YWCA Yakima
Legal name: Young Womens Christian Assoc of Yakima
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 910565563
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Yakima, WA, USA
- Phone
- (509) 248-7796
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,153,934
- Expenses
- $2,277,447
- Assets
- $14,206,977
- Liabilities
- $1,825,392
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LIZ WALSH (PRESIDENT)
- CHERI KILTY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- CHERI KILTY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $102,319 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
YWCA Yakima provides advocacy-based counseling, survivor safety planning, and on-site and off-site crisis intervention, including emergency shelter and 24/7 helpline access for domestic violence survivors. Our legal advocate helps survivors fill out and complete protection orders. We can also provide support at court hearings and assist survivors with safety planning regarding the protection order. Please call our front desk (509) 248-7796 for more information. I’ve experienced emotional abuse, but not physical abuse. Can I still come in for services? Yes, our services are available to all survivors of intimate partner domestic violence regardless of the type of violence a survivor has experienced. Each survivor has their own unique experiences and their own unique set of options. Call us at (509) 248-7796 if you need to speak with someone. We’re here to help.
What it reported doing in 2024
The transitional housing program provides temporary housing for women and their families while they rebuild self-sufficiency in a safe and nurturing environment. The ywca transitional housing units include 16 affordable studio, 1, 2, and 3 bedroom units that are subsidized with state and federal funds. This program also includes supportive services and education that help families achieve stability as they move from emergency shelters towards permanent housing and independent living.
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.
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 filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 57
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 83
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 32.8%; rating input score 33
- Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $109.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd 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: 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: 63%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.24; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 32.8% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $102K · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- 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 33/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.