YMCA of Bristol
Legal name: Young Mens Christian Association of Bristol Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 620521204
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Bristol, TN, United States
- Phone
- (423) 968-3133
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Young Men's or Women's Associations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,183,807
- Expenses
- $4,521,796
- Assets
- $3,432,050
- Liabilities
- $314,139
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sharon Callahan (President)
- Daryl Ferguson (Vice President)
- Mike Phipps (Past-President)
- Dwight Owens (Past-President)
People named in this filing
- Mark Begrin (Board Member)
- Dan Bieger (Board Member)
- Mark Daniels (Board Member)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The YMCA of Bristol is a leading nonprofit organization committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility; we’re a spirit, a movement and a cause. Values: caring, honesty, respect, responsibility and faith. Across the nation the Y is a leading voice on health and well-being. With a mission centered on balance, the Y brings families together, encourages good health and builds connections through fitness, sports, fun and shared interests. As a result, thousands of youth, adults and families in Bristol receive the support and resources needed to achieve greater well-being for spirit, mind and body. Social Responsibility Giving Back and Providing Support to Our Neighbors.
What it reported doing in 2025
Helping people of all ages and abilities develop health in spirit, mind and body is at the core of the YMCA movement. Our programs are designed to help people create realistic goals for self-improvement and emphasize disease prevention through regular exercise, proper nutrition, stress management, and health education. Sports programs for youth, families and adults promote teamwork, interaction, and development of social and physical skills. Our services are offered at affordable fees for the community at large with reasonable accomodations for those with special needs, and with financial assistance available for those who cannot afford the full fee. YMCA programs are designed for people of all ages, abilities, faiths, ethnic groups, and incomes. Our YMCA works in collaberation with governmental and community agencies to provide a variety of programs that help accomplish our mission.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 62% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 68% for direct work, and 32% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.8%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 14th 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 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: -8.1%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 95.8% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 22 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.