YMCA of Columbia-Willamette
Legal name: Young Men's Christian Association of Columbia-willamette
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 930386981
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Portland, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5032239622
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Young Men's or Women's Associations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $19,701,983
- Expenses
- $20,540,639
- Assets
- $33,525,890
- Liabilities
- $6,027,251
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DICK WINGARD (INTERIM CEO/DIRECTOR)
- BESS GOGGINS (CEO/PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- BESS GOGGINS (CEO/PRESIDENT): $144,704 total reported compensation
- EDGAR WHITE (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $132,136 total reported compensation
- ANNA LAPOINTE (VP OF PHILANTHROPY): $131,977 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
YMCA of Columbia-Willamette strives to serve our community in spirit, mind, and body, and your contributions are essential in fulfilling our mission! Through our child care, sports & fitness programs, summer camps, and philanthropic endeavors, we continually seek to provide for our community and build lasting, impactful relationships.
What it reported doing in 2025
FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT The YMCA helps young people build confidence, resilience, healthy relationships, and lifelong skills through childcare, youth sports, camps, enrichment programs, and leadership development opportunities. Programs support school readiness, physical and emotional well-being, leadership development, and belonging while providing safe and supportive environments for children and teens throughout the region. The YMCA operates licensed childcare programs that support working families while helping children develop socially, emotionally, and academically. Serving 2,386 children annually, these programs provide safe, nurturing environments that promote early learning, school readiness, healthy development, and reliable care that enables families to work and thrive. YMCA youth sports programs help young people develop teamwork, confidence, leadership, healthy habits, and positive relationships while increasing physical activity and promoting lifelong wellness. Programs are designed to be accessible to youth of all ages and abilities and emphasize personal growth, sportsmanship, and inclusion. YMCA Camp Collins provides outdoor education, leadership development, and character-building experiences that help young people develop independence, confidence, resilience, and connection to nature. Through overnight camp, outdoor school, and group experiences, Camp Collins served 1,107 overnight camp and summer residents this year, while also providing outdoor learning and retreat experiences for schools, families, and community groups, including many participants who receive financial assistance to ensure access regardless of family income. The YMCA advances healthy living through wellness programs, aquatics, fitness opportunities, and chronic disease prevention initiatives that help individuals of all ages improve physical health, reduce social isolation, and strengthen overall well-being.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 95% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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.
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: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.2%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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; 64th 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: -4.3%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 84.2% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $16.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $145K · 26 people listed
- Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 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.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.