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Virginia Alliance of Ymcas

Throughout the commonwealth the alliance brings virginia y's together to improve the effectiveness and capacity of ymcas to better serve their members and communities in the commonwealth of virginia through key initiatives and programs at a statewide level.

$598k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$2.3MRecreation & Sports$655kHuman Services$457kYouth Development$25k
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $47k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $548k
$101,625
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND$150,000
RAPPAHANNOCK AREA YMCA$110,000
YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS$110,000
YMCA OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA$101,625
ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS YMCA$76,666
YMCA OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON$25,000
ALTAVISTA AREA YMCA$11,625
VIRGINIA YMCA$10,175
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $2.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: $25k → 14%PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA: $143k → 8%BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA: $26k → 8%YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS: $250k → 9%YMCA OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $250k → 13%ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS YMCA: $77k → 14%MARTINSVILLE-HENRY COUNTY YMCA: $6k → 17%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $227k → 22%PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA: $100k → 8%BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA: $21k → 8%YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS: $200k → 9%YMCA OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $245k → 13%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $150k → 22%PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA: $91k → 8%YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS: $163k → 9%YMCA OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $200k → 13%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $137k → 22%YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS: $110k → 9%YMCA OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $102k → 13%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $200k → 22%ALTAVISTA AREA YMCA: $12k → 13%ALTAVISTA AREA YMCA: $10k → 13%ALTAVISTA AREA YMCA: $8k → 13%ALTAVISTA AREA YMCA: $8k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 8 repeat orgs$118k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
1

Total granted

$3.3M
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+537%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $112k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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 MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA
    4× · 2021–2024 · $797k · revenue +24%
  • YM
    Young Men's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads
    4× · 2021–2024 · $723k · revenue +32%
  • YM
    Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769)
    4× · 2021–2024 · $714k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • FY
    FAMILY YMCA ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +537%
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.

04Its 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 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
2
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
3
Young Men's Christian Association of Greensboro Inc

Our mission is to put Judeo-Christian principles into practice though programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all. The YMCA of Greensboro is a volunteer-led public charity that includes men, women, and children of all ages,…

Human Services
4
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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5
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
6
Young Mens Christian Association of West San Gabriel Valley

Spiritual, social & physical developmentment of community

Human Services
7
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
8
The Young Men's Christian Association of Delaware County

The young men's christian association of delaware county d/b/a the community ymca of eastern delaware county ("the community ymca or "the organization") was organized on december 14, 1948 under the laws of pennsylvania as a nonprofit…

Human Services
9
Young Men's Christian Association of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc

At the ymca of virginia's blue ridge, we believe a strong community can only be achieved when we invest in our kids, our health and our neighbors. that's why our association of men, women and children is committed to bringing about lasting…

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10
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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11
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
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Mens Christian Association of Central Virginia; the most unlike its peers is Family Ymca of Emporia-Greensville Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 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.

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)
12/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $796,661 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL VIRGINIAYoung Men's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads: $723,246 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of South Hampton RoadsYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769): $713,968 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769)PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA INC: $333,916 · Human ServicesPIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA INC+6 more: $203,469 · Human Services+6 moreRAPPAHANNOCK AREA YMCA INC: $606,332 · OtherRAPPAHANNOCK AREA YM…Family YMCA of Emporia-Greensville Inc: $48,208 · Recreation & Sports
Human Services$2,771,260Other$606,332Recreation & Sports$48,208

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $796,661 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads: $723,246 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769): $713,968 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetRAPPAHANNOCK AREA YMCA INC: $606,332 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetPIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA INC: $333,916 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetAlleghany Highlands Young Men's Christian Association: $76,666 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetFamily YMCA of Emporia-Greensville Inc: $48,208 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetBEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA: $46,677 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAltavista Area YMCA Inc: $38,523 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY YMCA ASSOCIATION: $6,428 over 1y, 0.3% 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…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
National Council of YMCAs of the USAIL28× affinity11 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Council of YMCAs of the USA · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Virginia Alliance of Ymcas funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Virginia Alliance of Ymcas. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Virginia Alliance of Ymcas?

    Find your warmest path to Virginia Alliance of Ymcas through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 12 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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