Young Mens Christian Association of Dekalb County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
350868958
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Auburn, IN, USA
Phone
2609259622
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,829,209
Expenses
$4,704,168
Assets
$21,847,634
Liabilities
$588,678

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Matt Fetter (President)
  • Zach Lightner (Vice President)
  • Robert E Krafft (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Robert E Krafft (CEO): $150,366 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 DeKalb County's (YMCA) mission is "building relationships to connect people to Christ." We are a Christ Centered community loving God, honoring and respecting others, and bringing people together as the hub of community engagement where everyone is valued. The YMCA is a powerful association of men, women, and children committed to bringing about lasting personal and social change. With a focus on nurturing the potential of every child and teen, improving the nation's health and well-being and providing opportunities to give back and support neighbors, the YMCA enables youth, adults, families and communities to be healthy, confident, connected and secure.

What it reported doing in 2025

The ymca of dekalb county was open to members and nonmembers alike for use of its facilities and programs for youth, adults and families during the year. There were approximately 9,314 members of the ymca at the end of the year. The ymca offers structured and unstructured opportunities to build stronger families year-round. Services that are provided include fitness and water fitness programs, outreach programs, specialized sports teams and training, child care services, bible studies and events. The ymca assisted many individuals and families in membership assistance. Youth programs are provided to serve children through child care, day camp, youth soccer, basketball, swimming lessons and various teen programs. The ymca also offers opportunities for adults that include swimming, use of fitness center and fitness classes ranging from group exercise and group cycling to silver sneakers and zumba. The scholarships are structured on a sliding fee scale basis to ensure that every person or family who wishes to use the services and programs offered is able to participate. All of the organized sports, bible studies and youth programs are open to the public to participate.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 49
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 36.7%; rating input score 37
  • Program expense ratio: 67.1%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th 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: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 46.7%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.64; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 36.7% of revenue deployed · 67.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $150K · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 45 of 45 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 37/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.