YMCA of Wayne and Holmes
Legal name: Young Men's Christian Association of Wayne County
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 340766172
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Wooster, OH, USA
- Phone
- 3302643131
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Young Men's or Women's Associations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,533,508
- Expenses
- $3,941,301
- Assets
- $4,511,200
- Liabilities
- $560,501
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- John Meenan (President)
- Tom Poulson (Vice President)
- Nikki Fehrenbach (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Nikki Fehrenbach (CEO): $131,432 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 YMCA of Wayne County puts Christian principles into practice through programs that build on four core values—caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility—and provides comprehensive programs and services that enrich communities. The Y is dedicated to providing comprehensive programs and services that enrich communities — and all of the people who live in them — across the country in fulfillment of our mission. Guided by our core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility, the Y is dedicated to giving people of all ages, backgrounds and walks of life the opportunity to reach their full potential with dignity. As the nation’s leading nonprofit committed to helping people and communities learn, grow and thrive, the Y is dedicated to inspiring positive change near and far.
What it reported doing in 2025
Camps and child care programs - the ymca of wayne county provides quality before and after school programs. Activities include homework time, sports, and fitness activities, character development and arts and crafts. The ymca of wayne county also manages the learning academy day care center located in luk's state-of-the-art luk academy. This center serves children ranging in age from infants to pre-k. The ymca of wayne county also manages the creative academy located in the first presbyterian church in wooster. This location serves children ranging in age from 18 months to second grade.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 74% 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.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.7%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 84.2%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.1%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.14; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 73.7% of revenue deployed · 84.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $131K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 47 of 47 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.