Young Mens Christian Association Stillwater

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
730674204
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
Stillwater, OK, USA
Phone
4053725833
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$897,808
Expenses
$1,812,396
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVEN BROWN (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAN CARMAN (Executive Direc): $129,167 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The stillwater ymca mission is to serve stillwater & surrounding communities by providing programs based upon christian values which promote the health & well-being of youth, families, and senior citizens regardless of their economic ability. The organization exists to serve the community and works to strengthen families and to develop values & behaviors that are consistent with christian principles. The ymca is for people of all faiths, races, abilities, ages & income. Values incorporated by stillwater ymca include honesty, caring, respect, & responsibility. No one will be denied membership due to financial status or family situation. The organization is volunteer-founded and volunteer-led with over a thousand men and women volunteering each year to support its mission and its programs.

What it reported doing in 2016

Stillwater family ymca is strong in youth & teen programming through cheer club, youth sports, swimming lessons, swim team & day camp. Stillwater ymca is the largest provider of before & after school care in the city, serving nearly 300 school-age children. The ymca services over 100 youth in daycare in the summer & has over 1,000 individuals signed up on youth sports programs. Ymca is also combating the obesity problem for people of all ages by providing health & wellness activities such as exercise classes & swim lessons. The organization works with big brothers/big sisters, red cross, public schools, parks & recreation department, churches, etc to help the community meet the needs of youth at risk.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 45% for direct work, and 55% for grants.

The verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 12
  • Sustainability: 6
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 69.5%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $36.06 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -101.9%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 29.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -67.6% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 69.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 14 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $129K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2014 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.