YWCA Central Carolinas
Legal name: Young Womens Christian Association of the Central Carolinas Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 560532139
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, United States
- Phone
- 704.525.5770
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,551,593
- Expenses
- $7,258,003
- Assets
- $20,655,452
- Liabilities
- $1,637,972
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Pamela Senegal (CEO Mar25)
- Kirsten D Sikkelee (CEO Jul24-Feb25)
- Frenchie Wilson Brown (President elect)
- Brittany Conner (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Pamela Senegal (CEO Mar25): $173,190 total reported compensation
- Kirsten D Sikkelee (CEO Jul24-Feb25): $153,908 total reported compensation
- Sarah Lanners Avinger (Chief Philanthropy): $122,632 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We are on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. In 2009, YWCA USA and all of its member associations adopted our current mission statement: eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.**In 2015, YWCA USA formally changed our corporate name from the “Young Women’s Christian Association of the United States of America, Inc.” to “YWCA USA, Inc.” Our name change reflects YWCA’s diverse and inclusive nature. In our early years it was “a Christian sisterhood” that drove our work.** **Today, our organization is driven by a commitment to social justice, no matter someone’s religion.** Our updated name provides YWCA with the opportunity to engage a broader spectrum of individuals in our crucial wo.
What it reported doing in 2024
Families Together provides safe, affordable housing and comprehensive support services for families with children that have experienced homelessness or housing insecurity. Families must earn between 20% and 50% of Area Median Income upon program entry ($22,480 to $56,200 for a four-person family). Participants work 1:1 with a participant advocate to create a plan upon entering the program which includes the goals the participant sets and how progress of those goals will be measured. Every participant has one housing and one budget goal but can identify other goals related to health and wellness, career/employment, sobriety/recovery, etc. FT provides individual housing for up to 10 families at a time, a population of 45-50 individuals each day and 55-80 over the course of a year. In 2024-25, 71% of families that graduated from the program exited into permanent housing, and 100% established/maintained financial stability.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.02 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -104.4%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.85; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.9%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $6.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $173K · 19 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.