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Young Mens Christian Association of the North

The mission of the YMCA of the North is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind & body for all. The Y is a cause-driven organization that strengthens communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. The Y is committed to providing equal access to its…

$14M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
16
Itemized grants FY2024
13
Organizations funded FY2023
8%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$3.5M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$127,269
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,081,978
Organizations funded a year
4 to 14
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$320M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Young Mens Christian Association of the North funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving16$3.5M25%
FY202313$2.3M8%
FY202214$2.7M14%
FY202112$2.9M17%
FY202014$2.0M71%
FY20194$153k25%
FY20184$154k0%
FY20176$164kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$5.7MHuman Services$3.7MYouth Development$3.2MCrime & Legal$638kPublic Safety & Disaster$340kPhilanthropy$289kEmployment$108k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Boys & Girls Club of the Twin Cities$2,982,1435n/a
City of Minneapolis$2,509,5005n/a
S4 Learning Labs LLC$1,762,5633n/a
YWCA of Minneapolis$974,0085n/a
Minnesota Safe Streets$947,8243n/a
Karen Organization of Minnesota$873,34658%
African Immigrants Community Servic$753,326525%
Afghan Cultural Society of Mn$685,082341%
Voice in the Wilderness Organization$407,9275n/a
Sioux YMCA$346,04687%
Show all 25 grantees
All grantees of Young Mens Christian Association of the North by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Boys & Girls Club of the Twin Cities$2,982,1435n/a
City of Minneapolis$2,509,5005n/a
S4 Learning Labs LLC$1,762,5633n/a
YWCA of Minneapolis$974,0085n/a
Minnesota Safe Streets$947,8243n/a
Karen Organization of Minnesota$873,34658%
African Immigrants Community Servic$753,326525%
Afghan Cultural Society of Mn$685,082341%
Voice in the Wilderness Organization$407,9275n/a
Sioux YMCA$346,04687%
Greater Twin Cities United Way$289,00040%
St Louis Park School District$263,6634n/a
Friends of Jerusalem International YMCA$222,308598%
Pillsbury United Communities$175,00021%
National Council of YMCAs of the USA$127,84260%
Ukrainian American Community Center Inc$127,269110%
Summit Academy Oic$107,51011%
Minnesota Alliance With Youth$92,45041%
Eipmonia LLC$47,2401n/a
The Young Men's Christian Association of Wichita Kansas (2311)$25,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Columbia-Willamette$20,00020%
YMCA Emergency Assistance Fund$20,00019%
Sewa-Aifw$18,69710%
Capi USA$11,46510%
Trustees of Tufts College$8,50010%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($57k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Young Mens Christian Association of the North supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKaren Organization of Minnesota: $873,346 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetAfrican Immigrants Community Servic: $753,326 over 5y, 25% of budgetAfghan Cultural Society of Mn: $685,082 over 3y, 41% of budgetSioux YMCA: $346,046 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetGreater Twin Cities United Way: $289,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Jerusalem International YMCA: $222,308 over 5y, 98% of budgetPillsbury United Communities: $175,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNational Council of YMCAs of the USA: $127,842 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUkrainian American Community Center Inc: $127,269 over 1y, 10% of budgetSummit Academy Oic: $107,510 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMinnesota Alliance With Youth: $92,450 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Wichita Kansas (2311): $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Columbia-Willamette: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA Emergency Assistance Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetSewa-Aifw: $18,697 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCapi USA: $11,465 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $8,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 17.

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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.

The Minneapolis FoundationMN21.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Karen Organization of Minnesota · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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.

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About Young Mens Christian Association of the North

How much does Young Mens Christian Association of the North give?
Young Mens Christian Association of the North reported 16 itemized grants totaling $3,541,913, out of $14,373,349 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Young Mens Christian Association of the North fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (41%), Human Services (26%), Youth Development (23%).
Who are Young Mens Christian Association of the North's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Boys & Girls Club of the Twin Cities ($3.0M), City of Minneapolis ($2.5M), S4 Learning Labs LLC ($1.8M).
Does Young Mens Christian Association of the North fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Young Mens Christian Association of the North?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Greater Twin Cities United Way, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
Where is Young Mens Christian Association of the North based?
Young Mens Christian Association of the North is based in MN.

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 26 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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