YM &YWHA of Washington Heights Inwood
Legal name: Young Mens & Young Womens Hebrew Asso of Washington Heights and Inwood Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 131635308
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Aug 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, United States
- Phone
- 212-569-6200
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Young Men's or Women's Associations
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,974,509
- Expenses
- $14,431,899
- Assets
- $26,916,155
- Liabilities
- $4,280,447
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
29 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARCIA COHEN (PRESIDENT)
- DR RACHELLE DATTNER (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DR ROBERT LAUTIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- LAUREN T YOCUM (VICE PRESIDENT)
- MARTIN ENGLISHER (EVP & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- MARTIN ENGLISHER (EVP & CEO): $322,788 total reported compensation
- MICHAEL FERMAGLICH (COO): $240,106 total reported compensation
- SCOTT TAYLOR (CPO): $186,545 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The YM&YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood (the Y) is Northern Manhattan’s premier Jewish community center—serving an ethnically and socio-economically diverse constituency—improving the quality of life for people of all ages through innovative programs and critical social services. We are especially grateful to the Y’s dedicated Board of Directors for their unwavering support, generosity, and commitment to our mission and programs. For more information, please contact:. The Y schedules programs each month that provide a lifeline of support and services to members of the surrounding community. Our programs offer flexible schedules, allowing even the busiest uptowners to make a difference. The Y welcomes people of all diverse backgrounds to support the service and multitude of programs each month. Sign up today. Sign Up Today We are a community of hope and care, fostering a better...
What it reported doing in 2024
Our workforce programs includes: career readiness programs for adults - the workforce development center offers free healthcare training and career readiness support to community members ages 18 and up. The center has served more than 125 members of the community successfully. Summer work opportunities for ages 16-24 and summer youth employment programs for ages 14-15 where 857 and 227 youths were served respectively.
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 98% 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 - 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: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.4%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 76.4%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: $148.06 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.6%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.87; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.3%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 74.4% of revenue deployed · 76.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $11M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $323K · 29 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.