YMCA of the East Bay
Legal name: Young Men's Christian Association of the East Bay
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 941156635
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Berkeley, CA, US
- Phone
- 5103187657
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Young Men's or Women's Associations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $101,114,507
- Expenses
- $89,614,361
- Assets
- $164,541,081
- Liabilities
- $44,113,274
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
37 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Cheri Mezzapelle (Vice President & CFO)
- Fran Gallati (President & CEO)
- Hae Won Rhow (Executive Director\VP)
- Kelley Maltais (Vice President & CHRO)
- Melanie Mueller (Executive Director)
- Michael Saenz (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Fran Gallati (President & CEO): $471,071 total reported compensation
- Kelley Maltais (Vice President & CHRO): $302,791 total reported compensation
- Cheri Mezzapelle (Vice President & CFO): $279,322 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To Advance Health, Empower Youth, & Strengthen Communities. Stronger Communities Start Here YMCA of the East Bay is a true community hub** , where people of all ages and backgrounds can swim, camp, exercise, learn, and make an impact in their community. Serving over 68,000 people across Alameda, Contra Costa, and YOLO counties, we envision a world where every child has access and opportunities to learn, teens can reach their full potential, and communities are supported, strong and healthy. Join Us Support Us arrow_forward.
What it reported doing in 2024
Youth Development - The YMCA believes every child deserves the opportunity to discover their full potential and is dedicated to nurturing the growth of all children and teens. Through a broad range of programs, the YMCA equips young people with the values, skills, and relationships that promote positive behaviors, improved health, and academic achievement. Early childhood programs such as Head Start, Early Head Start, and state-funded childcare and preschool help bridge the opportunity gap by supporting children's emotional, social, and cognitive development. Families receive access to health services, counseling, and goal-setting initiatives, particularly for those impacted by trauma. In addition, youth development programs-including after-school enrichment, summer and resident camps, youth sports, and swim instruction-help children build confidence, develop leadership skills, and thrive in safe, supportive environments.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 81
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.7%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 92.9%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $92.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- 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: 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.4%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.84; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 83.7% of revenue deployed · 92.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 32 of 32 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $83.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $471K · 37 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.3M reported
- Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.