The Y in Central Maryland

Legal name: Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520591699
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2021
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
4433229622
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$110,802,051
Expenses
$111,701,523
Assets
$128,139,108
Liabilities
$80,369,842

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

Leadership & pay

55 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • John K Hoey (President, Chief Executive Officer)
  • Dana F Ashley (Sr.Vice President, Operations)
  • David Schuetz (Vice President, Capital Project Management)
  • Donald D Eaddy Jr (Vice President, Youth Development & Community Health)
  • Dr Lisa N Williams (Sr. Vice President, Strategy & Innovation)
  • Jeremy A Trimble (Sr. Vice President, Controller)

Highest reported compensation

  • John K Hoey (President, Chief Executive Officer): $897,881 total reported compensation
  • Sherrie L Rovnan (Chief Financial & Administrative Officer): $449,833 total reported compensation
  • Derryck D Fletcher (Chief Operating Officer): $440,853 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 Y is a charitable organization in Central Maryland dedicated to developing the full potential of every individual through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all. 2. Support the Y For more than 170 years, the Y in Central Maryland has served as a nonprofit leader, strengthening families and communities across the region while evolving to meet ever-changing needs. Your support makes this work possible, ensuring that youth programs, wellness services, and vital resources remain accessible to all. Please join us in this effort. For more than 170 years, the Y in Central Maryland has served as a nonprofit leader, strengthening families and communities across the region while evolving to meet ever-changing needs. Please join us in...

What it reported doing in 2025

Y family centers - the y in central Maryland is a charitable, non-profit organization providing affordable, accessible health and wellness programs to all individuals, but targeted particularly to families, children, youth and seniors. All health and wellness programs and services are built around the goal of encouraging an active, healthy and engaged community. The y is open to all, with scholarships provided to those who cannot afford to pay. The y's family center programs served over 128,000 people. Reduced fees through scholarships were granted to approximately 28,000 people during the calendar year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 78
  • Accountability: 98
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.7%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 89.3%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $47.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 31st 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: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 97.4%; rating input score 97; 30th 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: -0.8%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.15; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.63; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 12 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 89.7% of revenue deployed · 89.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 38 of 39 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $99.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $898K · 55 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.3M reported
  • Consistency: 48 of 49 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 12 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.