YWCA Northcentral PA

Legal name: Young Womens Christian Association of Northcentral Pennsylvania

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
240796439
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Williamsport, PA, USA
Phone
(570) 322-4637
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,188,809
Expenses
$2,538,814
Assets
$5,139,578
Liabilities
$919,494

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHERYL YOXTHEIMER (PRESIDENT)
  • VANESSA SLAUGHTER (VICE PRESIDENT UNTIL NOVEMBER 2024)
  • LAURI MOON (VICE PRESIDENT EFF. NOVEMBER 2024)
  • AMANDA WRIGHT (PAST PRESIDENT UNTIL JUNE 2025)
  • DAWN LINN (CEO UNTIL JANUARY 2025)
  • AMBER MORNINGSTAR (CEO EFF. MARCH 2025)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAWN LINN (CEO UNTIL JANUARY 2025): $124,244 total reported compensation
  • STEVEN PARLANTE (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $97,236 total reported compensation
  • AMBER MORNINGSTAR (CEO EFF. MARCH 2025): $84,187 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 Northcentral PA is a member of a nationally recognized movement with a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, and promote peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. Comprised of dynamic, influential, and powerful leaders, our Board of Directors contains a variety of women from within our community. Each director offers invaluable guidance to our team and spends countless hours dedicating their time to our mission. Board of Director Roster Lauri Moon – **President,**_IMC, Inc._. To contact a member of the YWCA staff, please call (570) 322-4637 Experiencing abuse? YWCA's Wise Options is here to help. Call our 24/7 **confidential** hotline to speak to a caring advocate.

What it reported doing in 2024

Wise options is a safe haven and source of support for the people of lycoming county by giving help and hope to men, women, and children surviving domestic violence, sexual assault, and other violent crimes. Free and confidential services are provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In fy 2025, wise options provided direct crisis support to 1,716 survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and violent crimes. There were 54,372 nights of shelter provided. Over 6,000 counseling hours were provided. 683 protection from abuse (pfa's) were issued.wise options is devoted to empowering individuals, redefining the rights of the oppressed and educating communities about peace, justice, freedom, dignity, and equality for all. A 24 hour, seven days a week comprehensive victim center, wise options provided 1,668 individuals with a crisis hotline for intervention and support, emergency shelter, hospital accompaniment, advocacy with the courts and outside agencies and screening for protection from abuse orders. Wise options also provides awareness education to schools, communities, and professionals. Wise options also has a 24/7 crisis hotline for intervention and support, provides a 30 day emergency shelter, and hospital accompaniment, crime victim compensation, and emergency safety planning.

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 90% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.3%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 75.9%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 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: 20.4%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.02; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 62.3% of revenue deployed · 75.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $124K · 27 people listed
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.