Young Men's Christian Association of Central New Mexico

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850105592
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Phone
5055951515
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,221,579
Expenses
$6,953,487
Assets
$10,062,666
Liabilities
$3,635,180

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERTO E AGUIRRE (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBERTO E AGUIRRE (CEO): $225,228 total reported compensation
  • ALBERT RAMIREZ (COO): $128,528 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 mission of the ymca of central New Mexico is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all. For over 100 years, the ymca of central New Mexico has served our community with programs and services focused on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility to achieve its mission. Staff and volunteers work every day to ensure that individuals and families have the resources and support to learn, grow, and thrive. With a strategic focus on building self-esteem and confidence in our youth, enhancing the health and well-being of families, and inspiring health and vitality in our senior population we strive to achieve meaningful, positive impact, not just within our members, but in communities throughout central New Mexico.

What it reported doing in 2025

Youth development the ymca of central New Mexico is committed to nurturing the potential of every child and teen. We believe that all kids deserve the opportunity to discover who they are and what they can achieve. That is why we help young people cultivate the values, skills, and relationships that lead to positive behaviors, better health, and educational achievement. Our programs, such as early childhood programs, before and after school care, day camp, resident camp, swim teams, youth sports, and youth & government, offer a range of experiences that enrich cognitive, social, physical, and emotional growth from 6 weeks of age to high school age. In 2025, over 3,917 children developed skills and sportsmanship in y sports leagues and sports camps, 282 children were engaged in learning activities at multiple early childhood centers, before and after school care sites, and day camps. Additionally, 4,961 seniors stayed strong and healthy through wellness programs, and over 507 campers from across the country gained confidence and developed new friendships at camp shaver. We also had 490 students from across the state of New Mexico participate in the youth and government program, where the ymca creates a unique opportunity for students across New Mexico to discuss the issues relevant to them and their communities, and to work together to form solutions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 66% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.6%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 81.7%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $14.3 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th 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: 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: 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: 15.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.45; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 22; 22nd 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; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.6% of revenue deployed · 81.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $225K · 14 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 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: 2 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.