Metropolitan YMCAs of Mississippi

Legal name: Young Mens Christian Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
640303099
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Flowood, MS, USA
Phone
6019480818
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,882,570
Expenses
$4,439,955
Assets
$5,667,956
Liabilities
$1,645,583

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEROY FALCON (CEO AND PRESIDENT)
  • STELLA PATINO (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JAMI FERRELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • LEROY FALCON (CEO AND PRESIDENT): $160,947 total reported compensation
  • STELLA PATINO (VICE PRESIDENT): $100,400 total reported compensation
  • JAMI FERRELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $89,859 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.”.

What it reported doing in 2024

Healthy living: evidence-based health intervention (ebhi) programs were created by the metropolitan ymca of Mississippi in response to changing health care trends, to deliver community-based health and wellness programs that help the community become healthier and have a higher quality of life. In 2024, the y delivered the following (ebhi): blood pressure self-monitoring, matter of balance, kidney health, parkinson's, and opioid prevention programming. Parkinson's programming had thirty-five (35) members. The classes were offered both on land and on bikes to accommodate the different comfort levels of the individuals. Another way the y impacted local community needs is implementing matter of balance classes geared towards the senior citizen population of which there were twenty-two (22) participants. Through a two-month period, participants attended classes on a weekly basis that were focused on teaching seniors how to provide supportive self-measures and setting goals that will prevent falls. Encompassed with this program, the y also offered enhancedfitness with one hundred forty-seven (147) participants with more technics to prevent falling. Twenty-one (21) individuals participated in the blood pressure self-monitor program to improve cardiovascular health. These programs have provided members and the community with physical characteristics that showcase the y is more than just a gym. Programs are accessible, affordable, and open to anyone regardless of demographic makeup, personal beliefs, or financial ability.

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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.8%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 84.3%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $19.42 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: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: 9.1%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.9%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.4% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 76.8% of revenue deployed · 84.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $161K · 14 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.