Young Mens Christian Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371071231
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Taylorville, IL, USA
Phone
2172877271
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,809,565
Expenses
$1,504,077
Assets
$3,286,282
Liabilities
$623,734

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DREW PEABODY (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • JASON HADLEY (PRESIDENT)
  • JAY BOULANGER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRUCE BLANSHAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRUCE BLANSHAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $102,855 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 mission and purpose of the ymca is to put christian principles into action through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. Ymca programs focus on four core values: caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility, we serve men, women and children of all ages, races, abilities, incomes and religions. We provide financial assistance to those who need it. We identify needs within our community and respond to them so that the entire community benefits from our efforts. No one is ever denied participation or membership to the ymca regardless of race, religion or inability to pay.

What it reported doing in 2025

Aquatics: these programs are part of the associations overall goal of building healthy spirit, mind and body. The aquatic center facility offers lap swimming, areas for aquaerobics, water walk/ lazy river, vortex and over 100 slide, in addition to aquatic areas for infants and toddlers. In addition to providing specific swimming and water safety skills; aquatics programs promote good health through regular exercise, teamwork, self-confidence and leadership. These programs are offered at fees affordable to the community at large. Youth participate in progressive swim classes and adult participate in aquatic exercise programs. Seniors participate in specially designed classes to increase joint flexibility and help relieve pain. The association also provides an excellent resource for our local medical community to refer patients to for low impact rehabilitative programs. Lifeguard training and certification classes are also provided. The association aquatic programs offered activities for over 500 people from infants through seniors.

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 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 most voting board members are independent. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.9%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 71.2%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 13; 13th 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 16.9%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.18; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.8%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.9% of revenue deployed · 71.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $103K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.