Young Mens Christian Assoc of Norwich

What it reported doing in 2025

Holistic Development of Children and YouthThis area of work is the most significant and impactful of any of our programs. Our Youth department continues to meet the diverse childcare needs in our community and in 2025 we continued to address the growing need of quality and affordable care for our local families. In 2025, we continued to offer and promote our high-quality childcare programming, that provides all-inclusive programming for nursery, preschool and school age children throughout Chenango County. Our YMCA was able to provide childcare for Pre K students through sixth grade. We continued to assist and serve a wide variety of family needs including before school, after school, holiday breaks, snow days, and summer opportunities. In 2025 we were able to offer four program sites for After School childcare including Norwich, Holy Family School in Norwich, Oxford, NY and Greene, NY. increasing our ability to support more families. During this time period we provided childcare programming to 340 unduplicated children in 2025. Continuity and consistency, safe environments, caring and trained staff are important factors for families and children when enrolling in childcare programming. We are proud that we have a diverse program offering to assist local and regional families meet their childcare needs. We offer many different childcare options to assist and serve a wide variety of family needs including before school, after school, holiday breaks, snow days, and summer opportunities. Our childcare programs are a commitment to strengthening families, which directly relates to our mission and our values. YMCA childcare programs assist families in balancing work and family responsibilities. Our programs make it possible for parents of children in our care to remain gainfully employed, knowing that their children are in a safe environment and being cared for during the non-school hours.The YMCA provided scholarship assistance for childcare programs totaling over $32,840. These funds were awarded to families through our Open Doors scholarship program this year. It is estimated that approximately 35% of our children enrolled in our childcare programs receive some form of tuition assistance through scholarship or social services. In addition, we provide assistance to families for all YMCA programs and facility offerings which equates to 44% of all scholarships going towards programming. The YMCA annually conducts nursery and preschool programs for approximately sixty students each year. Our programs prepare each student with the school readiness skills that they will need when entering kindergarten including reading, literacy, shapes, colors, letters, sounds, safety information, swim lessons, and healthy lifestyle classes. In 2025, we offered a half day Nursery School program for three-year olds that saw 37 different children participate in the calendar year. We saw an increase in participation from the previous year. Our YMCA Pre-Kindergarten program in conjunction with the Norwich City School District saw 27 different children participate in 2025. In addition to nursery school and pre school programming during the school year, we also created a summer preschool program called Funshine that saw twenty different children attend this past summer.Our SKIPPERS program introduces children to the water, and equally important, it introduces parents to the water as care givers. It focuses on children having fun and being comfortable in the water, focusing on water exploration and safety. Early acclimation to the water promotes comfort, calmness, and increases flexibility. In 2025, we saw thirty four children aged 6 months old to three years of age participate in the parent-child water instruction program.In 2025, swimming usage continues to increase, especially with the significant concern with safety around water. The YMCA Instructional swim program has seen steady growth as we had 184 unduplicated children participate in our 2025 swimmin

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 66.2%; rating input score 66
• Program expense ratio: 76.2%; rating input score 76
• Fundraising efficiency: $19.52 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 23.2%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.45; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.9%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings