Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Denver

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
840402696
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
7205242700
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$24,258,163
Expenses
$26,688,997
Assets
$30,096,178
Liabilities
$10,544,203

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BREEZY BOLDEN (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • BREEZY BOLDEN (CEO): $295,899 total reported compensation
  • LEISHA DESMET (CHIEF DVLPMT): $182,706 total reported compensation
  • SONYA WALKER (VP PROGRAMS): $152,194 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 mission of the ymca of metropolitan denver is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. The ymca of metropolitan denver is recognized as the area's largest provider of family services. All persons are welcome at the ymca, regardless of age, gender, race, creed, or ability to pay. The ymca is led by volunteers from our community, providing mentoring, coaching, and program leadership. The ymca strengthens our community through our focus on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.

What it reported doing in 2025

Youth development as one of the largest providers of youth programs in the state, the ymca of metro denver is nurturing the development of kids in early childhood, building life skills in early childhood, school and into youth adulthood. In the critical area of child care, the y is addressing access and affordability. At our two early child care centers, y academies, we supported families by providing 99 infants, toddlers and preschoolers with critical early child care allowing parents to work and, in 2024, extended our outreach with a partnership with goodwill of Colorado excel center to provide care tuition-free to the children of students pursuing their high school diploma. Further, in 2024, the y partnered with parents and families and 12,143 children in the metro area gained confidence, made friends, boosted their skills in ymca youth development programs like sports, summer camp and out of school time. Of those, 4,517 in youth sports were learning teamwork, sportsmanship and character. Through our power scholars academy, students are experiencing an average of two months' gain in math and reading skills. The y is ideally positioned to help young adults navigate their formative teen years. Through our youth in government youth conference on national affairs, youth service and advocacy programs, preteens and teens are honing their leadership skills. For many, the y is a first job for young adults and many youths gain valuable work experience as lifeguards, camp counsellors, front-line staff and interns through our nutrition, community well-being and other departments.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 86% 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.

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: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.5%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 78%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 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: -10%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.5% of revenue deployed · 78% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $20.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $296K · 25 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.1M reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.