YMCA Ocean Community

Legal name: Young Men's Christian Association of Mystic Connecticut Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
060635382
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2014
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2014
Location
Westerly, RI, USA
Phone
(401) 340-1011
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Recreational Centers
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,506,466
Expenses
$2,150,429
Assets
$1,572,033
Liabilities
$463,319

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MAUREEN N FITZGERALD (PRESIDENT/CEO)
  • TIMOTHY BABCOCK (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MAUREEN N FITZGERALD (PRESIDENT/CEO): $197,083 total reported compensation
  • TIMOTHY BABCOCK (VICE PRESIDENT): $126,570 total reported compensation
  • JACKIE DILIBERTO (FINANCE DIRECTOR): $63,402 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Ocean Community YMCA engages children, adults, and families from all segments of its communities to achieve healthier lifestyles. The Y’s mission is our reason for being, and the Y’s cause is our mission in action—a promise to do everything in our power to inspire the common good and make life better for individuals, families, and communities. GROWING COMMUNITY draws motivation and direction from both. The successful implementation of the prior Strategic Plan strategies, performance metrics and goal achievement reflect the commitment of Board and Staff Leadership to achieve desired impact of the organization and proceed forward with new opportunities and pressing community needs and challenges. Local and national trends continue to be factors in defining how we will strengthen our capacity to serve our community and ex.

What it reported doing in 2014

Program title, description: program offerings, health and wellness activities.our programs are designed to help people create realistic goals for self-improvement and emphasize disease prevention through regular exercise, proper nutrition, stress management, and health education. Programs focus on the prevention of lifestyle related diseases in children, adults, and families. Activities include individual and group exercise programs, stress management, nutrition, and first aid/cpr training. Additionally, we participate in initiatives that are designed to help the "at risk population" develop habits and relations that lead to more active lifestyles. Sports programs for youth, families, and adults promote teamwork, interactions, and development of social and physical skills. Family programs develop and strengthen the family unit by improving quality of time that families spend together. The y believes that families are the best environment for growing and learning and developing and nurturing values.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 81% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% 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

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.4%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 70th 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: 14.2%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 40th 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: 68.4% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $197K · 17 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.