YMCA of Greater Kansas City

Legal name: Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Kansas City

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
440546002
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Overland Park, KS, United States
Phone
816.561.9622
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$44,810,303
Expenses
$43,550,908
Assets
$83,009,361
Liabilities
$16,908,182

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

Leadership & pay

35 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARK HULET (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • DARCY SWAN (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT)
  • KATIE VIVAS (VICE PRESIDENT OPERATIONS)
  • KELLEY GRASSI (VICE PRESIDENT PEOPLE SERVICES)
  • TROY PATTERSON (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF TECHNOLOGY)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARK HULET (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $331,442 total reported compensation
  • KELLI MCCLURE (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (THRU 5/31/2025)): $246,422 total reported compensation
  • LISA ADAMS (CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER): $199,311 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 YMCA of Greater Kansas City, founded on Christian principles, is a charitable organization with an inclusive environment committed to enriching the quality of family, spiritual, social, mental, and physical well-being. The Y has been at the heart of Kansas City for well over a century, expanding with the city and area to provide a place to play, learn, be healthy, eat well, and give back. Each year, more than 65,000 people in our communities connect with the resources, relationships, and opportunities through the Y. Our Leadership We're powered by a dedicated volunteer Board of Directors and a passionate executive team. Together, we focus on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility to create a stronger, more vibrant Kansas City for all.

What it reported doing in 2025

Youth development programs: at the y, we are 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's why we help young people cultivate the values, skills and relationships that lead to positive behaviors, better health, academic success and community service. In 2025, the ymca of greater Kansas city helped 39,559 young people reach their potential through programs such as youth sports, recreational sports activities for children with special needs, before and after school y club, enrichment programs, summer day camp and early education. Financial assistance of $286,180 was provided to 1,112 youth to give all, regardless of their financial resources, the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive.also, designed specifically for children ages six weeks old through pre- kindergarten, ymca head start programs, which are federally funded, provide education, nutrition and health services to low-income families. In 2025 the ymca of greater Kansas city operated five centers throughout the Kansas city metropolitan area. The y served 372 children in 2025 preparing them for school and helping the whole family be healthier. The comprehensive curriculum meets the needs of the child and family and provides opportunities for families to be involved at every level of their child's development and education. These early years are critical to healthy development of every child. Created in 1965, head start is the most successful, longest running, national school readiness program in the united states. This program ended 5/31/2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 81% 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.8%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 3rd 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: Yes; rating input score 100

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: 2.8%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.91; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.1%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 87.8% of revenue deployed · 84.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $36.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $331K · 35 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.6M reported
  • Consistency: 42 of 44 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 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.
  • 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 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.