YMCA of Greater Richmond
Legal name: Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769)
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 540505986
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Richmond, VA, USA
- Phone
- 804.474.4405
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Young Men's or Women's Associations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $58,041,561
- Expenses
- $57,002,315
- Assets
- $130,385,795
- Liabilities
- $42,778,603
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
47 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JODY ALEXANDER (PRESIDENT & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- JODY ALEXANDER (PRESIDENT & CEO): $383,602 total reported compensation
- LISA RAMIREZ (SR VP OF COMMUNITY IMPACT): $219,769 total reported compensation
- SHAWN MORRISON (CAO): $202,846 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. From swim lessons to after school care, the Y is committed to building each person’s spirit, mind and body. We’re a non-profit organization open to all people and committed to social responsibility. The Y has been building strong kids, strong families and strong communities in Richmond since 1854. With 16 convenient locations, the Y provides the resources that your neighborhood needs in a local community center with healthy and fun programs that span the generations. OUR MISSION.
What it reported doing in 2025
Social responsibility is the third largest of our program expenses. The y is committed to being accessible to everyone by identifying, addressing and eliminating economic, geographical and cultural barriers. At the y, everyone has the opportunity to belong. Through our new community impact initiative, we are emphasizing community health, adaptive programs, active older adults, welcome centers, and spirituality. We do this by engaging and convening the varying demographics in our community to live, work and play through our program services and volunteerism. In 2025, 15,562 individuals volunteered their time, talent, and treasure to ymca of greater richmond programs. The y provides subsidized school aged programs in multiple communities to allow children the opportunity to attend before and after school programs. The y continued its longstanding bright beginnings program by collecting school supplies from community groups and providing special events for the distribution of the supplies to 2,483 students through local elementary schools. The y expanded its social needs navigation programs in the richmond region providing access to food, shelter, and healthcare resources to over 3,454 individuals. The ymca continues to be a convener in the richmond region through its participation in the help1rva initiative which provides access to vital community services. The ymca and its volunteers distributed 151 tons of food at its mobile food distribution sites. In addition, the ymca of greater richmond remains a positive force for social change. Financial assistance of over $1.5 million was provided in order for youth to participate in ymca outreach programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 85% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
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: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 89
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.7%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 86.8%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.29 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 31st 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: 97.5%; rating input score 97; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th 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: 1.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.29; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 85.7% of revenue deployed · 86.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 33 of 33 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $49.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $384K · 47 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $9.4M reported
- Consistency: 49 of 50 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
- 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 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.