YWCA Hamilton
Legal name: Young Women's Christian Association of Hamilton Ohio Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 310537167
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Hamilton, OH, United States
- Phone
- 513-856-9800
- Rating
- 95
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,017,275
- Expenses
- $2,471,852
- Assets
- $6,825,868
- Liabilities
- $1,463,165
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BENNYCE HAMILTON (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- WENDY WATERS-CONNELL (EXECUTIVE DI): $128,231 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 YWCA Hamilton is dedicated eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. YWCA associations are the bedrock of the organization. They are in almost every community nationwide, and their services range from Childcare and Job Training, to Violence Prevention and Leadership Training. YWCA staffers, volunteers and friends are your neighbors, family members, co-workers and friends. To find out how you can help your community contact the YWCA Hamilton at (513) 856-9800 or [email protected]. Our****MISSION. Thanks to your unwavering support, **YWCA Hamilton** has been a beacon of hope for women, children, and families for over a century. On our new and larger campus, we empower youth through **evidence-based abuse prevention programs** to build lifelong resilience. We shelter survivors of **domestic and sexual violence.** We house...
What it reported doing in 2024
Dove house domestic violence shelter and crisis hotline program: domestic violence affects people of all ages and backgrounds. It includes any behaviors that frighten, intimidate, terrorize, manipulate, hurt, humiliate, blame, injure, or wound someone. The ywca hamilton dove house domestic violence shelter is the only shelter in butler county. The crisis hotline (1.800.618.6523) is staffed 24/7/365. We are one of the lowest barriers dv shelters in the state, accepting all survivors of dv, sexual violence and stalking who need protective shelter. We actively refer for needed services. Our shelter was the first to accept pets in Ohio and we are committed to promoting safety for all dependents, including those with paws, fur, and whiskers. Professional staff incorporate trauma informed care in all aspects of services to support healing, provide a sense of safety. We work to help survivors access safe affordable housing and start a journey toward a life without violence.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 73% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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.
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 liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 88.2%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $158.58 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th 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: Yes; rating input score 100
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: NotApplicable
- 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: -22.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.76; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $128K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and related organizations
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 4 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.