stroke classes. Our learn to swim program is conducted each year during spring break for local schools. In partnership with sunrise rotary, this program is provided at no charge to about 300 participants. The program provides free swimming lessons to local youth. This program gives young people confidence in the water, the ability to swim and instruction in water safety. Given the many irrigation canals, unpredictable rivers and lakes in our community, this program meets a need for public education in water safety. - health & wellness. Health & wellness features many aerobics classes designed for people from young adult through senior age groups. Leagues for basketball and racquetball provide many opportunities for participatory recreation. Group exercise classes provide many health and social benefits for participants. Dance, yoga and pilates classes are also offered through health & wellness. - general membership. General membership at the ymca gives people access to our full range of equipment and programs. Financial assistance is available to those who cannot afford membership fees. Revenue from membership helps fund other programs and operations, including youth outreach activities. In addition to facility use, we encourage member involvement. Members make up our board of directors as well as the eight committees that help shape our policies and operation. Volunteer members lead and influence the operation and community involvement of our ymca. Some members volunteer to help raise funds for our annual partner with youth campaign. Many members donate their time and talent to make the ymca a positive place for other members and the community at-large. Parterner with youth funds support differenent elements of y programs, serving several thousand people in the community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 81% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.9%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 71.6%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • 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: 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.5%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.31; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.9% of revenue deployed · 71.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $199K · 18 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $450K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 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: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 15/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.