YMCA of Central Texas

What it reported doing in 2025

Youth development: the ymca of central Texas offers quality child care programs that encourage learning for children through a stimulating environment. Our ymca also provides a safe, nurturing environment for all children by promoting healthy character development of spirit, mind and body. To meet these goals, our program incorporates the y's core values - caring, honesty, respect, responsibility and faith - as well as the 40 developmental assets set forth by the search institute and the experiential learning model. We work collaboratively with families, communities, agencies, and school districts to ensure that each child receives a consistent set of life skills for success. We partner with seven local school districts and other non-profits and agencies such as the various educational foundations for the school districts, greater round rock community foundation, and the cities of round rock, hutto, leander, cedar park, georgetown, waco and burnet and surrounding counties. Working with these agencies gives us more opportunity to give financial assistance to people who otherwise would have faced economic barriers to participate in these quality ymca programs. At the ymca, we believe the values and skills learned early on are vital building blocks for quality of life and future success. Most importantly, children learn how to be their best selves. That makes for confident kids today, and contributing and engaged adults tomorrow. Almost 46,000 children were served in 2025 in our child development center, afterschool care, camps, and other programs.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 83.7%; rating input score 84
• Program expense ratio: 88.2%; rating input score 88
• Fundraising efficiency: $3.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • 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: 91.3%; rating input score 91; 20th 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: 5.7%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.87; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings