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North Carolina Alliance of Ymcas

The NORTH CAROLINA ALLIANCE OF YMCAS (the alliance) is a charitable organization dedicated to supporting and strengthening the north carolina young men's christian associations through advocacy and capacity-building services.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
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States reached
$119k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Human Services$12MHealth$1.9MRecreation & Sports$76kYouth Development$22k
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $246k
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.6M
$69,062
Median grant
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States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA$119,348
YMCA OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA$114,058
RANDOLPH-ASHEBORO YMCA$105,735
YMCA OF THE SANDHILLS$104,374
YMCA OF GREENSBORO$103,639
BERTIE COUNTY YMCA$102,000
YMCA OF SOUTHEASTERN NC$94,364
ALAMANCE COUNTY COMMUNITY$92,256
J SMITH YOUNG FAMILY YMCA$92,064
CLEVELAND COUNTY YMCA$75,644
GASTON COUNTY FAMILY YMCA$75,601
TOM A FINCH COMMUNITY YMCA$73,030
HENDERSON FAMILY YMCA$69,605
YMCA ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE$69,062
YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS$62,590
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 24 repeat orgs$810k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
2

Total granted

$13M
$700k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+91%

Still filing today

96%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • YM
    Young Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626)
    4× · 2022–2025 · $2.8M · revenue +1%
  • TY
    The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598)
    4× · 2022–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +27%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • RY
    ROWAN-CABARRUS YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $600k · revenue +91%
  • YM
    YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION of Greater Spartanburg
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -6%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Oklahoma City

To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
2
Young Men's Christian Association of Central New Mexico

The mission of the ymca of central new mexico is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all. for over 100 years, the ymca of central new mexico has served our community…

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3
Young Men's Christian Association of the Virginia Peninsulas

Our mission is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. our focus is on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. we help kids succeed, prepare teens…

Human Services
4
Family Ymca of Emporia-Greensville Inc

The Family YMCA of Emporia-Greensville's purpose is to advance our cause of strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. The YMCA is a powerful association of men, women, and children…

Recreation & Sports
5
Young Men's Christian Association of Brainerd

The mission of the brainerd family ymca is to enhance the lives in the brainerd lakes area by connecting individuals and families with opportunities based on christian values that build a healthy spirit, mind, & body.

Human Services
6
Shasta County Young Men's Christian Association

The shasta family ymca strengthens community through programs and activities that create a healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
7
Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273)

Our mission: A worldwide charitable fellowship united by a common loyalty to Jesus Christ for the purpose of helping people grow in spirit, mind and body. The YMCA of Middle Tennessee is the region's leading nonprofit dedicated to…

Human Services
8
Cleveland County Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc

The mission of the ymca is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. the y mission is also to advance our cause of strengthening community through youth development,…

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9
Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties

The mission of the YMCA is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. We are an inclusive organization, serving all people regardless of background, religion, beliefs,…

Human Services
10
Henry County Ymca Inc

To put christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

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11
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019)

Guided by our christian principles, we strengthen the spirit mind and body of all individuals.

Human Services
12
The Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Des Moines

The y's programs focus on improving people's spiritual, intellectual, and physical well-being to support people as they actualize their fullest potential. the ymca serves community members of all abilities, ages, cultural backgrounds,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rocky Mount Family Ymca Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bertie County Ymca. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
16/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Young Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626): $2,801,836 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626)The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $2,087,303 · Human ServicesThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598)YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $1,811,549 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTEYoung Men's Christian Association of Greensboro Inc: $946,425 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Greensboro IncROWAN-CABARRUS YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $600,000 · Human ServicesROWAN-CABARRUS YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONYoung Mens Christian Association of High Point Inc: $558,565 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Southeastern North Carolina Inc: $421,009 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads: $409,552 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CATAWBA VALLEY INC: $397,349 · Human Services+7 more: $1,157,484 · Human Services+7 moreGaston County Family YMCA: $515,853 · OtherGaston County Fami…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE SANDHILLS NORTH CAROLINA: $439,255 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRIST…Eastern Carolina Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $269,471 · OtherEastern Carolina Y…TOM A FINCH COMMUNITY YMCA INC: $239,415 · OtherTOM A FINCH COMMUN…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC RANDOLPH-ASHEBORO: $221,297 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRIST…The Family Y: $200,791 · OtherThe Family YHenderson Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $187,578 · OtherHenderson Young Me…Rocky Mount Family YMCA Inc: $145,360 · OtherRocky Mount Family…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION of Greater Spartanburg: $100,000 · Other+1 more: $51,248 · OtherCleveland County Family YMCA Inc: $519,043 · Recreation & SportsWILLIAMS YMCA OF AVERY COUNTY: $128,829 · Youth Development
Human Services$11,191,072Other$2,370,268Recreation & Sports$519,043Youth Development$128,829

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626): $2,801,836 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $2,087,303 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $1,811,549 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greensboro Inc: $946,425 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetROWAN-CABARRUS YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $600,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of High Point Inc: $558,565 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetCleveland County Family YMCA Inc: $519,043 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetGaston County Family YMCA: $515,853 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE SANDHILLS NORTH CAROLINA: $439,255 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Southeastern North Carolina Inc: $421,009 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads: $409,552 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CATAWBA VALLEY INC: $397,349 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetEastern Carolina Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $269,471 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetJ SMITH YOUNG YMCA INC: $252,893 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetTOM A FINCH COMMUNITY YMCA INC: $239,415 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY YMCA OF ALAMANCE COUNTY: $237,219 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetThe Wilson Area Young Men's Christian Association: $229,515 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC RANDOLPH-ASHEBORO: $221,297 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetThe Family Y: $200,791 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetHenderson Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $187,578 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetSTANLY COUNTY FAMILY YMCA: $173,698 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetYMCA BLUE RIDGE ASSEMBLY INC: $154,547 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetRocky Mount Family YMCA Inc: $145,360 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetWILLIAMS YMCA OF AVERY COUNTY: $128,829 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBERTIE COUNTY YMCA: $102,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION of Greater Spartanburg: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNew River Young Mens Christian Association Onslow Inc: $7,612 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Council of Y…North Carolina Commun…Foundation for the Ca…The Cannon Foundation…Duke Energy FoundationUSA Swimming Foundati…Greater Charlotte Aut…The Winston-Salem Fou…Share Our StrengthTruist Foundation IncAetna Foundation IncEdward Jones Foundati…
National Council of YMCAs of the USAIL53.9× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Council of YMCAs of the USA · North Carolina Community Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · USA Swimming Foundation Inc · Greater Charlotte Automobile Dealers Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Share Our Strength · Truist Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization North Carolina Alliance of Ymcas funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from North Carolina Alliance of Ymcas. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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