YMCA of Northwest North Carolina
Legal name: Young Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626)
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 560530015
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Winston Salem, NC, USA
- Phone
- 3367776232
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Young Men's or Women's Associations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $38,563,107
- Expenses
- $37,884,437
- Assets
- $80,442,376
- Liabilities
- $23,994,047
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
37 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Darryl Head (President/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Darryl Head (President/CEO): $391,203 total reported compensation
- Donna Rodgers (Executive VP/COO/CFO): $267,061 total reported compensation
- Adam McIver (SVP Growth): $166,023 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We believe that by acting together with our community, we can make it a better place for everyone in it. We are committed to working with and providing support to our neighbors, in the good times and bad. We are also committed to providing opportunities for kids, teens, adults, and families to become healthier and more confident individuals. Above all else, we believe the Y is for everyone, and that is why we never turn anyone away due to an inability to pay. Our Mission: "Helping all people reach their God-given potential in spirit, mind and body." YMCA of Northwest North Carolina.
What it reported doing in 2025
Healthy Living - The Y is a widely recognized expert in the field of holistic well-being. Our work ensures that families are strengthened, connections are developed, and communities are improved because of our dedication to ensuring all feel a sense of belonging when they are at the Y. Shared experiences allow people, who would not typically interact in their day to day lives, the opportunity to learn from one another and find common ground. Our unique environment fosters that understanding, and as a result, our communities are better equipped to deal with societal challenges. We are particularly aware of the mental health benefit derived from regular exercise shared with others on the same journey to improve overall wellness. Our Ys are a hub for all as they seek to maintain a high quality of life through exercise, friendship, improved nutrition, and maintaining healthy habits. Our programs are available to all, regardless of faith, income, or background. For additional information regarding these vital offerings and their impact, please see Schedule O.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 82% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 77
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.6%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 85.5%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 27th 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: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Limited
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Limited
- Conducts site visits: Limited
- Requires grant agreements: Limited
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.7%; rating input score 100; 46th 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: 1.8%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.12; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 84.6% of revenue deployed · 85.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 30 of 30 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $32.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $391K · 37 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $11.5M reported
- Consistency: 49 of 50 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 12 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 11/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.