Young Men's Christian Association of Eugene

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930500679
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Eugene, OR, USA
Phone
5416869622
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,408,117
Expenses
$12,112,949
Assets
$52,920,577
Liabilities
$6,485,793

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRIAN STEFFEN (CEO)
  • MATT LONGTIN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRIAN STEFFEN (CEO): $197,181 total reported compensation
  • CRISPIN SHELLEY (VP PEOPLE &): $134,461 total reported compensation
  • DANIELLE UHLHORN (DONOR RELATI): $110,396 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our eugene family ymca was established in 1887 and continues to thrive - serving people from all over lane county (nearly 50% of our participants live outside of south eugene). We are here for youth development, healthy living and social responsibility-and design programs and environments that welcome the diverse populations of our community and make financial assistance available to all. We offer high-quality programs that focus on building strong character, healthy bodies, and lasting, supportive relationships among our staff, volunteers, members and larger community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Youth development: we believe in nurturing the potential of all children. As the largest private childcare provider in our county, we serve thousands of children each year in our preschool, afterschool, camp, youth sports, and drop-in child care programs. We provide high-quality care, engaging youth in academics, stem, arts, mentoring, character development and leadership. Our youth development programs are fundamental to our mission to strengthen families as its quality, affordability and accessibility all make it possible for our families to be gainfully employed with the confidence that their children are in a safe, caring and nurturing environment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 84% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.1%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 72.6%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.4%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.37; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.1% of revenue deployed · 72.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $8.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $197K · 17 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.1M reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 14/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.